Member: jbd1

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Favorite authorsBernard Bailyn, Andrea Barrett, Nicholas A. Basbanes, Paul Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Umberto Eco, Owen Gingerich, Ross King, Christopher Morley, Iain Pears, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Alan Taylor, Edward O. Wilson (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBrattle Book Shop, Brookline Booksmith, Commonwealth Books, Harvard Book Store, Raven Used Books

About meI'm an Assistant Reference Librarian in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. I'm also LT's Bibliothecarius Mortui, so if you have any questions about the Legacy Libraries, please feel free to ask.

Major interests: history of the book in early America, colonial and early national college libraries, literary curiosities and biblio-hoaxes.

About my libraryMainly history, biography, books on books and natural history - but with some fiction (mainly historical fiction and bibliomysteries) and other things thrown in as well. I also collect rarer items.

I can now truthfully say that a (bare) majority of my books are in the same place I am, occupying a spare room in my apartment.

Check out my Read in 2009 tag to see what I've been reading so far this year, or the Read in 2008 tag for last year's list.

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Real nameJeremy

LocationBoston, MA

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Member sinceJan 10, 2006