I had a cup of tea and a chat with them before looking at the books, most of which were in agricultural feed sacks, with the more valuable books on the table in the sitting room, including a book signed by Bertrand Russell. I went through about five of the forty sacks to ascertain an average value (hoping that the rest were similar) and wrote them a cheque for £1,300, which was probably considerably more than I ought to have offered. It’s going to take a long time to break even. They helped me load the sacks into the van. Left at 4 p.m., home at 5.30.
This is why I need to run a bookstore. I need to be able to go through other people's books and bring them home by the agricultural sacksful!
