One of my favorite times of the year. The Really Big Book Sale put on by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. I love going to it every year. It is truly something I look forward to doing. It is held at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Nothing beats it: A great view of the San Francisco Bay (I got an added bonus that I will blog later on) and a lot of books. Man, do they have a lot-over 500,000 books. They have them in every category and they do a great job in marking the categories. The books are priced great: $3.00 for hardbacks, $2.00 for softcovers and a buck for media (DVD, VHS, CD's, Cassettes and Records). On Sunday which is the last day of the sale everything is a buck. It is truly something to attend. I usually go on Friday to avoid the crowds:
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As you walk in |
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CD's-Took me over an hour to speed look |
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Books |
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A guy going through the boxes |
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I love going the boxes under the tables |
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People going through the books |
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This guy was serious about buying |
And you never know what you will find:
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A CD by the Dripping Silts-The songtitles were very interesting |
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A Tony the Tiger Poster Book |
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Very Interesting |
These were my buys for the day:
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Bought a bunch of these Dandy's. These are English graphic novels from the 80's |
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And a couple of Beanos': English graphic comics from the 80's |
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From Upper Left going clockwise: Moby:Southside single, Oh Say Can You Sing:Music by Major League Baseball Players, Good Morning Vietnam Soundtrack, In the Air Tonight: Virgin Records Greatest Hits
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The HBO Do You Believe in Miracles DVD
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From Left: Best Baseball Writing 2005, Over Time By Frank Deford, Champions:The Story of the 2006 New York Yankees |
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Two Doonesbury books flanked by Japan Inc, a graphic novel about the rise of the Japanese economy in the 80's |
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Outland and One Last Little Peak: Bloom County
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The biggest find of the day for me was this:
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Lone Star J.R. by Johnny Rutherford as it was signed by the auto racing legend (below) |
And they always have great volunteers to help:
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She was so nice |
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