Are you looking for unique gifts for special people over the holidays? The Friends of the Library have some book lovers specials for your consideration.  The recent library book sale was a great success. We had thousands of books donated and turnout for the two day event was very good. This year a number of collectable books were  donated for the sale. We have held these books from the sale since they are more valuable and might have been overlooked by people interested in buying them.

This year we are having a special holiday sale of these books. They will be be in the display case by the main checkout desk on the first floor of the library. Come and see these books and if you are interested in any one of them, you can sign a contact sheet so that one of the Friends can meet you and show you the book for your inspection.

The following is a brief description of the books for sale. You can visit websites such as (www.abebooks.com) and search for the books to get comparable prices. I think you will see that our prices are reasonable and make the books perfect for yourself or as a Christmas gift.

• Babar and Father Christmas, Jean De Brunhoff, Random House, New York, probably printed in the 1950s, very good condition, no dust jacket
• Babar's Picnic, Laurent De Brunhoff, Random House, New York, first US edtion, no dust Jacket, good condition
• Darconville's Cat, Alexander Theroux, Doubleday, New York, signed first edition, excellent condition.
• My Book House, Olive Beaupre Miller, The Book House for Children, Chicago, set of 12 volumes, this set of classic children's stories originally was published as individual volumes in 1920. This set was printed in 1937. Very good to excellent condition except for volumes 1 and 2 which are scuffed on the corners.
• My Book House, Olive Beaupre Miller, The Book House for Children, Chicago, volume 7, single volume, very good condition
• Loon Lake, E L Doctorow, Random House, New York, signed first edition, number 295 of 350, in slip case, sun fading on spine, very good condition.
• Fields of wonder, Rod McKuen, Random House, New York, signed first edition, number 537 of 750, in slip case, excellent condition
• Six Men, Alistair Cooke, Knopf, New York, signed first edition, number 267 of 400, in slip case, excellent condition
• Chesapeake, James Michener, Random House, New York, first edition in slip case, excellent condition
• Little Big Man, Thomas Berger, Dial Press, New York, first edition, good condition, small tear on back of just jacket
• Foxfire, Joyce Carol Oates, Dutton, New York, first edition, very good condition
•  We were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates, Dutton, New York, first edition, excellent condition
    

  The Friends of the Library are sponsoring the Giving Tree again this year. The tree, located at the adult Circulation Desk, has tags with types of materials (books, DVDs, and CDs) that the library would like to purchase. If you purchase one, the library will buy it and put a plaque in your honor in the item. Staff members Claire Stairiker, Jeannie Reinking, and Kathleen Metrick worked on our Giving Tree! Consider giving the community a gift from the Giving Tree! 

   Finally, the Friends of the Library are selling new color Haddonfield note cards by artist Marcia Steinbock. The eight cards have four different scenes: the library, Haddy (the Hadrosaurus Sculpture, the Kings Highway Clock Tower and Kings Court.)

Cards sell for $15 and are available at the first floor circulation desk. These cards are in addition to notecards of the library illustrated by Robert Byrd also available for sale.

The library continues to sell autographed copies of the books of local authors. Click here for a listing of the books on sale, which also make a thoughtful gift. These books are also sold at the first floor circulation desk.