I have two lots of books I am considering selling, (or giving to an appropriate institution). My late father in law was a chemist and metallurgist, specialising in wire rope making. I have a number of books on the subject. I'm told old text books don't sell too well, but these are slightly more technical than college texts.

The other lot are my late wife's books on everything from weaving, embroidery and textiles to fashion and home design. Some are from the 1930s, and many more from the 1970s and 1980s.

And going completely off the subject of books, she also left me dozens (perhaps scores) of bales of cotton lawn, which she was going to make into dolls clothes. The fabric was rescued from a firm thay dyed cotton, and which closed down during the 1940s. Great for anyone doing a period film about the 1940s!

John