The Friends of the C. H. Booth Library in Newtown, Connecticut are again staging their Annual Five-Day Book Fair. This year, their 50th, begins Friday July 10 at noon. Their approach has always been to both have a great time and earn money for their library. To do this they encourage folks to consider them as their solution when they are downsizing and have printed material to contribute. In this way they accumulate thousands of donations that they turn into their annual book fair stock. In this way the Booth Friends turn your gifted material into opportunities for new arrivals and families who are looking to fill their shelves. It’s fun, efficient and satisfying.
This year’s event is again a Five-Day affair.
Friday July 10. PREVIEW 1-5. The first day you get first pick. For that opportunity they ask a $20 donation and limit those tickets to 250 admissions. The ticket window opens at 11:00 am and the fair opens at noon and closes at 5:00 pm.
Saturday July 11. 10-5. $5 admission (under 18 free). Ticket sales start Saturday at 9 am. $3 off purchase with coupon.
Sunday July 12. 10-5. (25% off)
Monday July 13. 10-7 (50% off)
Tuesday July 14. 10-1 (Free)
Attached is their advertisement.
And our Little Book Store is Back!
Now that HVAC work in the Booth Library is Newtown's only bookstore is back in business.
Stop by any time the library is open and shop for mint-condition adult fiction and nonfiction, children's books, puzzles and more, all at very reasonable prices.
Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.
