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Festival Pavilion
Book lovers, pencil Thursday, September 28 in your calendars (or get it on your Blackberry). On that day and three days following, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library put on what may well be the biggest book sale on the West Coast. The sale, occupying the vast Festival Pavilion, features more than 200,000 previously owned books available at remarkable savings.
The Friends have been putting these sales together for 42 years. During that time, they have sold more than three million books, with proceeds going to San Francisco Public Library programs and services. This year’s event is produced by 350 volunteers carting 7,000 boxes of books to the pavilion and setting them out on 300 tables.
What do you like? History? Mysteries? Cookbooks? There are more than 50 categories of books on sale, including rare books, first editions, and, of course, many books that just can’t be categorized.
There is a members and special guests reception preview sale on Wednesday afternoon, September 27. For more information check the September 27 calendar listing or visit www.friendssfpl.org.
— Ronald Tierney
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