>Now all I need is an unabridged Oxford.
You can come over and use mine.<g> I do see the two volume set from time to time -- the one that comes with a magnifying glass.
I saved another book yesterday from the recycle bin. (actually four, but this one stands out). A Persian Journey, Being an Etcher's Impressions of the Middle East, by Fred Richards, R.E. I can't believe anyone would send it to recycle! Published in 1931, apparently a first edition, since I found '32 editions for sale. All the firsts I found were bound in read cloth, but this one is full bound in calf. I haven't been able to find a reference to a calf bound edition. It's the kind of binding that is the top of the book binder's art -- the sort one finds on 18th and 19th Century fine books.
I guess it was donated to the library, and the library couldn't use it. The smart folks at the Chino library sell such books through Amazon, where I got my first edition of De Cristoforo's Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone, featuring the ShopSmith ER.