Disposal

Following the notice of Shaxson at reference 2, I needed a couple of inches in the extension bookcase for him, and my eye lighted on the two books snapped left.

Witney was a serious monograph about the gradual colonisation of the Kentish Weald by the Jutes and their pigs in the Dark Ages. A bit of local history which I found interesting back in 1976, but not looked at for years and unlikely to be looked at again.

Conneau was a memoir from the white side of the sharp end of the slave trade in West Africa. Again interesting at the time I bought it, but again, not looked at for years unlikely to be looked at again.

With the help of the trusty mattock, both now in Compost Heap No.2 and Shaxon is installed in their place. But I don't suppose he will last as long as either of them.

I wonder if this hanging onto things, in this case books, which are well past their sell-by date is a common trait of collectors? When does it count as hoarding? How far does one have to go for it to count as an obsession?

PS: Amazon suggests that Witney might have been worth selling. Abebooks suggests that Conneau was probably not.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2018/12/disposal.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/01/city-boys-episode-2.html.