XPost: rec.music.classical, rec.music.collecting.misc   
   From: evgmsop@earthlink.net   
      
   ceboiatoo@optonline.net wrote:   
   > I sold books on eBay .  It is not a big problem.  .you can take a digital   
   > photo of the pile of books and/or have someone scan a page for you. and post   
   > it with your listing...list it with a decent reserve..like $50-100 and note   
   > in your description you will send by "media mail" which is a special postal   
   > rate for books etc. You have to give them a total weight and advise on   
   > special rates outside continental USA.  You can insist on being paid via   
   > PayPal...and when you get paid (paypal notifies you) you mail it off to the   
   > buyer.  No need for people coming into your home etc.  Make sure the books   
   > are inside a plastic bag in the event the Postal Service leaves the box in   
   > the rain (which happened to me once)   
      
   That's "American History and Encyclopedia of Music",   
   published in 1908 (ten volumes).  I don't want to be   
   bothered SELLING it, I'm perfectly willing to give it away   
   to anyone who will arrange pickup from Phoenix, Arizona and   
   pay the freight!  It's in more-or-less "mint" condition, and   
   because of its age and the lavish glossy illustrations (many   
   of performance venues that did not survive two world wars),   
   I assume it's worth SOMETHING, but I don't care - I just   
   want to get RID of it.  (But hopefully to someone who   
   considers it more valuable than scrap-paper - I can haul it   
   off to the Goodwill myself, but I hoped to provide it with a   
   worthier fate.)   
      
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   Here is my original post from a couple of months ago (which   
   was omitted from the post to which you replied):   
      
   "I have a complete ten volume set of the 1908 edition of   
   'The American History and Encyclopedia of Music', inherited   
   from my musician grandfather.  The set is in mint condition   
   (I think some of the pages are still uncut) with a wealth of   
   illustrations, engravings and photographs.   
      
   "Obviously there are many more up-to-date books on music,   
   but I thought this might be of interest to collectors   
   (especially given the condition it's in).  Does anyone know   
   what it might be worth?  Or should I just give it to the   
   Goodwill and forget about it?  (I hate to do that, since my   
   grandfather rather prized it, but if it's worthless...)"   
      
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