The quality and quantity of books donated to the sale has declined over the years. What I want at the sale is totally dependent upon donations, and books of the type that I want are showing up less and less. That is to be expected.
These are the books that I purchased at the sale back in February.
One of the highlights was the first printing copy of the Hardy Boys book, The Missing Chums.
It was a decent selection of books, but it was a bit of a letdown, which is why I never posted about it. I used to do much better at these sales. Check out some of my finds from years ago.
2010 Book Sale Report Part 2
2010 Book Sale Report Part 3
2011 Book Sale Part 2: What I Found
My next post will cover this month's sale.
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Out here the public libraries reserve their "collectible" volumes--by which they mean just about any series book in a d.j.--for sale online. In addition, the book dealers who volunteer to arrange the donations take their cut in the form of books they choose for themselves. As a result the juvenile books available at library sales are pathetic both in number and quality.
Our library system is now selling online as well. So far, I have not seen them sell any old juvenile series books online, but I'm sure it will happen. It's good for the libraries to sell online, but it does reduce the selection at the local sales.
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