Mark Your Calendar: Huge Book Sale!

With fall in the air and the seminary’s annual Fall Conference coming up, it’s time to clear Central Seminary’s library shelves of the duplicate and unneeded books that have accumulated during the past year. Last year, we had an excellent book sale that generated more than $700 for the library to use to secure new titles. This year promises to be an even greater sale. We will be offering several hundred books from the library of our founder, Dr. Richard V. Clearwaters, some with his signature and others with his book plate in them. Doc had a better-than-average pastor’s library for the 1950s, 60s and 70s. These books are in the condition which he had them on his shelves. Some may have his notes in them. (Sorry, we have kept the books signed by the authors—W. B. Riley, Carl F. H. Henry, John R. Rice, etc.) But there will be many more titles available to add to your personal library.

Typically, when we receive a donated book, we check first to see if it is needed in our own library, either to add to our collection or to replace a book that has been heavily used. Then we check our collection in Romania. If the book is in both collections, we offer it for sale to area pastors and our students at our annual book sale. These books are all reasonably priced: from $.50 for some paperbacks to $1, $2, $5 or $10. Only rarely will any book be priced over $5, and there are several sets that are being sold for less than $1 per volume.

Not all of these books are older and less useful books. Many are still being used in discussions of church history, systematic theology, and biblical exegesis. So make your plans accordingly! The annual seminary library book sale promises some real bargains for the avid Christian bibliophile!

Dates: Monday and Tuesday, October 10–11

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