In Montgomery County MD the basement of the Wheaton Library is a used book store for the last 10 years (friends of the library) is full of the county's discards of every sort and donations.

They are staffed by volunteers and 2 paid employees. The Library gets a cut, the buyers get a cut and the paid managers Richard & Beth do nicely. What comes in as donations due to the nature of the DC areais remarkable. Classified stuff, fine old oil painting prortraits of great American authors, music and the absurdly impossible to find if you tried.

Some people come in and buy 2000 lbs of law books just for decorating a wall and dealers come in to buy the very old.

This book store has been such a success there is much to learn in emulating their liberal policies and incredibly low prices.

If you want Richard's contact info I can get it for you.




I've probably met mudcatters there without knowing it.