From: Jim O'Donnell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:41:17 -0500

A colleague points out the website of the vast annual Bryn
Mawr-Wellesley booksale held in Princeton, an institution for
generations.  They have a list of books they will not accept for
donations.  The last item on the second line makes arresting reading
for a humanist.

* Encyclopedias (except the Britannica 11th edition)

* Law books, Medical books, scholarly monographs

* Business books greater than 10 years old

* Magazines and journals (except art magazines)

* Reader's Digest Condensed Books

* Harlequin and Silhouette romances

* Textbooks in any field

* Outdated materials such as software manuals more than 2 years old,
almanacs, restaurant & hotel guides

* The Life Nature Library, The Life Science Library, and The Life World Library

* Anything in such bad condition that you would not read it in bed as
well as books that are heavily underlined

* Books that haven't sold in another book sale. If they couldn't sell
them we can't either

Jim O'Donnell
Georgetown U.