gillpolack @ 2013-08-09T13:08:00

The book guys have come and gone (and needed a truck!) - I'll know on Monday how much money I get for my old books and if that solves the current interesting situation. My finances aren't dire, just interesting. Lots of work has unexpectedly been cancelled, but I still have emergency funds to cover it. If I get some money for the books then I don't need to make as much of a mess of my emergency funds, which is a very good thing. I don't know for certain if my library's down to 6000 volumes, but I think it's quite likely. So, things are happening.

The book guy has a first edition Culpeper for sale, if anyone has $14k to spare. It's the first combined edition of the Herbal and the Physician. I covet it, but even if I were terribly wealthy, I suspect I'd buy a facsimile. I don't have the climate control and etc for really valuable books. He also has an 11th edition Encyclopedia Britannica.

I can't believe how relieved I am to have got rid of so many books! I bet I need six of them over the weekend. Even if I do, my core collection is still intact and my research library is intact and I've kept books by friends, so I'm doing well. I'm doing so well, in fact, that I think I might take a moment and eat some lunch.

I'm very daring today.



ETA: Next Tuesday the boxes of books should be in storage. Today is the day for Grand Organisation. It's also the day for sorting out finances and going to the library and running messages, which is obviously my next step.