This year the tables will overflow with more than the usual number of beautiful high-quality books in all categories. Follow the signs to some of the highlights listed below, and enjoy the treasure hunt for the rest:

GIFTS – LIKE NEW – Among the hundreds of books in excellent to new condition, look for the nice selection of cookbooks and the group of recent Hood Museum catalogues still in their original wrappers. This year the table features a NEW SUB-CATEGORY of assorted gift books priced at $5 and under.

SPECIALS – Look for these treasures, including an early cookbook, among the many on the Specials table:

What One Can Do With a Chafing Dish: A Guide for Amateur Cooks by H. L. Sawtelle, c1889.

Bugs and Wings and Other Things by Annie W. Franchot, 1918. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith and Harrison Cady.

Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood, 1901.

French and English Furniture by Esther Singleton, 1903. Illustrated by H. D. Nichols.

ALSO WITH SPECIALS – A small group of books about books for collectors. Another group will be found with HOBBIES:

The Book: The Story of Printing and Printmaking by Douglas C. McMurtrie, 1943.

ABC for Book Collectors by John Carter, 1973.

Collectible Books, Some New Paths by Jean Peters, ed., 1979.

Important Hebrew Books. Incunabula and Illuminated and Other Manuscripts from the Collection of the Late Michael Zagayski, Parke-Bernet auction catalogue, 1970.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES – Find the eight large volumes of An Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, 1980 reprint, originally published 1863-1893.

NEEDLEWORK – A large number of beautiful quilt books.

HOBBIES – More books about books for collectors and sellers, plus a group of ten book catalogues.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS – This year there are thousands of good paperbacks for ages five through young adult.

COLLECTIBLES – Located near CHILDREN’S, this category has a generous selection of Maurice Sendak and Edward Gorey volumes and a nice selection of books featuring late nineteenth century and contemporary illustrators.

ANIME AND GRAPHIC NOVELS – Assorted volumes of between thirty and forty different series of Manga Graphic Novels. At least one series, Case Closed, is complete. A sample of Manga series titles include: Jing, King of the Bandits; Dragon Ball; Buso Renkin; Rurouni Kenshin; Bleach; Rebound; Beet, the Vandal; Yu Yu Hakusho; and many more.

CLASSIC LITERATURE - A large box of Cliff Notes in excellent condition with the classics.