Treasures and hard-to-find items will be discovered when the Friends of Morris Library and WSIU Radio host a massive public sale at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in March.
The Book/Vinyl and Media Sale is March 21-22 in the Morris Library basement. The sale will run from 4 to 7 p.m. March 21 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22. Admission is free both days. Proceeds of the sale go to purchase materials and support the library’s mission and WSIU Radio.
Hardcover books are $1 apiece; paperback books, 50 cents apiece, and vinyl albums, $1 apiece. Prices will also vary on coffee table, art and photography books, as well as boxed set items. The classic vinyl and media sale will feature a variety of vinyl records and CDs ranging from classical to classic rock, along with a wide selection of DVD movies.
Only cash and checks will be accepted.
One of the highlights will be numerous books from SIU Press and the Trovillion Private Press, a Herrin publishing company operated by the late Hal and Violet De Mars Trovillion.
The sale will also feature varied books including:
- Art.
- Biographies.
- Children’s books.
- Cooking.
- Education.
- Fiction, including science fiction.
- History.
- Management.
- Mysteries.
- Photography.
- Political science.
- Religion.
- Science.
- SIU Carbondale Obelisk yearbooks.
For more information, contact Morris Library at 618-453-2522.
