Huge used book sale at George Mason Regional Library starts today
The used book sale at George Mason Regional Library has some rare antiquities, beautiful art books, signed first editions, and more treasures, as well as bestsellers, science fiction, how-to books, travel guides, cookbooks, children’s books, classics, romance novels, foreign language books, music CDs, movies, and much more.
The book sale, hosted by George Mason Friends is open Thursday, April 19, 3-9 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday 10-a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday noon-5 p.m.
Here are a few of the many highlights available at this year’s book sale:
- Subversive Beauty, by Luis Royo; Norma Editorial, 2005; deluxe edition with slipcover, unbound print, and certificate of authenticity. $125.
- Interpretacion del Codice Selden, 3135(A.2), by Alfonso Caso; Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia, Mexico, 1964. (The Codex Seldon dates from before the Spanish Conquest and records the history of the Mixtec region.) $100.
- Falnama, the Book of Omens, by Messaumeh Farhad. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 2009. Exhibition catalog of illustrated texts on the art of divination in Safavid Iran and Ottoman Turkey. $150.
- I Am Not Spock, signed by author Leonard Nimoy, Celestial Arts, 1975. $100.
- Aesop’s Fables, a two-volumes boxed set with Stothard’s Plates; John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1793. $175.
- James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl; Alfred Knopf, 1961; first edition, second state. $25.
- Becky’s Birthday, by Tasha Tudor; Jenny Wren Press, 1992 (1961). Signed, limited edition. $75.
- DC Super Heroes, By Matthew Reinhart; Little, Brown and Co., 2010; first edition. $20.
- Babar and His Children, by Jean de Brunhoff; Random House, 1938, early edition. $15.
- Robin Hood, by Paul Creswick, with illustrations by N.C. Wyeth; David McKay, 1917. $20.
- The Amazing Spider-Man, a popup book by Andy Mansfield, paper engineer; Candlewick Press, 2007, first edition. $10.
- Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, a boxed set of three hardback novels, by Ransom Riggs; Quirk Books, 2015. $15.
- “100 Storybook Classics,” a boxed set of 16 DVDs, 19 hours. $20.
George Mason Friends also has a storefront on Amazon. If find a book you want to purchase online and want to pick it up in person, contact the Friends at 703-813-6616 or [email protected].
