Friends of the Library Book Sale This Weekend

This sale has it all—terrific books, cheap prices, and the proceeds go to the Palo Alto Library.

The Friends of the Palo Alto Library holds a monthly sale, and this weekend is it. The group has some 50,000 used books, records, videos and magazines up for grabs. Most have been donated to the group but there are also items pulled from the library’s collection.

There’s a children’s room, where most items are 50-cents to $1. There are two bargain rooms where all hardback books are $1 and all paperbacks are 50books are 50-cents to $1. The main room has a wider selection, and higher prices.

How popular is the sale? The group’s website has this caveat about the main room: “Because of our severe space limitations and compelling issues of health and safety, we will only allow 160 customers into the Main Room at a time. On Saturdays, customers will be originally admitted in the order of their numbered tickets that are given out from 8 to 11 am. Once inside, customers may take only 12 books off of shelves, after which they should purchase these and exit via the east door. They may then join at the end of any remaining line at the north door and reenter in that order. The limitation of 12 books at a time will continue past noon if a line remains outside.”

The sale will be held at the Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, 94303. The children’s room and the bargain rooms will be open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday. The main room is open 11–4 both days.

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