Friends of the Library Antique & Vintage book Sale

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Book Sale

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Adults, Everyone
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Attention, book collectors, resellers, and crafters! The Friends of the Library • Campbell County is hosting an Antique and Vintage Book Sale at Campbell County Public Library February 2-4, 2023 during regular library hours.

You'll find a treasure trove in this assortment that features approximately 1000 antique and vintage books, priced from $1-$160+. Prices are 50% of the value derived from price listings found from various sources.

Sample antique books (books published 1949 and earlier) available in the sale include:
•"Museum of Antiquity, a Description of Ancient Life" by Yaggy and Haines (1880). Value on Abebooks, $320; priced at $160 in the book sale.
•"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1903). Value on Abebooks, $10; priced at $5 in the book sale.
•"Uncle Tom’s Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1894). Value on Abebooks, $10; priced at $5 in the book sale.

Sample vintage books (books published 1950 and up) available in the sale include:
•"Christmas Stories" by Charles Dickens (1955). Value on Abebooks, $5.50; priced at $2 in the book sale.
•"The Oxcart Trail" by Herbert Krause (1954). Value on Albright, $10.20; priced at $5 in the book sale. Come support the Friends of the Library, who support your libraries in Gillette and Wright -- and take home some "new" old books!