Really really old books - what to do with them?

[Pruners]

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I am palpitating vicariously. These are major finds pruners, so pleased for you
Frogs, we only use Travis and Emery nowadays (specialist dealers in music) but a quick scan through antiquarian booksellers on Yell shows someone in N5 who might be localish to you

Have had a quick look on abebooks, and dh's castoffs are not going to give anyone palpitations, sadly. But thanks for advice.

I'm having a warm fuzzy feeling at Pruni buying acid free paper but I'm just strange

NUT: saw My Man Godfrey at the NFT a few years ago and loved it. Carole Lombard was a genius. Of course all information professionals have fabulous taste

Richmal Crompton had nothing to do with naming my son William, oh no...

OMG my son (9m) is also William

You're going to think I'm making this up to stalk you..

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Calm down missus.

I will mail a former colleague and ask them who they use for acquisitions. There are bound to be specialists. Henry Sotheran's is a fine antiquarian dealer in London.

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Wow, Pruni

My mum was a librarian before she retired and has sold books on behalf of friends; she has also has a friend who used to work for an antiquarian book dealer. Although neither of them are near you (and are now retired) they might have a few ideas if you get stuck.

I know you're being well looked after here though. Good luck!

That might be the estimate - they may fetch a lot more at auction. No harm in asking a bookseller as well.

NUT: your DS is a month older than mine . Does this mean he'll be the ringleader of the Williams and encourage them to cause havoc?

My William can show the pair of yours a hundred and one wizard wheezes - he is seven and has read plenty of Richmal Crompton

I like the idea of a gang of Williams

Marina's William being Top William of course

or should that be Top Bill?

Marina your William beats mine then. But I bet mine can drink more milk than yours.

Actually, my DS hair sticks up in a very Williamesque way, does that count?

That's impressive My William's hair has Violet Elizabeth Bott tendencies at the moment, he desperately needs a haircut.
A gang of Williams in the libraries, archives and museums sector eh, who'd have thought it
Slim I have just worked out who you are now

Sorry, fancied a name change . DS's hair also has a sticky up bit but he does not look like Violet Elizabeth

Or sound like her