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Member: Rivendell

CollectionsYour library (6,709)

Reviews88 reviews

TagsFiction (2,006), Fantasy (953), Tolkien (927), Guide books (867), Children's (627), Archaeology (520), Science Fiction (421), History (418), Buildings (314), Map (303) — see all tags

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About meI'm a long time Tolkien fan/collector, also into Science Fiction and Cult TV.

About my libraryThe library is a shared with my other half. Tolkien, U.N.C.L.E., James Bond, Science Fiction and Archaeology are mostly there because of my interests. Children's fiction, museum studies, Dutch architecture and Welsh are largely her fault. The fantasy and detective fiction are shared interests, as are the maps.
Almost all our library is now on LibraryThing.
Mostly I haven't added posters/prints although a few with ISBNs are there as a result of the initial bulk import or because they are by an author I particularly collect.
Periodicals have not been added unless they consist of items which are books in their own right.
CDs/Records/Audio cassettes have only been added if they are audio books or spoken word rather than music.
DVDs and Videos have not been added at all.
The large collection of theatre and concert programmes has not been added.
All of our "guide books" have now been added (I hadn't realised how many we had).
I've now added the Japanese books and guide books we acquired in Japan in summer (2007) however for some of them I need someone who can read/type Japanese to get the titles correct.
[She says: she thinks she is "helping" with tags. She is also trying to write reviews of EVERYTHING where we are the only owners - particularly where it is inexplicable why such a great book is not on more shelves. She wonders if our library is ever flagged as the top (or anywhere near the top) of 'users with your books': you are all much more like one another than you are like us].

Groups(Dis)ability Politics, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, Build the Open Shelves Classification, Graduate Students, Japanese Culture, Legacy Libraries, The Green Dragon

Favorite authorsUrsula K. Le Guin, Tony Hillerman, Diana Wynne Jones, Terry Pratchett, Patricia Reynolds, J. R. R. Tolkien (Shared favorites)

VenuesFavorites | Visited

Favorite bookstoresMarijana Dworski Books, Red Snapper Books, Sotheran's of Sackville Street, The Children's Bookshop, Tolkienwinkel

Favorite librariesBritish Library (Boston Spa Reading Room), Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Library, Hall Green Library, St Mary's School combined school and public library, Surrey History Centre, University of York - King's Manor Library (KML)

Other favoritesWorldcon 2009 - Anticipation - Montreal, Oxonmoot 2009, Oxonmoot, Tolkien Society Seminar, The Return of the Ring

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Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers/Member Giveaway

LocationSomewhere in Northern England

Account typepublic, lifetime

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/Rivendell (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Rivendell (library)

Member sinceJan 14, 2007

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St Helena Britannica: Studies in South Atlantic Island History by Trevor W. Hearl

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The iron king by Maurice Druon

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Uncovering Anguilla's Secrets

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Montserrat Volcano Observatory Frequently Asked Questions

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Montserrat National Trust Amerindian Hut

Hi Rivendell

I see you have a book on Lapworth - St. Mary's, by Edward Fenwick.

I would be grateful if you could let me know what type of book it is, I am undertaking an assignment on the church and am seeking all existing sources of information. I cannot find this reference (book and author) anywhere else, but it appears Mr Fenwick was the parish priest for some time.

Many thanks in advance

Jim

posted by jimwhiteman at 5:25 am (EST) on Jul 18, 2012

Hi! I am wondering if you would like to comment on the "Books about Tolkien and his world" thread in the Green Dragon? Your library of works about Tolkien is impressive and we'd love your thoughts! :)

posted by JPB at 2:25 pm (EST) on Feb 22, 2012

hello -- I see you have a book in your library called 'Modern Biography' by Anthony Curtis. Could you please tell me something about this book? Does it deal with Somerset Maugham by any chance? thanks -- danielx

posted by danielx at 9:39 am (EST) on Aug 15, 2011

Hi,
I just added a cover for my Historical Map of Scotland by L.G. Bullock, and see that you have three maps by him! I love this kind of map. Does your Historical Map of England and Wales have the counties?

posted by SaintSunniva at 8:12 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2010

I hadn't considered adding Brooke Bond tea card collectors albums to my catalogued library, but I see you have! Hm, might fish mine out and see how many are already in LT...!

posted by dtw42 at 11:39 am (EST) on Jun 19, 2010

Just read you commented on my book...
Saban Monuments... The island of Saba a Caribbean example.... by dr.ir. Frans H. Brugman...
For questions or orders (I have a couple of books left -brand new- and still in plastic wrap)... pls contact me: fbrugman@hotmail.com

Kind regards,
frans brugman

posted by fbrugman at 11:46 pm (EST) on Jan 21, 2010

That is interesting! We see that stamp a lot around here...

posted by NuffieldLibrary at 7:27 am (EST) on Oct 21, 2008

Thanks a lot for adding us (and many other Oxford libraries) to LibraryThing Local!

posted by NuffieldLibrary at 11:29 am (EST) on Oct 17, 2008

Dear jhagen, acmf, jaminger, Rivendel and tripleblessings,

I know you have all been just waiting for this news. I have uploaded a cover and done some CK facts for "The Haggis" by Alexander Maclean. Note the inclusion of the 90p "Made in Scotland" price ticket!

Jim

posted by justjim at 9:44 am (EST) on Sep 27, 2008

Actually, your library is spookily like ours! Storytelling books and poetry books are more likely to be my other half's than mine, prehistory is more likely to be his than mine, albeit with many exceptions, whereas Roman or later archaeology is more likely to be mine. Both of us like children's fiction, but they are more likely to belong to me. Tolkien all belongs to him.

posted by 2manybooksUK at 2:58 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2008

Rivendell,
Thanks for pointing out that the "Blackwell Bookshop Oxford" should be combined with "Blackwell's (Oxford)." When I created the venue I did not realise the venue already existed. I deleted the one I created as best I could and put the photo on the "Blackwell's (Oxford)" venue instead.

jglassow

posted by fetsch at 2:04 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2008

wow - thanks for remembering to check on The Witch Doll and A Candle in Her Room. hope the new home is amazing. i just myself assembled two new bookcases & did a lot of book rearranging. always satisfying.

posted by lquilter at 6:37 pm (EST) on Feb 10, 2008

Rivendell, I'm very curious about your book by [[Ruth Arthur]], [The Witch Doll[. Is it related at all to Arthur's book [A Candle in Her Room]? You're the only one who has this book! Best, Laura Quilter

posted by lquilter at 7:53 pm (EST) on Sep 22, 2007

When we needed a new car, we really needed a new car, having run our decade-old family hatchback into the ground. I have never been a committed enough collector to consider factoring it into the family finances, and I have never attempted to extend my shelf of first edition C. S. Lewis into Narnia books, which seem absurdly expensive.

posted by MyopicBookworm at 4:33 pm (EST) on Aug 11, 2007

I saw your comment about 'users with your books'. You are no. 6 on my raw list at present. (I think both collections are too diverse to match on any 'weighted' list.) But I'm not going to be in the same league as anyone who has the time and money to seek out rarities like Songs for Philologists.

posted by MyopicBookworm at 3:26 am (EST) on Jul 30, 2007

Hi Rivendell, love the collection. Where on earth did you find all those rare (or OP) Ursula K. Le Guin books?

posted by labbit440 at 5:44 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2007

Hello, I was playing around and looking at some of the profiles who shared a large number of my books. I want to know whose fault the murder mysteries in your library are, because they seem to like some of my favorite authors as well. Have you visited any groups yet? There are several for Tolkien fans, a wild and woolly, yet very friendly one is the Green Dragon. Also there is a Children's Literature group. I'm having fun talking to many people about the books we love, and spending way more time than I should...:)

posted by MrsLee at 2:49 am (EST) on Feb 5, 2007

I' have a chance of buying the first 4 volumes for $30, so I think I'll go ahead and order it. I could by the whole set with its own box for $75, but I'm still trying to decide.

If you're ever interested in other Japanese version of the Hobbit, they're much cheaper in Japanese Yahoo auctions. I bought mine for $10 a while back. They also have the 2 volume edition for $7.

I love your Tolkien collection. It gives me ideas of what I want to buy next. :)

posted by jmillar at 2:11 pm (EST) on Jan 16, 2007

Where did you get your version of Yubiwa Monogatari? I've been loooking around for the 70's version illustrated Terashima Ryûichi, but it's so expensive on Yahoo Japan.

posted by jmillar at 1:20 pm (EST) on Jan 16, 2007