I do have some first-edition cookbooks from back in the 1940s; I don't know if they would count or not. They belonged to Rick's mother. They are not in particularly great shape.
Do you own any books that were autographed by the author? I have a cookbook autographed by Alton Brown (I adore that man).
Yes 4 books by Alain Decaux*, 5 by André Castelot, 1 by Michel Hérube, 1 by Duc de Castries*,1 by Jean des Cars
*Etaient membres de l'Academie Française
Would you give away a collection of Russian books which belonged to your late husband who was interested in that language but which are of no use for you?
I have a Wandering Jew in my office that is threatening to take over a wall. There's a pothos that, while it doesn't climb, it's on a high shelf in my cube. As I get tendrils growing out, I've thrown the tendrils over the top of the wall into the hallway. So now we have green tendrils growing down the wall. It really looks nice, believe it or not, and the plant has received a lot of comments from people. I have no plants at home.