The
Friends of the SF Public Library are holding their
Spring Book Sale at Fort Mason this week through Sunday. It's probably not the most efficient place to find a specific book, but browsing can be fun.
It's $3 for hardcovers, $2 for paperbacks. Other items like CDs are $1. On Sunday, everything goes for a dollar. Shoppers often fill shopping carts.
The collectibles area has interesting titles, though these are priced at more than a few bucks.
The last thing I need is more used books around my apartment, but there were no lines at the registers, so just for fun I bought this wonderfully judgy pocket guide to composers, from 1943. Wagner is called "the Führer of nineteenth century opera."
§ 4th Annual Spring Book Sale
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
April 16-20th, 2014
10 AM-6 PM
Fort Mason Festival Pavilion
5 comments:
buying books is an addiction. Sometimes I try to fight it, but most of the time. . . .
But books are good for us, so surely it can't be a bad addiction, right?
indeed!
I know how to deal with my addiction. Many years ago I decided that there would only be two slim bookcases in my life and if I wanted to buy a new book, then something else would have to move on to friends, used bookstores, the trash can, whatever. And I love "The Fuhrer of the 19th Century" characterization of Wagner because of course it's not exactly wrong.
I too occasionally purge my shelves in order to make more acquisitions but often regret some of my deaccessions. I have a suspicion that I've bought back a couple of my own books from Green Apple or these library sales.
I'm enjoying the author's pithy assessments as well! I recommend the entry on Scriabin.
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