We've had to empty bookshelves to move the furniture for redecorating, and are taking the opportunity to try to re-fit the books without the need to 'double rack'. So instead of hiding some books behind others, we'll simply take them to a second hand bookshop.
A couple of years ago we did that, eliminating duplication between my collection and Sue's collection, by way of a couple of car loads to the charity bookshop in Bakewell that supports Community Transport there.
But first, I thought I'd give readers a chance to 'bag' any they may like. I'd prefer collection from Timperley, but I'll quote for P&P if anyone would like them posted. If you click on a picture you'll get a more readable version. I'll put my email address in a comment at the end of this posting. Some of these books are cracking reads.
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Get thee behind me Satan...
I'm a sucker for books but I'm resisting any more. I agree about the good reads - Devla Murphy,Eric Newby and Joe Simpson etc.
Great to see all those blue Pelicans, i have a similar collection which I'm loathe to part with,
You are tempting me to extract some of these. I agree with you. Paul Theroux has also given me many happy hours, and I still have a dozen or so of the blue Pelicans that I can't bear to part with. I've kept some books by most of the authors. We still have a room full of them, and far too much to re-read in our lifetimes.
Did you notice that any aspiration to walk the Appalachian Trail has now dissolved. It is hard to say goodbye to those two magnificent tomes, but I have retained Bill Bryson's 'Walk in the Woods'.
I did wonder about the Appalachian Trail, thought you may have done it. Bryson's book is a classic trecking tale.
I've still kept a couple of guides to The John Muir Trail which I always fancied.
I did once aspire to walk the Appalachian Trail. I'm probably glad to have chosen the Alps in preference.
I have several guides to the JMT, the best one being by Elizabeth Wenk, given to us by Susan and Roy in Connecticut (still awaiting an invite to join them on a JMT trip!).
PS I'm loathe to part with my 'Everest Shelf'! Nor all the Poucher and Wainwright picture books, the duplicate copies of which were part of the Phase 1 clearout.
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