Westport, CT - Once again, Westport Library's Big Spring Book Sale will offer thousands of gently used books in over 50 categories, plus vintage vinyl, CDs, DVDs, audio books and ephemera, plus a large selection of framed artworks and photographs, from small desktop pieces to large wall pictures. There's something for everyone, from infants to seniors!
DETAILS:
Westport Library, 20 Jesup Road
Book Sale Hours
Free Admission:
- Friday, May 16th – 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (please note Noon start time)
- Saturday, May 17th – 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Sunday, May 18th – 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Half Price Day! Nearly everything offered at half price ($1 Fiction and $1 Children's books remain at $1)
- Monday, May 19th – 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. – This is "Bag Day" – Fill our Logo bag for $10, or your equivalent-sized bag for $8, or buy individual items for half-price (your choice)
Early Access Hours, Paid Ticket Holders Only:
- Friday May 16th from 8:45 a.m. to Noon
Be among the first to shop the Book Sale! Tickets for Early Access Hours go on sale online starting Wednesday, April 15, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. at: https://Spring2025BookSale.eventbrite.com
Priority for entry during early access hours is given to ticket holders who purchase tickets online in advance.
Tickets are $35 each plus the ticketing platform's processing fees.
A maximum of 125 tickets will be sold.
Of special interest for this sale:
- An Anglophile's paradise: a large collection of books about Princess Diana, her children, and other members of the British monarchy. And check out our Featured Specials for a porcelain Princess Diana Bride Doll by the Danbury Mint!
- Surplus copies of the Staples High School Yearbook from various years between 2000 and 2024
- Novels by NY Times best selling author Jane Green, translated into 17 languages, in new condition
- A large assortment of framed art and photographs, from small desktop pieces to large wall pieces, and including framed photographs by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Spencer Platt
- Another huge assortment of jigsaw puzzles, at bargain prices
- Fiction for just $1 – a conference room filled with hardcover fiction, mystery, science fiction and fantasy books, and young adult fiction, plus paperback novels, all offered at just $1 each. [Note: books in this room will remain priced at $1 each on Sunday's half-price day.]
For more book sale details and procedures, including procedures to be followed by high volume purchasers, please visit our website's "Events" page at www.westportbooksaleventures.org/our-events
Support your community:
become a Book Sale Volunteer !
It takes the collaboration of scores of Volunteers to make a book sale event successful. Volunteers help set up at the Library before the sale starts, unpacking and merchandising the thousands of books and other media to be sold; during the sale Volunteers keep displays tidy, greet customers, assist with way-finding, help add-up (tally) customers' purchases, and cashier. Many hands make light work!
Send an email to: volunteers@westportbooksaleventures.org