46th Annual Big Book Sale
September 22-26, 2010
Opening ONE Day Early with more books than last year!
Book lovers, mark your calendars! The
largest book sale on the West Coast is coming to Fort Mason Center and this year, it’s even bigger!
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library hosts their biggest sale to date—the
46th Annual Big Book Sale, September 22-26, 2010. We’re opening a day early to accommodate this year’s epic haul of books!
Friends
members at any level are invited to our
Member Preview & Reception, Tuesday, Sept. 21 from 4:00-8:00 p.m.Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion, we’ve got over 100,000 more books than last year, bringing the sale’s offerings to half a million books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media. All books are $5 or less and all books remaining on Sunday are $1 or less.
The Big Book Sale is free and open to the public and all proceeds benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
NEW THIS YEAR!
The 46th Annual Big Book Sale is truly our biggest to date, with new stock added daily. Not only do we have an incredible selection of books and media , but this year we’re also offering literary crafts and ephemera and a Best of Book Bay section featuring collectible and rare books.
With our new 5,000 square-foot Donation Center open, our book operations have dramatically expanded, meaning more books at our sales and in the hands of readers!
Hours:
Tues. Sept. 21: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. (Members Preview & Reception)
Wed. Sept. 22-Sat. Sept. 25: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m
Sun. Sept. 26: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Volunteer at the 2010 Big Book Sale
Be a part of the 46th Annual Big Book Sale as a volunteer. Sign up
HERE!
Best of Book Bay
Throughout the year our volunteers and staff set aside books of particular note to be included in the Best of Book Bay booth at the Big Sale. Most of these books have never been in our stores and are offered here for the first time.
The 2009 Best of Book Bay included books on a wide range of subjects with special collections in the following areas: • Art & Photography
• Architecture
• Poetry
• Bay Area & California History
• Food & Cookery
• Cartoon & Comic Art
• Rare & Signed Children’s Books
• Transportation: Trains, Ships, and Automobiles
• Metaphysics
• Textiles & Crafts
• Mountaineering
Especially rare and interesting books included:
• An early American edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
• Marc Chagall’s Jersulam Windows
• The Decoration of Houses by Edith Wharton & Ogden Codman, Jr. (1897)
• American Hawking by Hans J. Peeters & E. W. Jameson, Jr.
• Harold Rosenberg’s monograph of Willem de Kooning
• Dark Like the River, the rare first book of poems by Mistress of Spices author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• Signed monograph of flower artist Masao Mizukami
• Mask of Medusa by architect John Hejduk (Rizzoli, 1987)
• Arts Décoratifs à Bord des Paquebots Français: 1880-1960 by Louis-René Vian, a beautifully-illustrated study of French cruise ship decoration.
2009 Big Book Sale joins SF Reads
For the first time, Friends’ Big Book Sale will be a part of
SF Reads—a new city-wide collaboration that celebrates the written word and San Francisco’s thriving literary community.
Converging San Francisco’s three major literary events— SFPL’s One City One Book program; Litquake, the West Coast’s largest literary festival; and Friends’ Big Book Sale—SF Reads brings writers, books and readers together this fall like never before.
Join us this fall for SF Reads and participate in San Francisco’s biggest literary extravaganza with book sales, author readings, book groups and more.
Special Thanks to our Sponsors:
