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8/27
1999
'MO- Detroit Jewish News
Booked For Browsing
Brandeis University comes up a big winner from annual used book sale.
DIANA LIEBERMAN
Stall Writer
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etired physician Marie Fly likes the
annual Brandeis University Used
Book Sale so much, she visits it
often. Its a relief after spending my
whole life reading medical textbooks," she said.
"I usually come three or four times," the
West Bloomfield resident added. "I must
spend about $80-$100 in all." Her choices
include non-fiction, classics ; science fiction
and biographies.
Book lovers had no trouble filling their
shopping carts with treasures at this year's sale
— but they had a hard time spending a lot of
money with the low prices.
The weeklong sale, in its 33rd year at Tel-
Twelve Mall in Southfield, ended Wednesday.
All volumes were priced to sell. A recent Ann
Rice novel cost $7, while hardcover editions
of the Iliad and The Odyssey, both like new,
went for $1 each. And, for only $1.60, a
lucky cookbook collector could walk off with
the illustrated A Russian Jew Cooks in Peru.
At these prices, it's hard to imagine the
event could make a profit. But every year,
between $50,000 and $100,000 flows into
the treasury of the local chapter of the
Brandeis University National Women's
Committee. Even after paying expenses,
that leaves a healthy chunk to donate to the
Brandeis library system centered in
Waltham, Mass.
Books for the sale are collected all year
long, from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and
Tuesdays, at the Book Depot, 25595
Coolidge Highway, in Oak Park. All dona-
tions are tax-deductible.
Once August rolls around, book lovers
throughout the state know to head for Tel-
Twelve Mall in search of bargains.
"We had 350-400 people come to the
opening alone," said Joan Braun, Brandeis
Midwest Region president.
Despite the admission fee of $5, people
lined up all day for the 9:30 p.m. official
opening. When we opened the doors, they
just rushed in," Braun said. "I didn't get
home until 2 a.m."
As usual, admission was free during the
rest of the week.
Sixteen-year-old John Caramia took advan-
tage of the sale to add to his collection of
humor books, while Johanna Schwensen
snapped up an Audubon Field Guide to North
American Wildflowers for $2.
"I work in Southfield, and I come every year,"
Schwensen said. "But even if I didn't work in
Southfield, I'd come anyway."
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Top: Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz of Oak Park
fills a carriage fill of title selections.
Above: Bargain seekers are everywhere at the used book fair.