Books looking for a new home

I've culled these books to donate them and would be happy to send one or more to forum members. I can ship them by Media Mail to save you money, or First Class or Priority (depending on weight) if you'd like them more quickly.

All books are in very good condition and all but the last book have lived in a nonsmoking home. If you'd like publication info for a particular book, please let me know and I'll be happy to supply it.

If you're interested in any books, please post or send me a message by 5/8. If there are more than one requests for a book, I'll draw a name from a hat (um, probably a bowl!).

PAPERBACK BOOKS

1. A Civil Action, by Jonathan Harr
2. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
3. Thinking in Pictures, by Temple Grandin
4. We Gave Away a Fortune, by Christopher Mogil & Anne Slepian
5. Houston, by Joanne Harrison (a tour guide)

6. Who Am I this Time?, by Jay Martin
7. Beyond Success and Failure, by Willard & Marguerite Beecher
8. Money Guide/Your Home, by the editors of Money Magazine
9. Women With Attention Deficit Disorder, by Sari Solden
10. The Eco-Foods Guide, by Cynthia Barstow

11. Natural Asthma Relief, by C. Leigh Broadhurst
12. The Unoffical Guide to Eldercare, by Chris Adamec
13. Alzheimer's Early Stages, by Daniel Kuhn
14. The Autoimmune Connection, by Rita Baron-Faust & Jill P. Buyon
15. In Search of Color Everywhere; A Collection of African American Poetry, by E. Ethelbert Miller

HARDCOVER BOOKS

16. Connect, by Edward M. Hallowell (w/DJ)
17. Computer-Assisted Cartography, by Mark S. Monmonier (no DJ, I think as issued)
18. After the Madness; A Judge's Own Prison Memoir, by Sol Wachtler (w/DJ)
19. Managing Human Resources, by Randall S. Schuler (no DJ, I think as issued)
20. Agents of Change; Managing the Introduction of Automated Tools, by Edward Yourdon (no DJ, I think as issued)

21. A Treasury of Mississippi Folklore, edited by B. A. Botkin (w/DJ; previously in a smoker's home, but I only very slightly smell anything and I'm very sensitive to smoke)

 

Thank you!!! 1, 3, 4, 5, 21. Media mail please. Let me know first?

 

I'd be interested in #9. Thanks!

 

None at this time, but I'm glad to see a new book give away!

Did you ever start selling the books that you thought would be sell-able?

Fig

 

"Oh, Frack!" Lt. Starbuck - Battlestar Galactica
Dang I LOVED that show!

 

Nope, I stopped selling altogether last year. Once I start again, which should be soon, I expect to list a lot of books, with a heavy concentration in antiquarian and art books.

As I sort through things, I'll probably offer more books here.

 

Are you planning to list on eBay, or somewhere else?

 

We're going to start out on eBay and see how it goes with what we'll be offering.

Although I have some rare books I'd like to sell, I'll probably start with lesser ones and work up slowly. Some of the books might be suitable for auction houses, but I have mixed feelings about going that route.

I'd love to find a rare book dealer who'd be willing to be a mentor, but that might be a pipe dream.

 

Maybe you could see if there is any book dealer near where you live who might be willing? Or perhaps you have already tried that.

 

I've looked into it a little doing searches and checking out members lists from the national and international rare book dealers associations. I located some dealers in and around Boston who specialize in genres related to what I have, but I rarely get into town these days.

Unfortunately, it seems like the rare book dealers closer to me only have hours by appointment, and none say they specialize in a related genre.

I need to get up my nerve and try calling or emailing some dealers to see if I can get some advice. I just might get lucky!

 

Okeydoke, as of this afternoon, books #1, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 21 have takers. (Thanks, King and cartoongirl!).

Two more days left for anyone to throw their name in the hat/bowl for the books!

 

Then I'll add 7 please.

 

Sure, King.

 

More and more I'm seeing neighborhood free libraries going up in front of homes. Although I'd very much like options first... maybe that will solve the extras issue for you. .

 

There's a Little Free Library right across the street from me, thanks to a new couple with a 5 yr old moving in. A very Seattle thing. Glad to know they're making their way out into the suburbs.

 

I like that idea.

I don't think it would work too well for us, unfortunately. We're on a back country road, and get very little traffic. Rush hour means a car going by every 15 minutes!

If we did put stuff out and advertised it, and got a lot of people looking, there's no place to park other than our driveway. That reality has put a damper on any thoughts I've had of doing a garage sale, too.

There are charities that will do pickups in our area, and one of these days I'm going to pull together boxes of stuff to put out for them.

 

The little free libraries are everywhere... we even have several in town where I live.

Search here: http://littlefreelibrary.org/ourmap/

 

WOW!!! I have 7 in my city and 2 very near me!
Thank you Fig!

 

Yes, there is one only about 3-4 blocks from where I live. I sometimes walk that direction and had seen it a few years ago, right about when I was learning about this movement. I've never actually used it, though. Last time I walked by it was filled with children's books.