Ok, here's a quick look at some of what I have, and please pm me with any questions or interest. I am willing to work with you here. The prices are loosely based on what I found online. I am offering here first.

Books for sale
Nancy Drew - The Secret Of The Old Clock   1959 Blue Cover $1 - used, some wear and tear
The mystery of the green ghost, 1965 by Alfred Hitchcock. First edition $10 -used, no jacket
100 fathoms under 1947 by John Blaine 1947. $3 - used, faded cover
Red badge detective crooked house by agatha christy, 1949 $3 -used, browned pages
Through Golden Windows by Mary k. reely Ada randall, 1936 $3 - worn, pages clean except for a few markings on a couple
The new round about, the Alice and Jerry books, textbook, illustrated, 1951 $8 some browning on page edges.
Through the green gate, the Alice and Jerry books, textbook, 1963 $15 -some writing on cove pages.
My dog laddie, 1941' $8 page edges browned
Our Davie Pepper by Margaret Sidney, 1937 $5 - blue cover, some fading
Strike him out! By, Sherman, 1931 $8 - red cover, some fraying
History of the United States, Anderson's Historical Series 1890 $10
Soldiers of fortune and Gallagher, by Richard Harding Davis 1914, $10 pair - green cover some browning on page edges

Box of Sci-fi books $15 +shipping (can divide and make two boxes or so - In a girl scout cookie box)

I do have a lot of other random books I need to sell. I can clump them in a box of about 14 books for $14 + shipping. I can sell by color. I can sell less in a box, just need to find smaller boxes. I might have more titles, there's a lot to go through! ;)

Just let me know!

I have a whole lot of hard-back Folio Society books from England that I need to sell for medical bills, but don't know where to start. It's really hard to part with them. Can't even find time to sit down and write the titles down, let alone read them. I'm thinking maybe there's a list online of the ones I have. Maybe Friday I can check that on on my day off between all my other day-off chores. Also have to figure out how to handicap remodel my bathroom in the next month before Glynn maybe comes home from the hospital. Just yesterday he started looking better. They took off the heart monitors and moved him out of intermediate care and started PT. A couple more weeks I think before they fit him with a prosthesis.

I also, have a box of old textbooks. There are arthimatic, English, reading, and science books. Some of the reading books are illustrated. Dates from 1890 - 1950s.

All money will go to our library to help keep it open. It operates on 100% donations.

Thanks!

So glad to hear he is doing well and will come home. :)
I know it's going to be a hard adjustment.

For your books, try Biblio.com to see what other booksellers are listing them for. only thing is, it might take a while to find a buyer. eBay might be your best bet for listing them for sale. Or see if there is a used book seller in your town that will buy them from you. That way, you won't have to keep up with them. You won't get full asking price, but then you won't have to store them either.

Virtual hugs to you!

P.s. if they were published in the 1500-1600s, you could pay off his bills with one book!

Wouldn't that be nice. Afraid not, they're all new.

Have you thought about trying E-Bay for selling some of the older books. They might be worth more than you think. I have sold books online and made a small fortune.

Ray
Happydaze

I have considered it.
I really don't have the space to store them long term. I'd rather get rid of them. I already have to go back to the library today to pick up another carfull of books.

How long does it usually take to sell them? Any helpful tips? Maybe I'll try it with a few and see how it goes...

Thanks!

You decide how long you want to post them. It is usually costs 35 cents to list them. You never know how much you will get. I sold a Disney pin I had bought for $6.00 and it sold on EBay a few years for $170.00

Ray

I think the default for ebay auctions is one week. But you can extend that or make it only 3 days. Craigslist might also be an option, depending on where you are located. Here in Seattle, Craigslist gets huge turnover. And I sold a ton of stuff when my mom died on craigslist, especially large things that were not practical to mail.

-amanda from seattle

I listed on a facebook page for local selling that I had a bunch of books for $1 a piece. These are ones that are very worn, ripped pages or are common. I am setting some aside that are of a little more value. I have some textbooks with lovely illustrations in them. They are children's reading textbooks, and I have a few of them. One I saw listed for $12.

Not sure if I want to hassle with eBay still. I might have to open up a little bookstore! ;) I have enough books.... I am considering placing a table up at the library and having a mini book sale after hours on a weekend day. But I might need more preparation for that, so I can advertise it better... Next year for sure!

Any and all ideas welcomed! Thanks!

A project my group of ladies worked on last weekend reminded me of this thread.

We made these out of dollar store books.
http://www.atlasquest.com/gallery/viewalbum.html?gAlbumId=4251

You could do it with your books, they have plans for lots of different things you have to adjust for your book size. Then make a bunch with the books you have and sell them for a small fortune each at a local craft sale. I just love the one I made.

Those are awesome

Interesting idea.
My mom made Christmas trees out of some of her old books.

Some of these books have beautiful illustrations in them and I just couldn't possibly fold them like that. maybe the old textbooks...

:)

My mom made Christmas trees out of some of her old books.

We used to always use old Reader's Digest for this!

IrishInks

I smell a Festivus grievance!