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(except art magazines) * Reader's Digest Condensed Books * Harlequin and Silhouette romances * Textbooks in any field * Outdated materials such as software manuals more than 2 years old, almanacs, restaurant & hotel guides * The Life Nature Library, The Life Science Library, and The Life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.