The front chamber of the New York County Surrogate's Courthouse is absolutely breathtaking—an intricately carved Beaux Arts vision rendered in warm-toned marble—but none of the sixty or so people shuffling around the room were paying much attention to the interior design. Instead, all eyes were on the tables of books for sale at the Municipal Archives and Library Booksale, the first in a decade hosted by the Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS).
The majority of the wares for sale were deaccessioned from the stock of the City's Municipal Archives and Library themselves—a grab bag of fiction and nonfiction on "New York City’s history, politics, culture, theater, art, food and iconic landmarks," according to the department itself. The sale was initially supposed to run for two days, Friday and Saturday, but due to overwhelming attendance, its second day has officially been canceled as of this writing.
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