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Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein

Benjamin Franklin takes the case : the American agent investigates murder in the dark byways of London by Robert Lee Hall

Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places by John R. Stilgoe

Texas Rose by Rita Kerr

Sunbeam Rapier, Alpine 1955-65 autobook : workshop manual for the Sunbeam Rapier 1 to 4, 1955-65 and Sunbeam Alpine 1 to 4, 1959-65 by Kenneth Ball

Timber line; a story of Bonfils and Tammen by Gene Fowler

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Favorite authorsNicholas A. Basbanes, P.G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

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Favorite librariesBelle Isle Library, Oklahoma Historical Society, UCO Max Chambers Library

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About meChairman for the Bibliophiles of Oklahoma.

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The Poe shadow : a novel by Matthew Pearl

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The pursuit of history : aims, methods, and new directions in the study of modern history by John. Tosh

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1811 dictionary of the vulgar tongue; a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence by Francis Grose

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Seat weaving by L. Day Perry

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The sun rides high by Orrin Ulysses Burright

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Rockwellkentiana; few words and many pictures by R.K. and by Rockwell Kent

Thank you for accepting my friends invitation. I hope my profile gave you some new insights into Volney, Jefferson and Franco-American history. I will be glad to answer any questions you might have regarding Volney, his views, or book purchases. All Zee Best, TCW

BTW--Volney met BF in the salon of Madame Helvetius pre-Revolution. According to Gaulmier, BF recommended to the young Volney that he should travel overseas to broaden his horizons. Volney went to Syria and Egypt for three years, wrote a book that made him famous, and then got elected to the first National Assembly. BF then introduced Volney to his replacement, Thomas Jefferson.

posted by ThomasCWilliams at 12:16 am (EST) on Apr 12, 2009

forgive my halfheimerl's disease. no. they are not buckram, which is, of course, a cloth. they are leather. i have applied mink oil and it is good. there is a process that ensures it will work, and it is painstaking and takes a few days, but it is well worth it.

posted by andyray at 8:14 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2009

Benjamin-
Are we going to have a November meeting? I assume we won't be meeting on Thanksgiving. :)
Zach

posted by zdufran at 9:40 am (EST) on Nov 24, 2008

Hi, just wanted you to know I visited your library, since I got your message in postcrossing. Thanks for the nice note!

Lynn

posted by sweetsimplicity at 3:00 pm (EST) on Oct 1, 2008

I won't be able to make the Aug 28 bibliophile meeting, but I am going to shoot for the next one...

posted by zdufran at 5:46 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2008

I have a quick question... where did the image, for the now defunct "book history" group come from? It's the color image of a court jester reading a book. Thanks!

posted by trav at 12:59 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2008

I am about 4 hours away. Of course that is not to far at all for books. Thanks for the invite, I will certainly look into coming. I am going to see when it is and what I have going on that day. I would LOVE to come. Penny.

posted by 777Penny at 11:03 am (EST) on Mar 12, 2008

I see you're looking in on Samuel Johnson's catalog. By coincidence I just added William Bailey's The Advancement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, which is already listed with Thomas Jefferson and which you'll come across in Ben Franklin's list as well. This is fun, but it's going to be a lot of work. My GOOGLE already has callouses, and I've just gotten through the A's.

posted by Larxol at 5:41 pm (EST) on Feb 5, 2008

Thanks for your offer of help! We're ready to go on the cataloging. Come on over to the group and check the first two posts in the "Volunteer for Your Section" thread to choose the books you want to enter.

posted by BenjaminFranklin at 3:49 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2008

Thanks for the offer of help on the Benjamin Franklin LT catalog. I want to check in with the "I See Dead People('s Books)" group to see how the manage multiple people working on one catalog. I'll contact you again after I do that, because I certainly will need the assistance! Thanks

posted by BenjaminFranklin at 7:58 pm (EST) on Jan 20, 2008

Thanks for the reference to the Adam Smith catalogue. Unfortunately, that catalogue isn't really The One. Bonar did two: that was the earlier one. And even the later one omitted many books unknown to belong to Smith at the time. H. Mizuta's catalogue is the best at the moment.

posted by AdamSmith at 2:50 pm (EST) on Jan 16, 2008

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