The library is eternally scrambling for funding-- I am even having trouble wheedling them to buy bubble wrap and other packing material, which has resulted in some horrifying situations like an autographed copy of Stephen Jay Gould's first book getting mangled in the Snail when it was sent out in a plain padded envelope (without insurance) and a truck literally ran over it. So I don't know if there would be much luck in persuading them to donate stuff. (esp. when apparently some recently-retired(?) members of the library board somehow disappeared some of the Amazon proceeds from last year into misc. "operational expenses" for the board instead of actually, y'know, releasing the money back to the library.)
But I might be able to leave a note to the other volunteers to set aside any of these that don''t get listed. There's a weird informal arrangement with a bookstore in Germany that specializes in English-language Western novels(????), so whenever we get a Western that doesn't meet the individual item cutoff, it goes into a box for them; when the box gets full, it gets mailed off.
There is one item that might be skimmable with a clear conscience-- the donation set had two different copies of a photo book called "GIrls of Japan", showing a range of ordinary (and fully clothed) Japanese girls and young women doing a range of ordinary activities in the 1930s. One of them had its binding falling apart and the back cover missing, so they may not bother listing that one-- should I try to carry it off for you if I see it again?
(That book, and a number of others, has no current listings *anywhere*, so I don't know how they'll come up with valuation estimates. The mind, it is boggled.)
Wow. Um. Yes, anything that they are not going to bother listing, I will quite happily take. I would absolutely buy all of it directly (plus of course paying for shipping and whatever packing material you need), but I worry that I would only be able to offer far less than what it is clearly worth based on the Amazon listing you quote.
(ah, the plight of the book-mad historian)
ETA: At least re: the price on folktale pamphlet you quoted; I have no idea what the listed value of the other English-language Japanese books might be. And I will close LJ now so that I cease spazzing about "Eeee! Books! I can totally find a way to fit that into the budget please let me buy them!" *g*
But I might be able to leave a note to the other volunteers to set aside any of these that don''t get listed. There's a weird informal arrangement with a bookstore in Germany that specializes in English-language Western novels(????), so whenever we get a Western that doesn't meet the individual item cutoff, it goes into a box for them; when the box gets full, it gets mailed off.
There is one item that might be skimmable with a clear conscience-- the donation set had two different copies of a photo book called "GIrls of Japan", showing a range of ordinary (and fully clothed) Japanese girls and young women doing a range of ordinary activities in the 1930s. One of them had its binding falling apart and the back cover missing, so they may not bother listing that one-- should I try to carry it off for you if I see it again?
(That book, and a number of others, has no current listings *anywhere*, so I don't know how they'll come up with valuation estimates. The mind, it is boggled.)
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(ah, the plight of the book-mad historian)
ETA: At least re: the price on folktale pamphlet you quoted; I have no idea what the listed value of the other English-language Japanese books might be. And I will close LJ now so that I cease spazzing about "Eeee! Books! I can totally find a way to fit that into the budget please let me buy them!" *g*
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