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.
Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Euclid. Praeclarissimus Liber Elementorum in Artem Geometrie, Venice, Ratdolt, 25 May 1482, first edition of the first substantial mathematical work to appear in print, Durazzo copy.
Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Galilei, Galileo. Sidereus nuncius …, Venice, 1610, first edition of the foundation of modern astronomy.
Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Kepler, Johannes. Astronomia nova aitiologitos …, Prague or Heidelberg, 1609, first edition, contemporary vellum, the Chasles copy.
Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia macrocosmica seu atlas universalis et novus ..., Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1661, brilliantly handcolored.
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: The "Hatfield" Apple-1 Computer in working condition, signed by Steve Wozniak with a letter signed by Steve Jobs. Estimate: $500,000-800,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: REICHARDT, JASIA; curator. Cybernetic Serendipity: The computer and the Arts. Portfolio and Catalogue. Estimate: $5,000-8,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: An Apple Lisa 1 Microcomputer. Estimate: $50,000-70,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: A rare Apple Paladin "All-In-One" computer prototype. Estimate: $40,000-60,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: 30th Anniversary "White OC" Edition Asus ROG Nvidia Astral Gegorce RTX 5090 signed by Jensen Huang. Estimate: $10,000-15,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: A clear plastic prototype Apple Macintosh Portable. Estimate: $10,000-15,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: An Apple Jolly Roger pirate flag. Estimate: $4,000-6,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: An Apple Newton messagepad engineering development notebook. Estimate: $4,000-6,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: A rare 1839 Jacquard-woven silk portrait of Joseph-Marie Jacquard. Estimate: $4,000-6,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: A clear plastic prototype Apple Macintosh Powerbook Duo dock with an Apple Powerbook Duo 280. Estimate: $3,000-4,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: A clear plastic prototype Macintosh 'Apollo' Classic II. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: WEIZENBAUM. Computer Power and Human Reason. 1976. Estimate: $1,500-2,500
Bonhams, Now thru Oct. 14: An Apple Newton Messagepad with marketing display. Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500
