Bill Pitt was an omnivorous reader. His library in the G. William Pitt House, which now belongs to the Colrain Historical Society, housed hundreds of histories, art books, novels, cookbooks, books about Maine, reference and travel books, and poetry, as well as a collection of books about the theater.
The curatorial committee has set aside all of the theater collection and all books dealing with Colrain and local history, and we will be selling hundreds of the other books from his library Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. across from the Brigham farmhouse on Route 112 just north of the village. Proceeds of this sale will help to fund repairs to the Pitt House buildings. The books will be priced to move, and there are some wonderful finds there.
Across the road, in front of the farmhouse, there will be a tag sale of antiques and farm implements from the Brigham farm—well worth a look.
We will be masked and practicing social distancing, and hope visitors will do so as well. Cash and checks only.
