A vintage book sale hosted by the Friends of the St. Joseph Public Library began Tuesday.

According to Library Community Services and Promotions Coordinator Crystal Stuck, the sale at the Downtown Library location is different from their fall sale and includes a variety of items.

“Not everything we have is vintage, we just don’t quite know what to call it,” Stuck said. “At our fall sale, everything is a dollar or two dollars, but every once in awhile, we have items that we want to price higher than that, so we decided to have a special sale every January at the downtown library. So these are things that are old, maybe they’re a little more fragile… collectibles.”

The sale includes approximately 600 items such as novels and local interest and nonfiction books.

Proceeds from the sale go toward library services and programs, including the summer reading program.

The sale runs through January 31st at the Downtown Library at 927 Felix Street. It is open during regular library hours, which are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.