Morris Library will host the book/vinyl and media sale, March 20-21. (Photo by Yenitza Melgoza)
March 09, 2026
SIU Book/Vinyl and Media sale is March 20-21
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Discover treasures and hard-to-find items at the Friends of Morris Library and WSIU Radio massive public sale at Southern Illinois University Carbondale later this month.
The book/vinyl and media sale is Friday and Saturday, March 20-21, in the Morris Library basement. The sale will run from 4 to 7 p.m. March 20, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 21. Admission is free both days. Proceeds of the sale go to purchase materials and support the library’s mission and WSIU Radio.
Hardcover books are $1 apiece; paperback books, 50 cents apiece; and vinyl albums, $1 apiece. Prices will vary on coffee-table, art and photography books, SIU Press books, and boxed set items. The classic vinyl and media sale will feature a variety of vinyl records and CD’s ranging from classical to classic rock, along with a wide selection of DVD movies.
Only cash and checks will be accepted.
One of the highlights will be numerous books from SIU Press and the Trovillion Private Press, a Herrin publishing company operated by the late Hal and Violet De Mars Trovillion.
The sale will also feature varied books including:
- Art.
- Biographies.
- Children’s books.
- Classics.
- Cooking.
- Fictional works.
- History.
- Management.
- Mysteries.
- Nonfiction.
- Political science.
- Romance.
- Religion.
- Science.
- SIU Press Books.
- SIU Carbondale Obelisk yearbooks.
For more information, contact Morris Library at 618-453-2522.