Book Sale Set to Sell Millionth Book

Saturday May 14

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The annual Christian Aid Book Sale at Edinburgh’s St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church begins today (Saturday) at 10am.

The event is believed to be the largest charity book sale in Britain and one of the largest in the world. The sale has raised over £2 million for Christian Aid and this year it is set to sell its millionth book.

There will be a number of rare and interesting books for sale. In the year of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, there are two 18th century editions of his works for sale, one by Samuel Johnson (1793) and the other by Alexander Pope (1723).

There is also a Henry James novel ‘Portrait of a Lady’ with a hand written inscription by Margaret James, the author’s niece, to Lady Ritchie, daughter of Victorian novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. This year is the centenary of James’ death.

Volunteer Ried Zulager, who has a PhD in Scottish history from Aberdeen University and who travels from Washington DC every year to advise on special books, said: “The sale is unique and we have people coming from all over Britain especially to visit us during Christian Aid Week. We routinely sell books to the British Library, Edinburgh University Library, the National Library of Scotland and even the Folger Shakespeare Library in America”.

The sale runs from 10am-4pm today (Saturday May 14), then 10am-3.30pm from Monday-Friday, with late night opening until 7pm on Thursday.

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