Encyclopedia Britannica - 1965.
Good shape, wooden case, Atlas etc. I'm sure outside of North America almost every Country has new lines. 
Libraries and schools don't want them because they're outdated, not old or rare enough to be collectable, but I hate to just toss them.
I looked on ebay and yes, there are some, but they're still there.
Free to a good home, but I doubt I would get any takers.
WWGRMD ?
Thanks.
Fire starter? Recycling Center? Give to some 3rd world mission?
I work in tech and find it amazing that 1 dvd has completely replaced a 26+ Volume set of books. Kind of sad.
My sister has the Brittanica1967 edition, I have the 30's vintage Book of Knowledge. It makes for some interesting reading- I got into the habit when I would ask mom a question, and she would say, "Lets look in the encyclopedia." Google of the 60's.
Realistically, they are firestarters. Its a shame, though.
The dump.
On the shelf in someones library. Because they look nice, not for function.
Gearheadotaku wrote: On the shelf in someones library. Because they look nice, not for function.
Yup. Call someone into interior design. They might give you a few bucks.
Any problem simply keeping them yourself to enjoy? They are beautiful to admire, hold and read. Yes, there is information that is out of date, but most of it is actually quite accurate still.
Delightfull to simply peruse, flipping pages to various things that catch your attention. You cannot flip the pages of wikipedia like you can a paper Britanica.
If you were closer I would take them.
Rusted_Busted_Spit wrote: If you were closer I would take them.
Me too.
I would keep them as proof that humans were at one time civilized beings. Once the Rise of the Machines occurs and we are eliminated from existence, smartphone batteries die, and the fragile organization of data on various storage media are disrupted, the books will remain.
Make THESE out of them, and put them on eBay. Seriously, take two or three volumes and combine them into one stash box. If you were closer I'd take them and do it myself.
On second (more realistic) thought, if you were closer I'd take them FULLY intending to do this myself. Then they'd sit in my basement for a few years while I just didn't get around to it, and my wife would piss and moan about them. Then I'd post them on here for free and somebody would take them with the same intention....and the same result.
In reply to DrBoost:
You sir, are a sage man.
I had a friend in college who actually spent a huge amount of money on a new set of hard copy encyclopedias in 1986, about 2 years before CDs and the internet rendered them completely irrelevant.
In reply to DrBoost:
that was going to be my suggestion.
DrBoost wrote: On second (more realistic) thought, if you were closer I'd take them FULLY intending to do this myself. Then they'd sit in my basement for a few years while I just didn't get around to it, and my wife would piss and moan about them. Then I'd post them on here for free and somebody would take them with the same intention....and the same result.
LOL! The story of my life.
Though in all sincerity, they make lousy stash boxes. You're almost waving a sign to a thief with one. They stand out on the shelf as not belonging there.
It's as bad as having an extra outlet in a wall, at an oddball height.
In reply to DrBoost:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Wvj2_SXZA
foxtrapper wrote: LOL! The story of my life. Though in all sincerity, they make lousy stash boxes. You're almost waving a sign to a thief with one. They stand out on the shelf as not belonging there. It's as bad as having an extra outlet in a wall, at an oddball height.
Only if you are the sort who has nothing but comic books in your house.
I've got several old sets that other people were going to dump. I got them off Freecycle, so Freecycle them.
They are interesting to read through. I've got them in my office and just about everyone who enters ends up reading them for quite a while.
I got my first ones to show my grandkids what the internet looked like back in my day.
Dang, too far for me, too, or i'd grab them.
Some survivalist have expressed a need for old encyclopedias.
WTSHTF supposedly may get us back to the technology of the 60s or even before.
1988RedT2 wrote:foxtrapper wrote: LOL! The story of my life. Though in all sincerity, they make lousy stash boxes. You're almost waving a sign to a thief with one. They stand out on the shelf as not belonging there. It's as bad as having an extra outlet in a wall, at an oddball height.Only if you are the sort who has nothing but comic books in your house.
Even on a shelf of other nice hardcovered tomes, a single volume of an encyclopedia set stands out. You would do better with a generic novel instead.
On a shelf of paperbacks, use something like a lightly worn paperback copy of Centenial.
A hidey-hole should never draw attention to itself.
foxtrapper wrote: Even on a shelf of other nice hardcovered tomes, a single volume of an encyclopedia set stands out.
I can't help but agree with that statement. I was assuming that anyone using an encyclopaedia for a hiding place would use the whole set, and hide cash in the "C" volume, jewelry in the "J" volume, titles to motor vehicles in the "T" volume, etc.
shotgun?
^ - This. Glue/screw/bolt them all together and go at them with a jigsaw - instant "home defense" safe or stash.
Gearheadotaku wrote: On the shelf in someones library. Because they look nice, not for function.
My kid bought an old set when he was in high school for a $1.00. I never see him reading them......
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