Guide Books - Victorian Furniture, Trunks, and Blown Glass

Cleaning out my stuff and thought I'd give back a little. I have 4 books for giveaway and I pay for shipping for North American Continent. So there will be 4 winners who will chose which book they want or pass if the book they wanted is gone.

Will make the drawing on Wednesday, August 12 at night EST.

1 - Victorian Furniture, Our American Heritage by Kathryn McNerney, softcover, 253 pages (14 oz)

2 - Trunks, Traveling Bags and Satchels by Roseann Ettinger, softcover, 160 pages (1lb 1oz)

3 - Care and Repair of Furniture by Albert Jackson and David Day, hardcover with dust jacket, signed by both authors, 160 pages (2lbs 2oz)

4 - Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass by Helen and George S. McKearin, hardcover with dust jacket, 382 pages (3lbs 3 oz)

pictures to follow

 

@AJefferson , am also downsizing my books, so not tossing my name in your hat, but just wanted to say THANK YOU!!

I donated about 50 books to the Salvation Army today - a very large tote box filled with large sized books - because I didn't know what else to do with them? Now only thousands more to go! I wish you the best to find good homes for your lovely books.

 

So nice of you!

Please add me for the drawing! I’m trying to learn more about glass

 

None for me, as I am downsizing my book collection a little. Just by about 100 books, though, not thousands. It is very generous of you! These will be useful for anybody who is interested in the topics.

@antidiem , one thing to consider is whether there is any book sale or shop to benefit the public library. I donated about 60-70 books last week to a book sale room that is run by the local Friends of the public library group. Salvation Army is not a bad idea, though. Wish I had thought of it!

I also approached the university library where I worked for many years. They have just reopened after being closed for almost 5 months. They are more selective and are making me do some work. Yesterday I typed up a list of my remaining books, including copyright dates and ISBN numbers, and sent it on to a staff member. They will let me know which ones they want. Maybe I'll offer the others here!

 

Thank you, Fig! I will check into our local libraries - I would be fine to donate them there. I went to the Sally in order to get the charitable tax donation receipt, but each very nice book is only worth about five bucks on a tax form (without the original receipt), not the best value for my books, but happy to have any write-off. I am certainly going to take more totes of beautiful books ::somewhere:: for donation, so I can def check with the library too, thanks!

 

@AJefferson, I'm not in either, but those DO look like GREAT BOOKS to have for a younger collector!!!

 

would love to have the glass book

 

I'm in for trunks...please....
it wouldn't hurt to know more about those things..

 

I think I have that glass book sitting here, Lord knows why. Someone else can have these who might actually need them.

 

@Tanya @CECELIA G SWART @komokwa

I got three takers so far.

 

Ok by random liat

1 - @Tanya
2 - @komokwa
3 - @CECELIA G SWART

Let me know which you want @Tanya .

 

yay !

 

Oh I’m so excited! Thank you so very much! May I have the glass one please?

Many thanks!

 

I'll go for the Jackson & Day Furniture, please !!!

 

Ok @CECELIA G SWART
These two are left to choose.

1 - Victorian Furniture, Our American Heritage by Kathryn McNerney

2 - Trunks, Traveling Bags and Satchels by Roseann Ettinger

 

@AJefferson .....the package has arrived......
Many Thank you's ............ I'll be re-caning chairs, in two shakes of a lambs tail !!!
& thanx for the EXTRA gift !!!

Komo

 

I am glad you got the package and the little extra , but that poor lamb ... it can shakes its own tail

 

None of my business but... I always check with eBay first to see if any have resale value before donating books.

Debora

 

Thanks, Debora, I did that. I don't want to keep ten dollar and under books anymore. I did find a few that were way pricier and kept them. I'm going through a second tote now... I have collected many thousands of books!

The slick beautiful coffee table books are just too heavy for me to want to ship out nowadays anyways. I can get $5 per book tax credit for charitable donation. I need the write offs for next year!