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Favorite authorsKingsley Amis, Alan Ayckbourn, Thomas Whitfield Baldwin, Pat Barker, Samuel Beckett, G. E. Bentley, Rachel Bromwich, William S. Burroughs, James Branch Cabell, Peter Carey, John Dickson Carr, Michael Chabon, E. K. Chambers, Raymond Chandler, Henry Chettle, David Crystal, John Daye, Thomas Dekker, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael Frayn, Graham Greene, W. W Greg, Robert van Gulik, William Haughton, E.A.J. Honigmann, Leslie Hotson, James Hynes, MacDonald P. Jackson, M. R. James, Ben Jonson, James Joyce, John Keats, Margot Livesey, David Lodge, John Marston, Ian McEwan, Thomas Middleton, John Mortimer, Thomas Nashe, Alan H. Nelson, Stewart O'Nan, Wilfred Owen, Eric Partridge, Mervyn Peake, Ezra Pound, Ruth Rendell, Philip Roth, Dorothy L. Sayers, David Sedaris, William Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard, Rex Stout, Rosemary Sutcliff, Julian Symons, J. R. R. Tolkien, William Trevor, Mark Twain, John Updike, John Webster, Donald E. Westlake, Oscar Wilde, J. Dover Wilson, P. G. Wodehouse, W. B. Yeats (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresDaedalus Books & Music - Columbia, Friends of the Library Bookstore - Wheaton, MD, Olsson's - Dupont Circle, Olsson's - Old Town Alexandria, Second Story Books - Rockville, MD, Wonder Book

Favorite librariesFolger Shakespeare Library, Theodore R. McKeldin Library - University of Maryland, College Park

About meBookseller and buyer for twenty years with Olsson's Books & Records in Washington DC (R.I.P.) and now with The World Bank InfoShop. Studied Speech & Drama at Catholic U. and English at UMCP; never finished my M.A. My wife Kristina shares my books, and our cats Fannie and Daisy sit on them. (The former is pictured above, indulging her gift-wrap habit)

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About my libraryThe core of it is a working library for the study of Renaissance drama, Shakespeare, and related subjects. My tags are numerous but often overlap. Other shelving categories include: Medieval literature and drama; Restoration and 18c literature and drama; Modern (post 1800) drama and film; Plays on LP, cassette, CD, & DVD (mostly Shakespeare); Poetry; Fiction, English and translated; Fantasy etc (much of it Cabell and Tolkien); Arthurian/Welsh/Celtic; History (mostly ancient, medieval, early modern, and WWI & WWII); Religion, philosophy & psychology. And these categories are mostly not yet catalogued: Mysteries &c; Music books (most of them on rock and blues); Baseball; Audiobooks.

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Currently readingThe Shakespearian Playing Companies by Andrew Gurr
Chivalry : Dizain des Reines (Storisende Edition V) by James Branch Cabell
James Branch Cabell, A Bibliography, part II : Notes on the Cabell Collection at the University of Virginia by Matthew J. Bruccoli
Werewolves in Their Youth by Michael Chabon
The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie Mysteries) [CASSETTE] by Alexander McCall Smith
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posted by dkathman at 5:57 pm (EST) on Nov 20, 2009

Thanks! I was trying to get a bunch of books up fast and didn't notice. Walpole actually wrote a preface for that edition; maybe that's how the error originated.

posted by toadkeep at 9:15 am (EST) on Nov 9, 2009

That LH lp is an exact repro of the 1962 Vee Jay lp; I don't think it has the track you mentioned on it (if you select the "A' view in my library, I have captured most of the tracks/ToCs for my stuff). There are similar LH titles: Lightnin Strikes Again, Strikes Back, etc.

I also picked up a Slim Harpo reissue from the same company (which is not identified anywhere on the packaging). I hate cds, but there are some good ones out there. For instance, I have the lp of Charley Patton's "Vocalion Recordings" (Universe label, Italy, 2004) and I understand the godly Yazoo has issued a cd which cleans up the sound a bit. How atavistic am I? I have a cassette player in my car... comp tapes dating back to the early 80s... much like the car

posted by benwaugh at 1:05 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2009

I see you just input a book by Derek Bickerton. I knew several people in grad school who worked on creole languages, because the department chair at the time I got my PhD, Salikoko Mufwene, is one of the world's leading experts on creoles.

posted by dkathman at 12:05 pm (EST) on Oct 22, 2009

See you picked up Priestley's ENGLISH JOURNEY. I got it this summer from local library, they were giving it away. Enjoyed it. Great little section about a tradesman in the Cotswolds. Got a couple free Robert Nye books, do you like him?

posted by Porius at 2:34 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2009

Congrats on hitting 9,000! I saw you were close, and figured you would hit that mark soon. I'm going to hit 3,000 soon.

posted by dkathman at 9:43 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2009

Machen is one of my favorite literary figures. Two great volumes of autobiography among other eldritch things. Machen like Chesterton would occasionally don the robes and assay the role of the Great Cham of Literature, Samuel Johnson. An odd choice, some may say, for the hermetically inclined Machen. Though the Dr. was known to huddle around the retort every now and then.

posted by Porius at 12:18 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2009

Was there much information about the JCP talk? Powys could be counted on to keep them on their seats' edge.

posted by Porius at 1:45 am (EST) on Sep 5, 2009

Hello C-W
Have enjoyed reading THE LINE OF LOVE. Chapter 3 featuring the Fat Knight, et al. was a delight. Are all Cabell's stuff this good?

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posted by Porius at 10:33 pm (EST) on Sep 4, 2009

Thanks for looking me up again! As for a group name for Cabell, how about Storisende (the name given to the edition of his collected works)? I haven't read any Cabell for a couple of years, but every time I realize that fact, I feel incredibly guilty. When I was younger I went out and acquired all volumes from the Biography of Manuel, and they're all enriching to one degree or another. I'd be glad to participate in a discussion group.

I've been reading a lot of "early fantasy" this summer--Stoker, A. Merritt, and other worthies--but haven't stopped with the 16th/17th century stuff; I read through the last several volumes of Clarendon's History, and also passed a couple of delightful days in Cavendish's Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey (with modernized spelling, though I do plan to go through my Early English Text Society original-spelling edition soon as well).

I hope all's well.

posted by jfclark at 9:40 pm (EST) on Aug 26, 2009

I'd vote for "Bring me the Head....", if'n I had a vote.

posted by JNSelko at 5:08 pm (EST) on Aug 17, 2009

Book House is still there, though the owners want to sell everything off in the next year or so. I saw there sirst ad ever in the Post this past Sunday. I expect I might come into contact with other customers now and again as a result. I used to have the place to myself. Over the past few years I have come across some great finds. I'll miss them when they're gone.

posted by benwaugh at 9:09 am (EST) on Aug 17, 2009

Re a Cabell group: The Reconsiderations?
He was so good at that. I loved Let Me Lie.
It's been so long since I read his books -- time to do it again.
I agree that you don't want it to sound like a fantasy group.

posted by Dragonfly at 5:02 pm (EST) on Aug 16, 2009

Your Cabell group seems to have disappeared, but you probably know that by now.

posted by rwhe at 12:37 am (EST) on Aug 16, 2009

I'm up for, down with, into, and all about the Cabell group. As for the name, why not just "Mundus"?

posted by rwhe at 10:36 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2009

I could talk of book stores for hours - I love Book House, All Books Considered, Second Story Books - and those huge library sales, any way - I want to read, now that I think of it, Cabell's These Restless Heads - I believe it has a section dedicated to libraries and or book collecting - and I love anything on this topic (Justus Lipsius and N. Basbanes my favorites, so far).

I did not know that Cabell corresponded with Machen - I will have to pull out my collection of his correspondences; i know there were a few names in there I was interested in (George Sterling, maybe?). I was in All Books Considered the other day and they have a small but decent selection of those Knopf editions of Machen. If you're nearby, i recommend grabbing at least The Hill of Dreams. If I recall correctly they were modestly priced - and there is a sale going on (I bought a few editions of The Bibilot and a volume of Pierre Louys's stories... I'm going back soon for more).

As to Brooke - I have not checked up on pricing for awhile, but I had though paperbacks of the Trilogy and Drawn Sword were available at sane prices (The Scapegoat has been recently reprinted, I think). The Dog at Clambercrowne is usually available, as well - or was at one not too distant time.

posted by benwaugh at 12:48 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2009

Hey, CW, thanks for the invitation. I'm sure I will join the group but might just lurk. Like ChrisRiesBeck below it has been so long since I've read any Cabell I'm at a loss as to suggest any group names (although "Figures of Mirth" comes to mind). Perhaps I will be inspired to reread...

posted by mkjones at 12:45 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2009

I'm up for a group, mostly because it'd be an excuse to go back and read or re-read what I've got. It's been many years though so I'm not much help on a name. My only concern with the Silver Stallion name is that it would sound like a generic 1980's fantasy series to outsiders, the exact opposite of what Cabell wrote.

posted by ChrisRiesbeck at 12:17 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2009

Well, if the "Fellowship" name is taken, it might be best to avoid confusion. I see that 18 LT members list Cabell as a "favorite author." If even half of them are interested in LT groups, that could be a lively little one.

posted by paradoxosalpha at 11:30 am (EST) on Aug 15, 2009

I'd totally be game for a Cabell group. My pending reading on that front is chiefly the last two volumes of The Nightmare Has Triplets (both in hand). I like your "Fellowship of the Silver Stallion" suggestion. It is pretty opaque to the uninitiated, but will make good sense to Cabell readers.

posted by paradoxosalpha at 10:16 am (EST) on Aug 15, 2009

On Jocelyn Brooke: The orchid trilogy is the one to start on, in my view....

posted by kauders at 2:36 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2009

Yeah, I've heard about it, mainly through some recent discussions on Language Log, and decided to get it after stumbling across it in Borders the other day. I see you have it, too. Any opinions?

posted by dkathman at 2:41 am (EST) on Aug 9, 2009

awwwww,,,your daisy is adorable too,,,:-)

posted by lachatte at 4:59 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2009

Thanks for the clarification. I remember the series of BBC productions and saw many of them when they were broadcast in the States. But I missed the Hamlet. It's on Netflix, though, so I'm putting in my queue this evening. Hamlet is such a curious play. It's impossible to get it "right", there are so many aspects to it that one production can't satisfy them all. But it's also impossible to get it wrong. Many productions that didn't seem too promising to me at first, actually had something valuable to recommend them -- I'm thinking of Chamberlain, Gibson & Hawke. Have you seen the Russian version directed by Kozintsev, from back in the '60's? Obviously the verse goes out the window, since it's performed in Russian, but it's done in the Pasternak translation, which has qualities of its own worth admiring.

posted by jburlinson at 8:10 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2009

Just read your review from April of a DVD version of Hamlet. Couldn't figure out which performance you were referring to. I'd be interested to know what you think. Thanks.

posted by jburlinson at 8:14 pm (EST) on Jul 8, 2009

I see you're on the verge of 9,000. That will be quite a milestone! Then you can zero in on 10,000.

posted by dkathman at 12:23 am (EST) on Jun 26, 2009

I've only been able to glance through the Bertram Joseph book, but it looks fairly interesting. It's based not on any primary research, but on printed sources such as Heywood's "Apology for Actors", Webster's "An Excellent Actor" (in the 1615 Overbury's Characters), and Flecknoe's "Short Discourse of the English Stage", discussing their ideas about what acting should be and putting them in the context of broader contemporary views about rhetoric and such. It's short, 157 pages, and was apparently reprinted in 1964 and 1979, though what I got was the 1952 second printing.

I read Posner's blog somewhat regularly and was interested to see his extended take on the financial crisis, which is more pessimistic than many. I got the book for half price (plus tax) at Borders by combining a couple of coupons.

posted by dkathman at 4:51 pm (EST) on Jun 7, 2009

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posted by Crypto-Willobie at 7:56 am (EST) on Jun 7, 2009

great joy to see JCP in the so-and-so added section. i wasn't overjoyed with the krisdottir biog. but better than nothing, i guess?

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