89th Annual Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale - March 13-17 in Princeton, NJ- including MILITARY HISTORY
The Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1931 is the oldest and largest sale of its type in the US, renowned for the number, diversity and quality of its used books. This volunteer-run sale raises scholarship funds for young women attending Bryn Mawr and Wellesley Colleges. The Sale also recycles huge numbers of books and provides a place for bibliophiles to purchase good quality publications at reasonable prices.
Our 89th Annual Sale will be held during the period 13-17 March at Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton, NJ 08540. Hours of operation and directions can be found at the following link: bmandwbooks.com Please note that March 13th is a Preview Day, requiring the purchase of a $25 entrance ticket. Admission on all other days is free.
We expect to bring more than 90,000 books from across 66 diverse categories to this five-day extravaganza, genres ranging from Art, Archaeology and Architecture through Cooking and Food, History, Economics, Mysteries and Novels, Science Fiction, Music, Politics, Science and Mathematics, works for Children of all ages, all forms of Media and books in more than 30 languages and dialects.
We are very pleased to offer a truly impressive selection of works on MILITARY HISTORY: well over 1,800 hardcover and paperback publications covering virtually every aspect of this topic, including popular and scholarly works on single incidents, protracted campaigns and much broader eras in history, as well as tomes on historical personages as diverse as Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Davis, Lincoln, George I, Mary Queen of Scots, Shaka kaSenzangakhona, Peter The Great, Lenin, Genghis Khan, and Bernardo O'Higgins.
By way of example, we have a broad selection of works on the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War, including books on early American settlements, the development of government, interactions with native peoples, the role of slavery, early agriculture and the rise of trade, religion, industry and manufacturing. We have tomes covering topics ranging from the Genesis of these conflicts through politics, policy, reconstruction, strategy, armaments, tactics, uniforms, food and cooking, tools, logistics, period furniture, and clothing. and many works on military battles, including Lexington, Concord, Quebec and Yorktown. We have books on the battles of First Bull Run, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, The Wilderness, Antietam, the Petersburg Campaign, and Cold Harbor and multiple tomes on the Union and Confederate navies from authors as diverse as Adams, Carrington, Mitchell and Ward to Lincoln, Davis, Swinton, Cozzins, McPherson and Freeman.
In addition, we have works of certain interest on the American West, native American tribes, the Spanish-American War, the Great War, WW II, Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East, books on global and regional conflicts from Greco-Roman times, the Dark / Middle Ages, the Crusades and on, through works on weaponry, spycraft, codes and code breakers, the Long March and the history of weapons and armor. Plus, we have just over 7.000 works on British History, Continental History, US History, World History and Historical Fiction.
We invite you to attend and ask that you please let others know about this important opportunity.