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GroupsAncient and Medieval Manuscripts, Ancient History, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, Homer, the Trojan war, and pre-classical Greece, Medieval Europe, Opera, or Nobody Knows the Traubel I've Seen, Poetry Fool, Rare, Old or Offbeat, The Chapel of the Abyss

About me I've only recently begun cataloging my books and I'm in awe of people who've somehow managed to list their thousands of volumes. It was also comforting to realize that there are many people out there who have more books than I do.

Comments, questions and friendly e-mail are always welcome.

About my library Some of my interests include: Ancient Greek history, drama and poetry; Ancient Egyptian history and literature; Spiritualism in its 19th century incarnation and spirit photography in particular; ghost stories and psychic detectives; Proust.

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Member sinceFeb 17, 2008

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Stumbled on your question about Bodie. Yes, the moustache was VERY real, and I have lots of family photographs to prove it.

posted by Mojowan at 2:32 am (EST) on Jul 23, 2008

Hey--I think I picked up the Pilkington at an Antiquarian Book Fair when I was in the midst of graduate school working on late 18th-century fiction. I've dipped into it but haven't (yet) finished it. She piqued my curiosity enough that I held on to the book through several rounds of thinning out books.

posted by heatherm at 11:59 am (EST) on Jun 29, 2008

I simply stumbled across a couple of her books in an Oxfam second-hand bookshop, and a minute's dipping in was interesting enough to make me buy them. I haven't warmed to her work quite as much as some other English women poets, such as Kathleen Raine, Anne Ridler, or Elizabeth Jennings, but there are some nice things in there, and I'm hoping to find time to dip in some more.

posted by MyopicBookworm at 6:16 am (EST) on Jun 23, 2008

I would guess Bodie's moustache is real, but there is a photograph in Ricky Jay's book of Charlie Chaplin as Bodie with a very fake version of his moustache. One of Chaplin's first acts was a send-up of Bodie's hypnotist act.

posted by tom1066 at 9:20 pm (EST) on Jun 9, 2008

I am glad the Maisie Dobbs books might be of interest to you. I am afraid I have not had the pleasure of visiting the Museum of Jurassic Technology although it would certainly be on my list sometime when I make it to Los Angeles. I love how interesting and esoteric Weschler's books are.

posted by Marensr at 11:36 am (EST) on Jun 9, 2008

I'm afraid I don't know anything else about P.Y. Betts either. I discovered the book by chance - borrowed from my sister who had picked it up second-hand somewhere. I enjoyed it so much I then had to hunt for a copy to keep for myself!

posted by Teazle at 2:09 am (EST) on Jun 7, 2008

Oh yes - what a book! I also have a deep interest in the Belle Epoque, although I came to it first through the visual arts and afterwards through Proust and other writers. I stumble upon my copy of Boni de Castellane by accident in a used bookshop in my neighborhood, and let out a little cry of delight. The shop owner said he was surprised anybody wanted it - it was in a heap of titles for fifty cents apiece. Thanks for your message - good to hear from someone with similar interests.

posted by calotype at 2:06 pm (EST) on May 27, 2008

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