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[quote=Anonymous]OP, it sounds like it is time for DH to end the family tradition of passing down the entire library to one person.

Have him suggest that it is so large, no one can afford to store it...and offer to split it among all siblings and family members who are interested, with him having the first choice.

As someone who owned about a thousand books, the numbers sneak up on you and we found places to shelve them--until we moved and realized how much they weigh. Then we sold / donated about 500 of them.

If there is family money, it might be wise to hire an archivist / librarian / antiquarian bookseller to evaluate the collection first. There are probably books that are sentimental, books most of the family don't want, valuable books, books that have almost no monetary value, books in poor condition, and books many libraries and archives might be interested in.

Otherwise, selling some of the more valuable books to finance moving the book collection and having shelves to store the book collection might be another course of action. 30,000 is a lot of books, however. You could give 10 family members 1000 books apiece, which would be much more doable, for example. All traditions have to end sometime. [/quote]

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