Follow the signs to some of the highlights listed below, and enjoy the treasure hunt for the rest:

ART – Picasso wins the prize for most books in art this year, including some unexpected volumes.

ASIAN FICTION – In the fiction room look for the group of English-language novels – some by Asian authors – about China, Japan and India.

CLASSIC LITERATURE – Discover more than the usual number of beautiful finely bound and boxed editions of classical literature here, including some leather-bound volumes.

CARS, BOATS, PLANES, TRAINS – In addition to ships, boats, planes and trains, this category overflows with new coffee-table books about vintage and current automobiles, including “muscle cars” Mercedes and Porsche. Look for trolley cars, old recreational vehicles and motorcycles among the cars. Unexpected titles: Gibson’s Handbook of Knots and Splices, and Richard’s Bicycle Repair Manual.

COOKBOOKS – Once again laden with quality books, the cookbook tables feature a number of brand new books with beautiful illustrations. Among the usual suspects – Marcella Hazen, Julia Child, Craig Claiborne, New York Times cookbooks, and others - are specialty subjects, e.g., soups, game, kayak cookery and offerings from various television chefs.

FOOD – Find the NEW SUBCATEGORY of books about food-related subjects (not cookbooks) near the regular recipe books on the cookbook tables.

HISTORY – A large selection awaits the medieval buff at the history tables.

MUSIC – The sale has boxes upon boxes of sheet music and music books this year. Although most is classical, there is some popular music. Piano music is the largest category, followed by a significant amount of guitar music, and some vocal music.

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SPECIALS – Below is a glimpse of the treasures to be found on the Specials table:

The State Tretyakov Gallery, Jubilee Album to Mark the 850th Anniversary of Moscow, with fabulous plates of the gallery’s art collection.

Van Loons Geography, the Story of the World We Live In, written and illustrated by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 1932.

The Clock Book by Wallace Nutting, being a description of Foreign and American Clocks, 1924, profusely illustrated.

History of Pembroke, New Hampshire, 1730-1895.

Spalding’s Athletic Library, Playing Rules Revised, 1926

Paul Leicester Ford, Wanted – A Matchmaker, illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy, 1900.

Festival of the Sons of New Hampshire with the Speeches of D. Webster, et. al., 1850.

Richard E. Byrd, Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1st edition, 1935.

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UNCLASSIFIED – “We have it and you want it” – returns to the sale for another year, providing a place for books on unusual topics not easily classified – some with beautiful illustrations and some with fine photographs. Sample titles: The Technique of a Love Affair by a Gentlewoman; Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions; Historical Atlas of California.