Annual Used Book Sale at Princeton

Oh, to be in the Princeton, NJ area this week!!!

Princeton Seminary Annual Used Book Sale May 7–10, 2010 (student-only preview sale on May 6)

Princeton Theological Seminary will hold its annual used book sale in the Seminary‘s Whiteley Gymnasium from Friday, May 7 through Monday, May 10. An entrance fee of $50 will be charged on Friday  from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Following that, the book sale will be free and open to the public.

Why We Do It

We are a global village, and through our efforts we work to support each other in theological education.

The PTS Stewardship and Missions Committee‘s annual used book sale is organized and run by PTS students to help other seminary students broaden their theological education. Our hope is to raise financial support and awareness for international seminary libraries in need. All proceeds from the book sale will benefit theological seminaries around the world. Many of these institutions are closely connected to the PTS community. They are home seminaries of our international students and professors, places to which these men and women will likely  return to teach. These gifts allow our colleagues around the world to build richer library collections in their own languages.

Last year the book sale raised nearly $24,000 and supported six seminaries. This year the goal is to raise more than $45,000. For more information about the sale, donating books, directions, or assistance with unloading large book donations, please contact Erin Buckner by email at ptsbooksale@gmail.com or call 609.306.0787.

Where and When

The book sale will take place at the Whiteley Gymnasium on the following dates:

Thursday, May 6 from 4:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. (PTS student preview sale, student ID required)

Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8 from 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. ($50 entrance fee until 3:00 p.m. on Friday)
Sunday, May 9 from 12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (free and open to the public)

Monday, May 10 from 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (final day of the sale)

The Whiteley Gymnasium is located at 34/36 Hibben Road, at the corner of Stockton Street (Route 206) in Princeton. Click here for maps and directions.

On a similar note, Jon Rising is seeking to sell some excellent reference works from his personal library.  Check it out here.  This is a great deal!

Annual Used Book Sale at Princeton

ebay Sale | Biblical Language References

I've uploaded more books to ebay this evening. Please visit this link and place your bids.

Up for auction are the following books:

• Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament | 2 Volumes
• Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the NT
• Old Testament Word Studies | William Wilson
• Introduction to the New Testament | Theissen
• Englishman's Greek Concordance of the NT
• An Exegetical Grammar of the Greek New Testament
• A Survey of Old Testament Introduction | Archer
• A Survey of Israel's History Rev. & Enlarged | Wood
• A Parsing Guide to the Greek New Testament | Han
• A Dictionary of New Testament Greek Synonyms | Berry

Please let me know if you have any questions about these. For more information on this library sale please visit my earlier post.

Don't forget about the special items listed at TheoSource Book Sale.

ebay Sale | Biblical Language References

More ebay Auctions (Spurgeon titles)

UPDATE: These auctions have ended. I'll work on listing more soon.

Last night I uploaded a few more books for sale on ebay. I have a few books of C. H. Spurgeon's Sermons and Sermon Notes. Also for sale is an old, 8 volume set of Spurgeon's Treasury of David.

If your are interested, please visit this link and place your bids. Auctions end on Monday evening (9/6/07).

Don't forget about the special items listed at TheoSource Book Sale.

More ebay Auctions (Spurgeon titles)

New ebay Auctions! Please pay us a visit.

UPDATE: This batch of auctions will be ending this evening. Our thanks to everyone who has placed a bid.

I've uploaded more books to ebay this afternoon. Please visit this link and place your bids.

Don't forget about the special items listed at TheoSource Book Sale.

New ebay Auctions! Please pay us a visit.

More Items for Sale on eBay

UPDATE: These auctions will be ending this evening. Please take a look, there are some nice volumes for sale. Well, the auctions are over, for now. I'm working on uploading some more books. Keep watching

I've finally gotten back to listing some books for sale on eBay. Please visit my books for sale here.

Here is a quick list of the items I have listed for sale. I have many more to list and hope to list them in the weeks to come.

1. The Doctrine of God by H. Bavinck / 1st Edition (1951)
2. The Background of the Gospels, Fairweather (Klock)
3. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, 6 vols.
4. Life of St. Paul by James Stalker
5. Life of Christ by James Stalker
6. Lectures in Systematic Theology Sold
   
7. Four Minor Prophets, F. E. Gaebelein (HB)
8. Expositor's Bible Commentary-Volume 9 (1980) Sold
9. Expositor's Bible Commentary-Volume 12 (1981)
10. Barne's Notes, 14 volumes
11. Arno C. Gaebelein - The Annotated Bible - 4 vols. Sold
12. Acts, F. F. Bruce - NICNT (HB) recommended

You may also want to watch (or subscribe to the RSS feed) TheoSource Book Sale. On that site I will be posting extra pictures of some of the items for sale on eBay. As time permits I will also post some special volumes and sets for sale.

More Items for Sale on eBay

Two Notes

BUMP: I've just updated the Books for Sale list. I have plenty more to list, so stay tuned. (5/21/07)

1. I have updated the following lists (found on the left sidebar):
1. Classification Guide
2. General Reference Works
3. Top Commentaries
4. Commentaries on the Whole Bible
5. OT Historical Books
6. OT Poetical Books
7. OT Prophetical Books
8. Commentaries on the NT
2. I have begun building a list of the books I have for sale. There are thousands more so please check back for further updates. At this point I have not priced the books. If you find a title in which you are interested, please send me an email and I will get prices for you. In time, I will add prices to this list. Also, some will be listed on eBay. I'm taking a short break from eBay in order to compile this list (and spend some time with my family).
   

Two Notes

New eBay Listings ending on 5/8/07

We've posted a more books for sale on eBay. Please take a look and take advantage of some great deals.

Go to our ebay items

Auctions end at about 10:00 (EST) Tuesday evening, May 8, 2007.

New eBay Listings ending on 5/8/07

New ebay listings ending midnight (EST) 4/2307

We've posted a few books for sale on ebay and will be posting more by next week. Please take a look and take advantage of some great deals.

Go to our ebay items

Auctions end at about midnight Monday evening, April 24, 2007.

New ebay listings ending midnight (EST) 4/2307

New ebay Listings: Check them out!

We've posted a few books for sale on ebay and will be posting more by next week. Please take a look and take advantage of some great deals.

Go to our ebay items

Auctions end Monday evening, April 16, 2007.

New ebay Listings: Check them out!

New Ebay Listings: Check them out!

We've posted a few books for sale on ebay and will be posting more by next week. Please take a look and take advantage of some great deals.

Go to our ebay items

UPDATE: Auctions end Tuesday evening.

New Ebay Listings: Check them out!

2 Ebay Auctions

Two new auctions have been posted on ebay this evening.

First, is The Training of the Twelve, by A. B. Bruce.

Second, is A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, by Norval Geldenhuys.

Please visit ebay and place your bid, now!

2 Ebay Auctions

Theological Library Sale (Now Finished)

UPDATE (5/1/10):  I appreciate the inquiries I've received about this library.  I have a handful of books that I'd like to sell.  Of particular note are two 4-volume sets of Timothy Dwight's Theology (see photo and here.)  Otherwise, I no longer live near this library and do not have ready access to it.  Most of the key volumes have already been sold.  Thanks.  Jason.

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For our first post of the new year, we would like to announce that we have agreed to sell off a friends personal library.

Mention was made previously here regarding a visit made to my brother-in-law's father's inherited library. I've visited this library before but had not had the opportunity to browse it as extensively as I have recently. Well, this past weekend we came to an agreement on selling the library. I've been looking for another opportunity like this for a while now. He's been trying to figure out how to proceed with selling the library. So, here we go!!! : )

History of the Library: Some of the details are sketchy, but here is what I have learned, so far. The library was passed down from the late Mr. Frank Sells, preacher and Bible teacher. Mr. Sells was born in the early 1900's and died in his 90's about 5 years ago. He built his own library by searching out used bookstores as he worked a preaching circuit throughout the New England area. From what I have gathered his own library was about 2,000 volumes strong.

At some point, later in his life, he purchased the library of a deceased preacher-friend named Cannoy (sp?). This purchase added about 6,000 volumes to his library.

Not long after that, he purchased the library of another deceased preacher-friend by the name of John McCormick.

All in all, the library contains about 10,000 volumes. Mr. Sells' desire was to start a small Bible Institute at the church he attended. That dream was never fulfilled and the books have remained mostly unused for the past 10 years. Some had been in storage for a while, but all are out and on shelves now. We are working on cataloging the books, and organizing them.

Overview: So, you may be wondering, "What sort of books are in this library?" The library is a thoroughly religious library. Each of these men were conservative, Calvinistic preachers/teachers. The books range in age from 10-200 years old.

Commentaries:There are a number of commentaries per book of the Bible, with some duplicates. Many of the Klock & Klock reprints; many full sets (Calvin, EBC, Expositor's Greek Test.; Gill's Comm's; K & D on the OT and others); many Banner of Truth; many CLASSICS.

Theological Works: There is an excellent selection of systematic theologies (Hodge, Shedd, Cunningham, Chafer, Hoeksema, Calvin, Berkhof, etc.), and many smaller theological volumes. There is are stacks of works on Christology (Hengstenberg, for instance), many on Calvinism, and about five 3.5 foot shelves on Eschatology.

Many works by G. Campbell Morgan, James Stalker, F.W. Farrar, W.H. Griffith Thomas, and others. The Works of Wesley.

Theological Dictionaries, Lexicons, Bible Dictionaries, Bibles, Encyclopedias, etc.

Biographical Works: Sorry, I "robbed" some great titles from here, but there are still about 50-75 more good biographies. There are also a number of works on Bible Characters (Alexander Whyte, F.B. Meyers, etc.).

There are a number of works on Paul and the 1st Century, Missions, Pastoral Theology, Homiletics, and more.....

In weeks to come, I will be posting some of these volumes and sets for sale. Please keep watching. And, PLEASE, let me hear from you. The library is about 2 hours away from me, so I do not have instant access, but will be making periodic visits, bringing books back to my house.

Theological Library Sale (Now Finished)