CUBBERLEY
USED BOOK SALES
Saturday December 12
Marty's (Main) Room opening
9 am for life members
10 am for other members
11 am for non-members
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Bargain and Children's Room Open 10 am - 4 pm
Outdoor $1.00 Sale opens at 9 am
Ephemera Opens 8 am
(weather permitting)
Sunday December 13
All Rooms Open 11 am - 4pm
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FEATURED IN DECEMBER
US and World History
Home and Crafts (Fiber Arts)
Earth and Animals
Large Format Books
Sociology
Language and Writing
Christmas & Fall Holidays
Over 50,000 items available!
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4000 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto
NW corner of the Cubberley Community Center
(650) 213-8755
www.friendspaloaltolib.org
Map
More information on the sales
Donate your old books
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO HELP PALO ALTO LIBRARIES
Marty's (Main) Book Room
In our Main Room, prices are way below what used book stores charge.
Paperbacks are 50 cents and up, and hardcovers are $1 and up.
Numbered tickets for the Main Room are given out beginning at 8 am
on Saturday. The procedure for entry tickets is different this month due
to the Members Early Sale. See the paragraph at right.
Children's Books in K-6
Room K-6 in the K wing (see
map) is
entirely filled with children's books and toys. You'll find picture
books, school age fiction, award winners, non-English titles, and
books for parents and teachers, many for under $1. This room and the
Bargain Room open at 10 am on Saturday.
Bargain Books in K-7
Next door in K-7 is the Bargain Room, where paperbacks are 50 cents,
hardcovers are $1, and children's books are just 25 cents each. The
room also contains many LP records and 78s at $1 each. On Sunday, the
room opens at 11 am and all prices are half off. Save even more on
Sundays by buying grocery bags from us for $5 each and stuffing them
with any items in the room. Buy 4 bags and get the 5th one FREE!
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Library Closed for Christmas Holidays |
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All libraries will be closed Thursday, December 24th through Sunday, December 27, for the Christmas holidays.
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Non-Profit Book Giveaway |
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Non-profit organizations and schools that need FREE books should come to the
Bargain Room this month from 4 to 6 pm on Sunday, December 13.
Please bring your own grocery bags to put books into.
More information. |
Suggestions? |
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We're always eager to hear your suggestions for ways to improve our
book sale. Please email them to us at
suggestions@friendspaloaltolib.org
or mention them to a volunteer at the sale. |
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December Sale Highlights |
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We've finally had a chance to work on the backlog of donations we've had
since the end of summer. Let's hope the weather cooperates. In the event
of rain or high probability of rain on Saturday there will be
NO Tent Sale outside the main entrance but many of the books
slated for the Tent Sale will be on sale inside the Main Room.
Other highlights: There are good "gift quality" books in all
sections - Home and Crafts has a nice selection of books on
Fiber Arts (sewing, crocheting, weaving, knitting, quilting, etc)....
Large Format, also known as "coffee table" books has some really
nice and interesting items, many at surprisingly low prices....
History is loaded once again with fresh stock on all topics....
Our Foreign Language section manager has a variety of fine books
in all the usual languages and is featuring Polish and Danish
this month, and right across the aisle is a bookcase full of Russian
texts.... Whether you're a programmer or a hardware hacker there is
bound to be something for you in Computers....
The Earth and Animals section covers a wide variety of topics from
Geology and the Environment to Dogs and Cats (Horses too!). You'll also
find bird books and hiking and climbing guides....
The Eastern Religion section received a unique array of books
and booklets dealing with various Indian faiths and philosophies, mostly
Hinduism, many printed in India.
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Members Early Sale This Month |
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The FOPAL Board of Directors has set the annual Members-Early sale for Saturday
December 12. If you're a Member of the Friends of the Palo Alto Library, you'll
be able to get in early to the Main Room at our December 12 sale. At this
once-a-year event, Life Members are allowed to enter the sale at 9am and
can purchase up to 50 books. Members at all other levels can enter the
sale at 10am and purchase the normal 12 books at a time.
Tickets for early arrivers are handled differently at the Members-Early sale.
Tickets given out are for the 9 am and 10 am lines at the Main Room, since most
people who come early are Members of the Friends. Each Member will get just one
ticket, although Members at and above the $25 levels may bring in their families,
consisting of one or two adults and children, while Life Members may bring in
their spouses. Tickets for the 11am line are one per person.
You can become a Member or renew your membership dues at door on the day of the sale.
Regular Membership in the Friends is only $15 ($10 for students and seniors, $25
for families) and is tax-deductible. Members also receive a discount coupon by
mail for the sale, a 10% discount at the Books Inc. at the Town and Country
Village, and eligibility for the Stanford Federal Credit Union, which has a new
convenient Downtown office.
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Preview Our Shelves |
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Check out some of the tens of thousands of books that will be on sale this
weekend using our
shelf preview
pictures.
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Exceptional/Collectible Books Display Case |
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The books in this case are offered to our regular customers for one
month before they are listed online. The prices at the sale are
significantly BELOW what they will be offered for sale online. On
Saturday there will be a sign up sheet on the case for priority
access. Due to the crowds in the room in the early part of the sale,
no books will be sold from the cabinet until 1pm. On Sunday, access to
the cabinet will be any time during the hours of the sale. See any
FOPAL volunteer to unlock the case for you.
Click here to view the Exceptional Books inventory (HTML)
Click here to view the Exceptional Books inventory (PDF)
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Foreign Language Texts Popular - Danish & Polish Featured This Month |
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We've always gotten a good number of donations of books in many
different languages. We are getting regular donations of really nice
books in French, German, Spanish, and Russian, but more and more we
are seeing larger donations in other languages as well. Our selection
of Russian books now resides in its own book case under the window in
the Foreign Language section. We've also got a good selection of
titles in Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Latin and much, much more.
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Last Chance for Holiday Books, Music and Gifts |
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The last of our Christmas inventory is up for grabs. You'll find a nice selection of
Christmas and Thanksgiving material on the Specials Table near the checkout
tables, and more in the book case just inside the entrance. Don't forget to
check out the Ephemera in front of the building for some non book and media
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Sunday Fun Day - Mystery 50% Off Sale; Free Books for Sunday Shoppers |
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Sundays are a great time to shop the Book Sale. The atmosphere is quiet
and peaceful and there are still thousands of great books available.
Each Sunday we have a 50% off sale on one category of books in the Main
Room. The category will not be announced ahead of time, the only way you
can find out which category is on sale is by attending the sale on Sunday.
Signs will be posted on the doors and on the shelves of the section
involved on the morning of the Sale. In addition, we will have a small
selection of FREE books available to shoppers on Sunday. One free
book per person, and you must purchase at least one item from the Sale.
There are a limited number of free books and first-come, first-served.
This applies to the Main Room only. Doors open at 11 am.
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Think Ecologically! - Bring or Donate Your Own Bags |
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Due to the increasing reuse of grocery and other bags, we tend to run
short at our sales and encourage you to bring your own cloth tote or
paper bags to the sale. If you have any extra grocery bags in good
condition please bring them for your purchases at the sale. We would
also gladly accept any extra bags you wish to donate. NO BOXES are
allowed in the sale, however.
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Support
Palo Alto's Libraries While You Shop |
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By shopping at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park and Amazon.com, a
percentage of your purchase price can help the Palo Alto Libraries at
no cost to you. At Kepler's,
just mention to the cashier that you want to support the Friends of
the Palo Alto Library. For Amazon.com, always start your shopping
session by
clicking here or on the Amazon link on the top right of any of
our web pages at
www.friendspaloaltolib.org.
Virtually all purchases you make at Amazon are eligible, not just
books. Over the years, we've raised thousands of dollars to help
our libraries through these programs.
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