Dates Set For Spring Book Sale At Westport Library

Press release from Westport Book Sale Ventures:

April 4, 2023

Mark your calendar for The Westport Library Big Spring Book Sale, to be held Friday, May 5 through Monday, May 8, 2023 on the Library’s main level at 20 Jesup Road.

This Book Sale offers something for everyone, with thousands of gently used books for children and adults in over 50 categories of non-fiction and fiction, as well as noteworthy, vintage children’s and antiquarian books, music CDs, and movie and television series DVDs, as well as a limited selection of ephemera and artwork.

The book sale hours, with free admission, are as follows:

Friday, May 5: Noon — 6pm
Saturday, May 6: 9am — 5pm
Sunday, May 7: 11 am — 5pm (almost everything half-price)
Monday, May 8: 9am — 5pm (shoppers can fill our logo bag for $8 per
bag, or their own equivalent-sized bag for $5, or buy individual
books at half-price)

On Friday morning, May 5, from 8:45am to Noon, the Book Sale will be open only to patrons who purchase an Early Access ticket in advance. Early Access tickets are available online, through eventbrite.com, at WestportSpring2023BookSale.eventbrite.com. For more information, visit the book sale’s website at westportbooksaleventures.org/our-events.

Of special interest for this sale:

• Books donated from the homes of NBC Sports Producer Ricky Diamond; philanthropist and educator Elisabeth Luce Moore, sister of Henry Luce, who founded Time-Life, Inc.; and Joseph A. Califano, Jr., who served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Carter Administration. Many of the books in the Califano collection have been signed and inscribed to him and or his wife Hilary. Most are in non-fiction categories (e.g., American history and politics, biographies, business, sports) and have been signed by everyone from a former U.S. President (Lyndon Johnson) and cabinet members (Henry Kissinger, Robert McNamara, Alexander Haig, Hilary Clinton), to historians (Arthur Schlesinger), journalists (Woodward and Bernstein, Jim Bishop), entertainers (Art Buchwald, Sidney Poitier, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Tony Bennett) and authors (Dick Francis, Robin Cook, Stuart Woods), to name just a few.

• A collection of works by or about James Joyce.

• An extensive collection of History books, especially American History & Politics, WWII, and World History.

• An almost-complete set of the 1972 Encyclopedia Britannica “Great Books” collection, in very good condition (we have volumes 1, and 4 through 54; missing volumes 2 and 3).
• Back by popular demand: our Fiction for $1 Room — an entire conference room filled with hardcover fiction, mystery, science fiction and fantasy books, and young adult fiction, plus paperback novels, all offered at just $1 each. [Note: Books in this room will remain priced at $1 each on Sunday’s half-price day.]

To volunteer at this sale, please send an email to Judi Lake at volunteers@westportbooksales.org.

Can’t make the sale? Visit the non-profit Westport Book Shop at 23 Jesup Road, across Jesup Green from the Library, or shop any time 24/7 on the Book Sale’s Online Store (westportbooksaleventures.org/shop) or eBay store at ebay.com/str/westportbooksalesct.

This press release was produced by Westport Book Sale Ventures. The views expressed here are the author's own.