Good news indeed; but whose collection was it and why was Cardiff City Council proposing to sell it? The BBC story provides no background information. Perhaps the Grauniad will. Peter Peter B Freshwater, MA, DipLib, FSA Scot 43 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 5QQ, Scotland Tel: 0044 (0)131 337 7049 Email: [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Toni Bunch To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:35 PM Subject: Cardiff Rare Books Collection And the GOOD news is: * Thousands of rare books are saved ** A collection of some of Wales' oldest and rarest books has been saved following a threat to sell them. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/wales/south_east/8550408.stm > Toni Bunch Antonia J Bunch OBE MA FCLIP FSA Scot FRSA Dove Cottage, Garvald Grange, Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 4LL [log in to unmask]