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[quote=Anonymous]Just moved into mom and dad's old beach house full of hundreds of books and I've got close to 100 myself and I don't have room!   I've boxed (about 5 boxes) the books I don't want around.

Most of their books were NYT #1 in the 50s-80s, which I'm keeping to read myself (I didn't realize mom was such a gothic romance and Victoria Holt fan as well as all Holt's pen names for her Queen's series).  But other I do not want.

So, do I just toss the rest in a recycle bin?  I guess I'm asking so I can toss them without guilt.

The local thrift stores do not want them, as does not the local library...I have already tried.

some examples, dad's old engineering/science textbooks from the 50s.  Really, no one wants them.  I worked at a community college my last 10 years before retirement and trust me, universities/colleges don't want them as they likely already have copies that sit unused.

Self-Help books from those era's?  Grant you, probably not much has changed from Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking", but I don't see anyone wanting it.
Political books from those era's...really how many JFK books come out each year!
Art Linkletter joke books...really???  Do people even remember him?  and then there's,  Life and Times of the "Duke", IFYDK,YDK
Encyclopedia's from the 70s.  30+ volumes of wasted book shelf space.[/quote]

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