The Friends of the San Carlos Library is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting library programs and city reading initiatives by providing financial support and advocacy.
Visit our monthly sale, held on the second floor of the library
on the third Sunday of each month.
Browse our Book Shop, open daily during regular library hours, and located just inside the library entrance.
Explore our online sales at The Book Forest.
Here's where you can find us:
Upcoming
Sunday Sale:
November 15, 1-4pm
Second floor
of the library
Friends of the San Carlos Library
purchases new study pod
Thanks to funds raised via our wonderful donors and customers, the Friends were able to fully support the purchase of a new study pod. This space is air-conditioned and soundproof and provides meeting space for a group of 4-6 people, or a comfortable location for a lively game of mahjong! This pod can be booked by library card holders on the library's Rooms & Equipment Reservation page.
Featured titles in the Rare Book Nook
A collection of eighty volumes in the ongoing Library of America series. In decorative slip cases. $4 each.
A selection of vintage Christmas books $4 each.
In Memoriam, by Tennyson. Nice condition. First American edition. (1850, 1851 printing)) $30
Don’t—Boudoir Edition: Directions for Avoiding Common Improprieties in Conduct and Common Errors of Speech, by Censor. (1889 printing) $20
The Jump Book, by Philippe Halsman. Good condition with dust jacket. 178 prominent midcentury figures photographed in mid-air. From Marilyn Monroe to Richard Nixon. (1959, 1st printing) $30
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, [by Gertrude Stein]. (1930, 1st edition) $30
Chamber Music, by James Joyce. A gap in your Joyce collection? Very good condition . (1918, 1st authorized American edition). $125
The Unvanquished, by William Faulkner. (1938, 1st printing) $35
Across the River and into the Trees, by Ernest Hemingway. Unclipped dust jacket, but torn. (1950, 1st printing) $15
Reveille for Radicals, by Saul Alinsky. (1946) $25
The Greening of America, by Charles Reich. (1970, 1st printing) $20
The Time Trilogy, by Madeleine L’Engle. Like new. 3 volume set in slip case. (1979) $25
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, by R. A. Dick. (1945, 2nd printing) $25
Petrella at Q, by Michael Gilbert. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. (1977, 1st U.S. printing) $50
Find these books and many more in the Rare Book Nook during the monthly Sunday Sale!