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>have a pretty decent home library that would only grow in the next decades
>it will all end up in the hands of some dumb relative who will either throw the books away or sell them for pennies

>> No.23118245

>>23118242
Get a proper Will and donate it to an individual or institution of your choice that will appreciate it.

>> No.23118437

Someday in the future my personal library will be studied by sociologists.

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>>23118437
this you?

>> No.23118449 [DELETED] 

>>23118437
>did he really own a copy of every F. Gardner book?
>yep, and he wrote annotations on every one of them

>> No.23118480

>>23118242
Get a custom nameplate stamp made, part with a couple shekels for it. Your legacy library will live on even if scattered.

>> No.23118500

>>23118242
I don't see the problem. Some people that enjoy literature will get lots of cheap (by then semi-aged) books.

>> No.23118528

>>23118500
I worry because my home library consists mainly of niche and obscure topics. Lots of Latin, particularly OCT's, medieval history, palaeography, philosophy, mythology. I suspect rather than finding a good home where others will enjoy/learn from them they will be viewed as a burden and tossed. Considering donating them via will somewhere but not sure who would be interested. University maybe? Some of them are old though in decent shape.

>> No.23118532

>>23118528
>obscure topics
>proceeds to list history, philosophy, mythology
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

>> No.23118544

>>23118242
any greek fags can translate the text in OP image?

>> No.23118545

>>23118532
History that is not WWII or American slavery/civil rights thing is very much a niche topic.

>> No.23118552

>>23118545
Whatever helps you cope in maintaining your pathetic superiority complex. You are not elite nor do you have “obscure” interests. Snowflake mentality

>> No.23118582

>>23118544
Euphrosynos - be joyful, enjoy life

>> No.23118595

>>23118582
It's more like "think happy!" Loose translation on your end.

>> No.23118614

>>23118532
>missed the qualifier medieval
>left out Latin and palaeography
Apparently Anselm, Juvenal, Apollodorus and Werner Jaeger are household names and their works just fly off the shelves. Same for books on Carolingian Minuscule in England and Beneventan.

>> No.23118617

>>23118614
Pretty standard reading list on medieval history survey courses in Uni.

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>>23118595
sure