Catch number two: the box I have for the boys in CA isn't big enough for the book. I can fit the other stuff, but not that...and I really hate to mail yet another box. Ain't cheap. Grrr. I realize I can buy boxes...just hoped to avoid that route, since it involves an extra trip, unless I mail everything from a Fed-Ex place or something and pack it there. I'm assuming shipping that way would be way, way more expensive, even for ground...'cause otherwise, that might be my best bet. I could go at nine at night and avoid lines like I'd hafta deal with even for the automatic thing at the post office.
See if the folks down in the apartment office have an empty box about the size you need (take a tape measure with the dimensions you need). If they don't have one, check out the closest grocery store; they'll give you one for free, I'm sure!