Turning the page on another year of the much anticipated 24th annual Elora Festival Book Sale, organizers have decided to extend the fundraising event to accommodate the demand from book lovers who travel from near and far to add to their book collection.
The book sale, which takes place at the Elora Curling Club, will begin on May 3, from 6 to 9pm, the first time the event has ever opened the night before the traditional two-day sale.
On May 4 and 5, the book sale will run from 9:30am to 5pm, which extends Sunday hours from previous years.
Considered one of the largest used book sales in the province, there are no restrictions on purchases and over 40 different categories of topics.
Visitors will find over 50,000 affordable, gently used books in excellent condition, as well as DVDs, CDs, LPs, videos, sheet music and posters. Rare editions of books at this year’s sale include:
– 1st ed. C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, London, 1952;
– S.R. Lushington. The Life and Services of General Lord Harris, London, 1845, 2nd printing. Author inscribed;
– Mrs. Glasse, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, London, new edition, 1788;
– Louis Catat, Voyage a Madagascar, 1890. Numerous illustrations. French text;
-Field-Marshal Montgomery, The Path to Leadership, London, 1961, 1st printing. Signed “Montgomery of Alamein”;
– Joan and Roman Vastokas, Sacred Art of the Algonkians, Peterborough, 1973; and
– H. von Michaelis, Birds of the Gauntlet, London, 1952.
Admission and parking are free. All proceeds will go directly to the Elora Festival.
The 24th annual Elora Festival Book Sale takes place at the Elora Curling Club, 60 David Street West. For more information call 519-846-0331 or visit www.elorafestival.com.
