Fall Book Sale: Thank you!

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THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR FALL BOOKSALE A SUCCESS

To everyone who volunteered, donated books, and shopped the sale — thank you for helping ensure our library can continue offering the classes, programs, and museum passes our community loves! The sale will return in the spring. In the meantime, stay tuned for updates on the Spelling Bee, and more!
 
If you would like to volunteer or have questions about our book sales, please contact us at
friends.irvington.library@gmail.com

Used book donations have resumed, please see below for guidelines

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Irvington Public Library, 12 South Astor Street, Irvington, NY 10533.

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Book Donation Guidelines

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The Irvington Library and the Friends of the Irvington Library greatly appreciate your book donations!

Only items that meet the Library’s acquisitions policy may be added to the Library’s permanent collection. Materials not selected for the collection may be sold by the Friends, with all proceeds benefiting the Library. Items that are not sold may be donated to other nonprofit organizations or responsibly discarded.

How to Donate

  • You may bring one or two cartons or shopping bags of books to the library front desk during regular library hours.

  • Please do not use plastic garbage bags.

  • Books must never be left outside the library, in the vestibule, or in the book drop.

If you wish to donate more than two cartons, please contact the Friends in advance so we can arrange for someone to receive them.

Questions? Email us at friends.irvington.library@gmail.com
Please do not call the library regarding donations — thank you!

Items We Welcome

We are happy to accept:

  • Hardcover fiction and nonfiction

  • Trade paperback fiction and nonfiction (not mass-market/pocket editions)

  • Reference books and textbooks only if recently published

  • Specialized periodicals and academic journals (no popular magazines)

  • Children’s books

  • Foreign-language books

  • Blank books, journals, diaries, notebooks, notecards, postcards, and stationery

Items We Cannot Accept

Unfortunately, we are no longer able to accept:

  • Mass-market (“pocketbook”) paperbacks
    (approx. 4.25 × 6.87 inches), unless like new

  • DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, or vinyl records unless new and unopened

  • Software or video games

Please also do not donate:

  • Water-damaged, mildewed, or heavily soiled books

  • Books with missing covers or split spines

  • Out-of-date computer science books

  • Instruction manuals

  • Encyclopedias

Tax Receipts

To obtain a receipt for tax purposes, please ask the library clerk or a Friends volunteer when you drop off your donation.

THANK YOU for supporting the Irvington Library!