* The next sale will be June 1-3, 2018 at the UNO Arena. *
The Big 2018 Symphony Book Fair will be held
Friday, June 1 through Sunday June 3, 2018
at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena
6801 Franklin Ave
New Orleans, LA 70122
(same location as last year)
Free parking – enter from Franklin Avenue
Enter the sale under Ramp 1 (which faces Franklin Ave)
Hours:
Friday 9am-8pm
Admission for best selection on first day only – $15 from 9am-3pm only, free admission after 3pm
Saturday 9am-8pm, free admission
Sunday 9am-4pm, free admission
All items budget priced. Many categories of books, including children’s and young adult. Even rare items are priced at “wholesale” level prices.
Some special collections that will be for sale this year
Henry James’ books
Year books from 1930’s-50’s
John Le Carre hardbacks
The International Library of Piana Music (Complete set 16 vols)
Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species (1896 edition)
Car Racing
Entomology prof’s research library
Vintage cat books
Young Adult – large collection
Psychoanaolysis
Autographed Jack Dempsey photo postcard
Ed McBain mysteries
Classics – large collection
Large collection of books in French (including Occital) from a Tulane professor
Art
- J. Gould Lithograph Prints
- 1983 Jazz Fest Poster
- Celebrity Photos (Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Liza Minnelli, Gregory Peck, James Stewart. John Wayne, and many more…)
- 2010 Jazz Fest Poster
- Vintage Silhouettes
- David Noll
- Hugh Boycott Brown
- Robert Guthrie
- Grace Newburger
- Richard Thomas
- Mona McRae
- Charles H. Reinike
- Linda LeKinff
- Carl Bianga
- Johnny Donnels
- Garland Robinette