Temporary Halt on Book and AV Donations
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are temporarily unable to accept book or AV donations after Monday, Aug. 31. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.
2026 Annual Book Sale
Friday, Oct. 9, to Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
This year’s Friends and Foundation Annual Book Sale is dedicated to the memory of Helen G. Neuburg, better known as Greenie. Greenie volunteered for the Friends of Princeton Public Library for many years and was passionate about getting our donated children’s books into the hands of young readers. Greenie passed away peacefully in August and will be greatly missed by all who were lucky enough to have known her.
The sale, which benefits the library, features thousands of gently used hardbacks, softcovers, trade books, academic books and more, all carefully sorted and priced, with a broad range of categories for readers of all ages and interests. Most books are priced at $4 and below, with some higher priced categories including art books, rare and collectible items. This event is open to everyone and will be held in the Community Room. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted.
PREVIEW SALE (admission fee): Friday, Oct. 9, 9 a.m. to Noon. Numbered admission tickets will be on sale at the door starting at 8 a.m. The first 40 tickets will be $25 per person, remainder will be $5 per person. Customers enter the sale in numerical order, and the number of customers in the room will be limited to 40 at a time for the Preview Sale only.
REGULAR SALE (no admission fee): Friday Oct. 9, Noon – 4:30 p.m. and Saturday Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
HALF PRICE DAY (no admission fee): Sunday Oct. 11: Noon – 4:30 p.m.
All proceeds benefit Princeton Public Library, and prices are non-negotiable. Scanners are allowed at the tables, but stockpiling and ‘clearing’ are not permitted. Parking (with a fee) is available in the adjacent municipal garage; enter the garage from Spring or Wiggins streets.
The sale will feature an excellent selection of literary classics, fiction, mysteries, art, history, biographies, science, mathematics, sociology, psychology and anthropology as well as children’s books and many other genres.
Highlights include:
- The Tesla High-Frequency Coil by Haller and Cunningham (D. Van Nostrand Company, 1910, 1st edition)
- Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922, 1st Edition)
- Out of My Later Years by Albert Einstein (Thames and Hudson, 1950, 1st Edition)
- Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, ex-Princeton University Library and rebound)
- The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp (The Persian Book of Kings) by Sheila R Canby (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014, 1st Edition, 1st Printing)
- Osterbuch (Hasenbuch) by K.F.E. von Freyhold (Bruno Cassirer, 1908, 1st Edition)
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper & Row, 1964, 1st Edition, 2nd Issue)
- Seventh Heaven by Patti Smith (Signed, Telegraph Books, 1972, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing)
- Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich (William Reed & Co., 1829, 1st Edition)
- Ujhold by Miklos Radnoti with woodcuts by Gyorday Buday (Szegedi Fiatalok Muveszeti Kollegiuma, 1935, 1st Edition)
- The Hydraulic Door Check by Richard Artschwager (Signed by the artist, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2002, Limited edition)
- Black Labor Chant by David Wadsworth Cannon, Jr. (Signed by Deborah Cannon Wolfe, National Council on Religion in Higher Education, 1974)
- Signed 1st editions by Rick Atkinson, Annette Gordon-Reed and Gretchen Whitmer
- Signed books by E.L. Doctorow, Freeman Dyson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Siddhartha Mukherjee and William Styron
Book/CD/DVD Donations
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are temporarily unable to accept book or AV donations after Monday, Aug. 31. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.
Bookstore
The Friends and Foundation run a gently used bookstore on the ground floor of the library. Open during library hours, the store offers a wide selection of books, ranging from children’s early readers to philosophical treatises. Books are added daily, so browse for bargains often. In addition, the Friends and Foundation hosts an annual book sale each fall, which supports the library.
Volunteer
We are fortunate to have a full team of people who support our bookstore and are not seeking any new volunteers at this time.