Spring 2010 Book Sale
Dates: April 17-19, 2010
Hours: 10 AM to 6 PM each day
Location: Media Borough Community Center & Stone Cottage
4th and Jackson Streets (across from police station)
Media, PA 19063
8-Room Stone Cottage & Large Community Room full of books
Plus DVD’s, CD’s, Videos, Tapes, Records, Puzzles, Ephemera
Saturday, April 17
Hardbacks & Trade Paperbacks $2
Paperbacks $1
Children’s & Specials: As Marked
Sunday, April 18
Everything half price (except specials room)
Monday, April 19
Half Price from Saturday’s prices or fill one of our bags for $5
Benefits the Media-Upper Providence Library
For more information contact: mediabooksaleauction@yahoo.com or call 610-566-1918
Library Book Sale Auction
Monday, April 19, 2010
Auction of remaining items
Buy your favorite category (community room) or room (cottage)
Too many books?
–Buy with a friend. Give what you can’t use to friends or an organization.
–Sell on internet.
Monday 6:00pm: Sale ends—see what’s left. (Bids may be left anytime
during the sale; $10 minimum bid per lot.)
6:30pm: Auction begins in community room
Please provide your own bags and boxes.
Community Room (must take items at end of bidding)
Categories: Paperbacks, Art, Sports (including biographies), Fitness,
Children’s, Gardening, Holidays, Foreign Language, Large Print,
Sets, Oddities, Entertainment (DVD’s, CD’s, Videos, Books on
Tape, Records)
Specials not included.
Cottage (must take all books in room but can pick up later in the week)
First Floor:
Room l: Mysteries.
Room 2: General Fiction, Sci-Fi, Short Stories.
Room 3: History, Military, Politics/Government, Biographies (except sports
and entertainment celebrities), True Crime, Adventure, African-
American, Native American
Room 4: Atlases, Dictionaries.
Second Floor:
Room 5: Cookbooks, Crafts, Animals, Environment, Gender, Health/Self-
Help, Psychology, Collectibles, Hobbies, Home Improvement,
Transportation.
Room 6: Business, College, Jobs, Real Estate, Parenting.
Room 7: Math, Science, Photography, Film/TV/Radio (including
Biographies), Humor, Trivia.
Room 8: Literature, Poetry, Travel, Religion, Philosophy,
Folklore/Mythology, Parapsychology/Occult, Sociology,
Popular Culture, Anthropology/Archeology, Writing/Linguistics,
Music.
Book Sale Donations
When do we accept donations?
All year round (except months of sales—April & October)
What types of donations do we accept?
Books, entertainment (DVD’s, CD’s, books on tape, tapes, videos, records, puzzles), ephemera (maps, booklets, etc.)
Can use tall bookcases
What types of donations do we not accept?
Sorry, we cannot accept textbooks, computer manuals, general encyclopedia (except 9th & 11th Brittanica), Reader’s Digest condensed books, Book Club Edition fiction, or general magazines, (specific topics such as military, history, tools, dolls, etc. are ok) as there is no market for them
Where can donations be dropped off?
On the porch of the Stone Cottage at any time
4th & Jackson Sts., Media 19063
(2 blocks north of the library, across from the police station)
***If you have a large amount of items to donate, we will be glad to have someone meet you at the Stone Cottage if we are given 24 hours notice***
