Friends’ Spring Book Sale to Feature “Collectors’ Corner”

Volunteer members of Friends of the East Providence Public Library have gathered more than 75 special or unusual books donated in recent months. These collectible books will be featured at the Spring Book Sale at Weaver Library on Members Only Preview Night, Thursday, April 25 from 6 to 8 p.m., and on Friday to Sunday, April 26 to 28 during library hours.

A list of some of these special books is available on the Friends of the East Providence Library web page on the East Providence Public Library website, www.eastprovidencelibrary.org. Just click on “About”, then “Friends of the Library.” The books are listed with a short description and price on the site. Dozens of books are featured on a wide variety of topics. More are added as they arrive.

Among the current books offered in the Collectors’ Corner are a number of author/illustrator-signed children’s books, including Bad Day in Riverbend and The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg, author of The Polar Express, and I Hate to Go to Bed by Katie Davis. A complete first edition set of 13 volumes of A Series of Unfortunate Events would make a wonderful gift for a child who is following the current series on Netflix. The set is priced at $30. Purchase the Classic Collector’s Edition of Gray’s Anatomy, the most famous medical textbook, for $10. Treat yourself to a signed copy of Norman RockwellL: My Adventures as an Illustrator, an autobiography of this iconic artist, for $40. Brush up on local history with an 1881 first edition of Picturesque Rhode Island, featuring pen and pencil sketches of cities and town and prominent Rhode Islanders, for $25.

Following the book sale, the remaining collection will be available for viewing by appointment only by sending an email to epcollectorscorner@yahoo.com or calling 401-433-3463. As with The Friends’ seasonal sales and ongoing book sale, all proceeds from the Collectors’ Corner benefit the East Providence Public Library.