Book Sale: Great Books at Great Prices!

 On Thursday, May 15, 2008 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Society’s house at 87 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, there will be a one-day sale at deep discounts of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts long backlist (titles dating from 1910 to 1995).

This special sale is open to members and their guests. Volumes will be priced at $10, $5, and $1. Cash or check only. Sorry, no credit cards. Quantities are limited.

To view the backlist, with tables of contents, click Publications, then click Check availability of past titles.

Excluded from the sale are all titles marked “Out of print,” “Contact UPressVA,”
“Contact Oak Knoll Books,” and The Complete Works of William Billings.

For the May 15, 2008 pricelist, click Pricelist.

Light refreshments will be served.

During the book sale, at 3:00 p.m. there will be a Special Meeting of the Colonial Society, at which Daniel R. Coquillette, J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor, Boston College, and Lester Kissell Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, will speak on “Portrait of a Patriot: Josiah Quincy, Jr., and his Southern Journal.”

Professor Coquillette’s lecture will be open to the public. It will be followed by discussion and light refreshments.