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The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams by John Adams
The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould by Stephen Jay Gould
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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.
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I thought you might enjoy this Hoax from 1750!
posted by moibibliomaniac at 11:47 am (EST) on May 27, 2009
posted by jjlong at 10:03 pm (EST) on May 18, 2009
I've been getting tired of hunting down covers for Hemingway's library, but nothing much else in progress has appealed to me.. the bulk downloading of MARC records is good - and efficient - but not a whole lot of fun. Not like searching around for a correct edition!
So, I've run across this - what do you think? The original is at the University of British Columbia. little write-up: http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/dgrl... and the list: http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/dgrl... ... it looks to be about 430 books, with only dates, so something of a challenge, at least :)
Like you need any more in-progress libraries! At least I can promise I'll finish, barring catastrophe.
posted by jjlong at 9:41 pm (EST) on May 18, 2009
Just asking because you said you were quite busy.
posted by YagamiLight at 10:56 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2009
from foschina
PS: I haven't got an answer from bookdoctor yet, that's why I'm asking to you.
posted by foschina at 11:45 am (EST) on Apr 7, 2009
posted by cmgriffin at 9:38 am (EST) on Apr 2, 2009
http://bibliophilesinmylibrary.blogspot....
posted by Larxol at 10:58 am (EST) on Mar 22, 2009