Most books are in excellent or perfect condition. Our volunteers carefully sort the donated books we receive each year, keeping only the best 60,000 or so. We receive valuable books from scholars and celebrities, university departments (including Princeton and Rutgers), and the estates of ardent book collectors. The sale attracts collectors and dealers from Indiana, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Maine, Ohio, and beyond. It is worth the trip!
The 2025 sale will take place March 12th through noon on March 16. The site once again is Stuart Country Day School in Princeton, NJ. Tickets for the March 12 Opening Day will go on sale on the Annual Sale page starting at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 12.
Prices for 2025 are:
Opening Day tickets – $32 per person
New release books (< 5 years old) – $5.00
Hardback – $4.00
Large paperback – $3.00
Small paperback – $1.00
Children’s – $1 and up
DVDs and audio books – $1 per disk (larger sets may be specially marked)
Box Day – Most books $10 per box
Collectible and rare books in our Collectors Corner room are offered at a percentage of a book’s average online value at the time we price it. Books worth up to $100 are sold at 25% of their market values while books over $100 are marked at 30%.
Why do dealers make a point of attending the Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale?
1. Tens of thousands of top quality books in 60+ categories
2. Rare and antique books available in Collectors Corner
3. Books are priced with dealers’ profit margins in mind.
4. Books are carefully curated to remove the dross, leaving only books in excellent condition.
5. We sell collections donated by scholars, university professors, and local celebrities.
