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Spring catalogue. Vol. 24, 1938 by Ohio) Aufdemkampe Hardware Company (Cincinnati

Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle by Robert of Gloucester

How to run a lathe : the care and operation of a screwcutting lathe by J. J. O'Brien

The prose life of Alexander, from the Thornton MS. by J. S. Westlake

The English dialect grammar, comprising the dialects of England, of the Shetland and Orkney islands ... by Joseph Wright

Walks in limestone country by Alfred Wainwright

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Favorite authorsDavid Almond, Robert Alter, Jane Austen, Joan Bauer, John Bourchier, Lord Berners, James Boswell, John Buchan, Edmund Burke, Edmund Crispin, Gavin Douglas, E.R. Eddison, Richard Hooker, M. R. James, R. A. Lafferty, C. S. Lewis, Margaret Mahy, Sir Thomas Malory, Hilary Mckay, William Morris, Arthur Ransome, Sir Philip Sidney, Thomas Traherne, Henry Vaughan, H.R. Wakefield (Shared favorites)

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About mePhilologist, medievalist, lexicographer, bibliophile, librarian, packrat.

About my libraryAn accumulation of about 10,000 titles. Strong in Old and Middle English, Middle Welsh, and Old Norse; medieval and early modern literature; Biblical studies; theology; children's books; detective fiction; books about hand tools. Also a good number of hymn books and (fairly recent and still useful) British maps.

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Suffolk and Norfolk : a perambulation of the two counties with notices of their history and their ancient buildings by M. R. James

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Betty Cornell's Glamour guide for teens by Betty Cornell

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Boethius by John Marenbon

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History of petroleum engineering; a publication of the American Petroleum Institute by American Petroleum Institute.,

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Lydgate and Burgh's Secrees of old philisoffres by John Lydgate

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Macaronic sermons : bilingualism and preaching in late-medieval England by Siegfried Wenzel

That is terrible news – I hadn't heard about it, but according to this article it's true. Thanks for the heads-up.

posted by brunellus at 4:06 am (EST) on Aug 14, 2009

I just catalogued Michael Maittaire's Annales typographici and noted you have the other copy on LibraryThing. You're at the top of my shared list for living collectors. I have a lot of cataloguing yet to do; if you ever feel the urge to help out, leave a comment.

posted by JamesBoswell at 11:39 am (EST) on Mar 17, 2009

I wondered who else had Viga-Glum! A fellow philologist and bibliophile, who else? From the description of your library, without even looking further, I'd guess you have many more I've read but don't own. I own more than I have bookshelves for, of course 8-)

posted by erilarlo at 8:35 pm (EST) on Sep 22, 2008

I hope you don't mind my adding yours to my "interesting libraries" list...
Regards.

posted by Romanus at 4:40 pm (EST) on Sep 9, 2008

At last, the answer to your question.

posted by penguinkye at 2:41 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2008

I collected them shortly before and while writing my dissertation, which made it much easier to justify the purchases! I imagine you're familiar with the phenomenon whereby a uni library's embattled cataloguing section adds a title six months after its publication, then someone else picks it up first and won't return it despite a recall notice....

posted by skg046 at 11:52 am (EST) on Jul 1, 2008

On my dresser.

posted by penguinkye at 8:23 pm (EST) on Apr 30, 2008

We have the most remarkable parallels in interests. I found you when you popped up as the only other owner of [[Mallock]]'s [A Human Document].

posted by TheoClarke at 10:19 am (EST) on Apr 26, 2008

I would say I share just about all your interests except "books about hand tools"
You may find my Old and Middle English holdings rather out-of-date, as they were largely built up by my mother from about 1920 to 1980. I did some Old and Midle English, and a little Norse, in graduate school, but I haven't kept up with a lot of the recent scholarship.

posted by antiquary at 2:28 pm (EST) on Sep 14, 2007

you have a book I thought no one else had: The Gothic Commentary on the Gospel of John. Bravo!

posted by jed1964 at 5:00 pm (EST) on Jul 25, 2007

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