Books in a booth

When the mobile library stopped visiting the English village of Westbury-sub-Mendip (the nearest stationary library is 4 miles away), the 800 residents took matters into their own hands. They voted to turn a phone booth into a mini sharing library. It's pretty much the cutest atheneum ever.Here's what I'd want donated to share in the year to come (or, my shortlist of books to read in the early days of 2010):

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Invisible by Paul Auster
Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut
The World According to Garp by John Irving
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk

Is it legal to start a phone booth library in Manhattan?