There are library book sales, then there is Westport . . .
On Jun 27, 9:16�am, BillGill wrote:
This sort of thing is unconstitutional. �It is prohibited under the
cruel and unusual punishments clause. �There are many many of us out
here that do not have any way to get to this sale.
When I checked the location of the sale on Google, I learned that the
library was only a half-hour walk from the train station. I don't
consider that a big deal so, as fair weather was predicted, I decided
to go for it.
It was a major disappointment to me (and a waste of $21 in train
fare). It was, when all is said and done, a libray sale--discards and
donations, mostly fairly recent stuff. The personal collections must
have been scattered among the various categories, and there was not a
shrink-wrapped book to be seen by 11 am.
If you were only interested in filling a bag (or box) with inexpensive
books, it was great. There certainly were a lot of books. But there
wasn't much there in collectible condition, IMO (way too many book
club editions). One of the three books I did buy turns out to have
check marks--in pen, of course--against a list inside. grrrrrr
The Fine Arts Festival was interesting to look at, and I took
postcards from two artists for possible follow-up. (Funnily, both
live
in NYC, same as me!)
Just my take; I'll be curious to read Francis' report...
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