Crossposts:

http://jenett.livejournal.com/1105703.html

So, sitting on the upper shelves of my pantry, I have a set of books.

Specifically, over half of the 58 published volumes of the Chalet School series, a widely-popular British school story series written between 1930something and 1950something if I remember the dates right. (The school is set in the Austrian Tyrol, then in various places in the UK during the war years.)

They have never been widely available in the US - I have copies because every year my father would go to London for a week's theatre and other visiting, and I'd send him off with a list of which titles I most wanted. (which is also why my set is incomplete...)

But at this point in my life... well, I'm not reading them enough to justify space on my shelf. And I think my nostalgia about them is stronger than my love of them, if you know what I mean. They were remarkably progressive for their time in a number of ways, but there are also some ways in which they don't age brillantly (so offering to ship them to my nieces is possible, but I'm not sure what my brother would think.)

They are in "this book has been much loved and much read" condition - still readable, but there are some with loose pages, and I haven't actually opened most of them recently. (Read, last 15 years)

My contemplation is to put them up as a box lot (list of titles, and a clear note about condition, but one price for all), but I'm wondering if readers here might have another idea (and in particular, if there's any Chalet School fandom resources that might make a good place to offer them.)

But I'm open to other ideas.

(I am not getting rid of all my nostalgia books: I plan to keep the Asterix (in French) and Tintin books (mostly in English). But both of those are for reasons beyond nostalgia, at least somewhat.)