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A friend of mine is moving house and has about 200 books related to climbing that she wants to sell. I know she can put them on here but looking at previous posts this doesn't always seem too successful. 

I was wondering if there are still any specialist scond-hand climbign booksellers that she could use, or if anyone has any other suggestions?

The books are mostly 20th century, and in excellent or good condition. Around half of them are 1st editions.

'Jarvis Books' (http://mountainbooks.co.uk/) or 'Glacier Books' (https://www.glacierbooks.com/) are two such.

Surely no harm in putting out a list. If you don't try you never will know if they will sell or not.

Some people have been given an unnecessarily hard time after innocently putting up lists of book for sale here, in recent years. Some very aggressive responses etc 

Seriously? Weird.

I think so. Sorry I don’t recall the details but there was one thread in particular where perhaps the seller was being optimistic with some pricing, and it all quickly spiralled into a big spat! 

Fair enough. Pathetic if so: who cares what anonymous Internet warriors think?

To the OP: I guess the advantage of going through a dealer is that they will know the value of any particular book - so you might avoid being ripped off by chancers. The corresponding disadvantage is that, of course, the dealers will be taking a big cut. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

You could try Scarthin books in Cromford, they have a good selection of second hand climbing/mountaineering books

http://www.scarthinbooks.com/

She could try selling in batches on facebook with groups like "outdoor kit gear exchange"

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I think a dealer would be the preferred option if only so she can get rid of all the books in one go. We live near Scarthins so could go there but I wasn't sure if they would be as aware of the value as a specialist climbing books shop would be. 

Is Jarvis the same dealer who used to be in Matlock? I thought he had closed down long ago.

Thanks for your help.

I would use Abebooks to get a feel for the value for the books.  You can use the filters for first editions and the books condition, and there is enough books on there to get a good idea   Its up to you then, sell individually or offload the full lot, but I would expect the booksellers would offer around 50% of the actual value

Makes sense.

Yes, I believe so. The Matlock shop indeed closed quite a while ago.

Grant Jarvis still dealing in books but now based on Anglesey, efficient on postage, lovely man, very helpful.