Signed first editions, autographed books and rare books will be offered for sale at a silent auction being held by Friends of Daphne Public Library. 

The auction will be held Saturday, Sept 29 inside the Daphne Public Library.  Bidding starts at 9 a.m. and will close at 1:30 p.m.

Among the books offered during the silent auction will be signed first editions by Newt Gingrich, Rick Bragg and Jimmy Buffett. 

A signed first edition of “Landers — a Memoir of Mentors” by Alabama author Marion Wright Edelman, along with “Audubon’s Birds of America” and a 1984 Navy Department historical report, “Exploration of the Amazon,” will be available for bid. A signed copy of John Grisham’s “Pelican Brief” will also be available for bid. 

For more information, contact Bill Wilson at 626-8789.