Search Quicksilver66's booksRandom books from Quicksilver66's libraryTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan Doyle Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger The Body Snatcher and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson Dagon and Other Macabre Tales by H. P. Lovecraft Members with Quicksilver66's booksMember connectionsFriends: ironjaw, UK_History_Fan Interesting library: drasvola Contacts: timspalding RSS feeds
Helper badges 
| |
Member: Quicksilver66CollectionsYour library (508) ReviewsNone TagsFolio Society (154), Everyman's Library (114), Poetry (42), Psychology (39), Tartarus Press (35), History (32), Criticism (29), Easton Press (22), Comics (21), Weird Tales (18) — see all tags Cloudstag cloud, author cloud, tag mirror About meI am a solicitor and partner in a London law firm. I specialise in employment law. I have been addicted to books since the age of 5. The most pressing challenge I face is keeping my collection managable. I achieve this by trying to concentrate on fine editions, Folio Society and Easton Press books. I am also interested in vintage and classic sports cars, particularly Morgans, and I am a member of the Morgan Sports Car Club. About my libraryMy primary collecting interests are in fine editions and bindings, Folio Society, Tolkien, vintage and classic sports cars. GroupsBook Care and Repair, Comics, Easton Press Collectors, Fine Press Forum, Folio Society devotees, Franklin Library Collectors Favorite authorsJorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Arthur C. Clarke, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Faulkner, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Mann, Patrick O'Brian, Edgar Allan Poe, Marcel Proust, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. R. R. Tolkien, Leo Tolstoy, H. G. Wells, P. G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites) Real nameDavid LocationUnited Kingdom. Account typepublic, lifetime URLs
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Quicksilver66 (profile) Member sinceJul 8, 2009 Most recent activity |
Leave a comment
Sign up or sign in to leave a comment.
posted by wcarter at 5:49 pm (EST) on May 24, 2013
We obviously share a passion for the English sportscar.
The F type was only released in Australia this week, so have not seen one in the flesh yet, but it seems to be a sportscar in the true sense of speed rather than comfort, and I'm afraid I have matured to the extent that I prefer the grand tourer XK.
The triumph is quite rare, only 2000 ever made, and only 7 in Australia. Hard work driving it, rattles like crazy and like the Morgan, has a wooden frame, and you aim it rather than steer it.
Pity about your dad's Aston, would have been quite valuable now.
Happy motoring,
Warwick
posted by wcarter at 3:53 am (EST) on May 24, 2013
Thought I should take our discussion off forum.
Like you I am a British car nut, another form of addiction. I certainly respect the Morgan brand, but have had an MG (now sold) and currently own three Jaguars and a Triumph (gluttony, I know, but all very different in their own way). I therefore buy books about the cars I own.
Photos of the cars are at:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwick_carter/sets/72157603215375235/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwick_carter/sets/72157603200783804/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwick_carter/sets/72157623332532871/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwick_carter/sets/72157625757925206/
Books take up less space though, and are cheaper to maintain.
Maybe we should start an Automobilia forum on LT?
Best wishes,
Warwick
posted by wcarter at 2:08 am (EST) on May 15, 2013