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[quote=Anonymous][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!
[b]Art Linkletter joke books...really???[/b]  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]

I had to laugh at this because my darling clutterbug husband has Art Linkletter joke books.

As you know you might have a hard time finding a home for some of the items like very old textbooks, but please look into something like the Friends of the Library. Our local group has a popular book store where they sell donated books, and sometimes for large collections they have special sales. (I'm not in the DC area.)[/quote]

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