recent purchases?

Anyone pick-up any good Easton Press books recently? I was thinking of getting Peter Pan, but it's now OOP... ah well. I did find a copy of Flatland for $20!! What a deal that was :)

Each month I get a new book in the 100 Greatest Book series. Does that count? I suppose everyone who subscribes to the series gets the same books in the same month. Full subscription price $39.95

The most recent two:

The Prince
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

I currently have around 70 of the books. I have been a subscriber since Dec 2003. Still waiting for Livy: The Early History of Rome ;)

Actually, no. Subscribers get different books. It's fairly randomized. Also, you can call them up and ask them to send you a particular book if you really want it. You don't have to wait until it happens to appear. I think their 100 Greatest Book series is great! Great price, for great books. Which ones are your fav?

That does sound like a bargain for such a nice book. :)
--BJ

I just won Tom Jones on eBay for $22 including shipping. I love when I get a good deal on them this way.

#3 Which is my fav? Wow, can't say. The first book I got was Moby Dick - which is very nice. I see now they are offering Huckleberry Fin as the first book - another good one.

Many in the series are rather un-unique meaning that they do not have art on the covers depicting something in the book.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' cover is not unique, but many of the illustrations are original as many of the stories were published as magazine articles.

I didn't realize they randomized the books. Hmmmmm....

Just bought Erewhon by Samuel Butler on EBay. The ad stated it was from their Famous Editions collection

Received The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer today as part of my 100 greatest subscription. I was rather surprised that there were no illustrations - most of the greatest 100 do.

The book is beautiful though. The book is done in modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill.

Below is an excerpt from Mr. Hill's verse of the first paragraph (or stanza?)

When April with his showers hath pierced the drought
Of March with sweetness to the very root,
And flooded every vein with liquid power
That of its strength engendereth the flower;
When Zephyr also with his fragrant breath
Hath urged to life in every holt and heath
New tender shoots of green, and the young sun
His full half course within the Ram hath run,
And little birds are making melody
That sleep the whole night through with open eye,
For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so,
Then people long on pilgrimage to go,
And palmers to be seeking foreign strands,
To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
And then from every English countryside
Especially to Canterbury they ride,
There to the holy sainted martyr kneeling
That in their sickness sent them help and healing.

....

Correction: Whilst perusing The Canterbury Tales this evening, I found several glossy pages in the center of the book with illustrations of the different characters.

>8 bumblesby:
I have always thought of this as one of the most beautiful opening passages in English (esp. in when read aloud in the original Middle English). This translation sounds (in my head, at least) like it retains much of the magic of the original. I like.

Os.

10: How does the Middle English opening go?

Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
(So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.

Osbaldistone, this is one of the few "translations' I recommend: it was commissioned by George Macy for the Limited Editions Club 2 volume Canterbury Tales in 1934. It does indeed preserve much of the flavor of the original. Macy's comments on this are rather amusing--when I get back to the house later, I'll share them with you (if you are interested).

>13 Django6924: when I get back to the house later, I'll share them with you (if you are interested)

Sure. Thanks

Os.

Macy wrote in a 1939 retrospectus:

"There are people who say you MUST read Chaucer, if you read him at all, in his own language. Those who want to read him in a modern translation will find him most exciting in this translation, I think, over which Mr. Hill slaved for years--at great expense to himself and to this Club."

(Macy frequently complained about how long some translators took--in the LEC 2 volume Fables of LaFontaine Macy switched translators midway through when Joseph Auslander "working at a snail's pace," warned he might not finish in time for the book to be printed in the First Series, so Macy recruited LeClercq to do the second half.)

Back to Chaucer--the Hill translation is one of the first good ones precisely because it is recasting the work in Modern English--not that awkward blend of Modern English sprinkled liberally with archaisms like "wight" and "trow" and "y-clept" which my Chaucer professor in college liked to call "Muddle English."

Thanks Django. This sparked a thought about George Macy and his creation of the Heritage Press. Quality books for the masses. Here we are 60 some-odd years later and still enjoying them.

I read recently that Heritage was the forerunner of the Easton Press. This may be how Easton got the copyright to use this translation.

I have a few Heritage Press volumes in my library and enjoy them as much as the Easton and Folio books. They are very similar in construction and presentation to The Folio Society. The slipcases are wonderful in that it protects the book. I like Folio for this reason too.

Since Heritage is an ancestor of Easton, this forum would be a good place for talking about these also. If you all agree, then I have a new (to me) book to add to this thread!

12: thank you! I know modern translations are easier to read and understand, but there's something SO poetic and beautiful about Middle English...

Some new (to me) Heritage Press books purchased recently:

Bhagavad Gita - 1965 - VERY Folio Society like.
Plato - Lysis, The Symposium, Phaedrus - 1968

I love these older volumes - they have that great smell (I know you do it).

I was going to call Easton to get the Bhagavad, but I liked the description of the Heritage book, so decided on that one.

Also purchased some Franklin Press (Library) too.
Euripides - Nine Plays
The Education of Henry Adams

> 16 & 18

The Heritage volumes you picked up are two of my favorites--I particularly like the illustrations in Bhagavad Gita and the wonderful Jowett translations of the Plato.

Easton:

The Federalist - part of greatest 100 series.

At the Earth's Core and A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. This is part of a 10 book special request titles. This volume has two color full page illustrations and a few full page black and white - by Ron Miller. The copyright is 1996, so undoubtedly published before.

Hi all, new here.

I am currently subscribed to the Andrew Lang Fairy Books series. I am halfway through the series, however book 7 never arrived and book 8 arrived damaged, thus I am currently awaiting replacements.

I've received quite a few EP books. Recently received

Frankenstein
Dune
Sherlock Holmes
Night
Jaws
and on its way: The Red and the Black.

I subscribe to 100 Greatest, Masterpieces of Sci-Fi and Great Books of the 20th Century.

I just got Of Mice and Men from an eBay auction. I was very pleasantly surprised to find it has great drawings included.

>23 emaestra:

Is this a reprint of the old LEC/Heritage Press edition with illustrations by Fletcher Martin?

I just looked at my copy on the shelf and the illustrations are by Fletcher Martin. This is an oversized book with LARGE fonts and the illustrations look to be larger as well.

The illustrations are great! I just went to an art show here in Pasadena and they had several etchings and lithographs by Fletcher Martin--a very fine artist.

Frankenstein - part of greatest 100 series.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - part of a Reader's Choice subscription.

I think my personal favorite Agatha Christie book is Ten Little Indians.
She was a master of mystery for certain! My all-time favorite mystery writer... Edgar Allan Poe :)

EP produced a number of stunning books of Poe, including a beautiful book with illustrations by Dulac. Highly recommended if you can find it!

cheers,

-astropi

I just purchased and actually enjoy reading "The Mask of Command" by John Keegan
The book itself is marvellous, in green leather with 5 Ribbed Spines
Here a comment of the book from Library Journal:

"Keegan ( The Face of Battle, Six Armies in Normandy) turns his attention to command. He interprets generalship as manifesting a cultural urge to conquer. Its classical example is the heroic warrior, personified by Alexander the Great, who inextricably merged identity with performance. Subsequently, the bureaucratic state, democracy, technology, etc., subsumed the heroic leader. The 20th-century re-evoked the heroic principle, but it manifested itself in the false heroism of an Adolf Hitler. Keegan concludes by appealing for post-heroic leaders who will forswear conflict. Though Keegan's structure and models are open to challenge, this provocative book nevertheless deserves reading by any student of military affairs."

I just received "The Red and the Black" as part of the 100 Greatest Books subscriptions. I've wanted to read this for decades and now have a beautiful edition to introduce me to Stendahl.

Yesterday I received my signed edition of "A Paper Life" by Tatum O'Neal. I enjoy the signed editions by interesting figures.

Just received:

Pygmalion and Candida by George Bernard Shaw as part of the Greatest 100 subscription.

Jaws by Peter Benchley - Reader's Choice subscription

I was going back through my EP Greatest 100 books in my LibraryThing library and it looks like I have 80 books of the series so far. The list has changed slightly over the years and have purchased some used books from older lists like Tristram Shandy. So I have ~20 more to go. I have them tagged as ep100

Just received Jude the Obscure as part of the 100 Greatest series. Jude is one of my all-time favorite novels of all time and its wonderful owning this particular edition.

Cry, the Beloved Country and The Four Feathers are on their way. Anyone else have these editions and can comment on the contents?

No, but I would love to hear about The Four Feathers when you get it. THis is a story that really needs first-rate illustration.

I sure will, Djano6924. I am very curious to see how this will be handled. I wish that EP would include more pictures of their illustrations to give a person a clue. I guess it just adds some element of surprise, in the end.

Received "A Christmas Carol" last night but it arrived damaged. Beautiful book, however. Received a prompt response from Customer Service this morning and the replacement will be here before Christmas.

#35 Received "The Four Feathers" this evening. The only illustration is the frontispiece, which is quite striking, but is not credited to an artist that I can see. I did not see any further illustrations, but its a beautiful book.

Just got in LOOK AT THE BIRDIE. Another great looking signed Vonnegut title from Easton Press.

All I need now is Cat's Cradle and I have the complete Easton Press Vonnegut collection.

The Bell Jar as part of Great Books of the 20th Century.

War of the Worlds as part of Masterpieces of Science Fiction.

Life Beyond Measure by Sidney Poitier, signed.

Well just made the call to Easton from Copenhagen to order The Double Helix (40th Anniversary Ed.) by James Watson signed.

This is my first order - the woman on the phone was very pleasant to talk to

Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou (signed First Edition) I actually met Dr. Angelou in 1992. She declined to sign my copy of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" but offered a warm hug and chat instead.

That must have been awkward. I can just visualize the conversation when you ask for her to sign your copy and she declines

I'd never been refused a signature on a book... I can understand she refusing if you was handing her a piece of paper, but having her book her declining is puzzling, anyhow you got an hug and a chat which fully compensate that loss

I have to admit it was a terribly awkward but rewarding moment. She was speaking as a guest at my college. I was such an ardent admirer and thought somehow the signature would cement the glory I'd discovered within it's pages! I think I was younger and possessed a rather narrow view of the world. While I didn't get her signature (which was just as awkward as anyone can imagine) I did connect with someone whom I may never had. These nearly twenty years later, I got my signed book thanks to Easton Press!

I still don't understand why someone would refuse to sign a book? Seems rather snobby!!

Although I have several signed editions, albeit all are Franklin Library, I didn't buy them for the signatures, but because the binding quality was superior. I can't say I care for signe editions, and wouldn't ask any author to sign a copy of their work for me. I would, of course, cherish any signed edition gifted to me with a personal from an author I knew, and among my most cherished books is a copy of John Mortimer's Rumpole and the Angel of Death. My late wife found that Mortimer was going to be signing copies of this book when it came out at a local bookstore, and she bought one for me and told him what a huge Rumpole fan I was. He graciously wrote a very long inscription, and I wouldn't part with the book for anything.

That's an amazing story

Just received Cervante's Don Quixote as part of the 100 Greatest Books. This is a massive volume, at least 10 lbs and oversized. Could easily be used for a doorstop (but it never will in my possession).

acidneutral: how many color illustrations there are in the Don Quixote? I hope it is in red leather..

TTCdevote: I posted some pictures in the photos section. The only color illustration I see is of Cervantes in the frontispiece. All the other illustrations are charcoal and there are many, many to peruse! Beautiful book and mine is bound in dark red/maroon. Hope this is helpful.

acidneutral: Thank you!

I just ordered the H. Rider Haggard Alan Quartermain set. I've been eyeing this for a year now. Went ahead and took the plunge as I am enjoying She so much and this is the nicest set I could find of the Quartermain adventures. Haggard is addicting!

53: sounds awesome! Post some pics when ya get it :)

Just received:

Walden by H.D. Thoreau as part of the Greatest 100 subscription. Nice wood engravings by TW Nason. Will get some pics when the camera gets here ;)

Anne of Green Gables is on its way. I don't have any interest in any of the other titles other than this one. My youngest sister Anne was enchanted by this book (and its series) as a kid and I thought it would be nice to add it to my collection. EP was great with just selling the one volume to me. I don't have a lot of of children's lit in my EP collection so this will be a nice change....plus I look forward to reading it in the new year.

I ordered the Jane Austen set last weekend. I am hoping it will come by Christmas, but if not I will just have to be patient. Austen is my favorite author of all, so this is the purchase I have been most excited about.

elmaynard: it is a very beautiful set, one of my favourite on EP

acidneutral: I'll love to see some pic of Anne of Green Gables if once arrived you'll be able to post.. that title is in my wish list

To my disappointment The Chronicle of Narnia is out of stock (my order was declined for that reason) someone is familiar with that set of EP? I mean you think is out of stock becouse is Christmas and will soon be back in print (that edition was running for quite long and sold well it seems), or once gone is gone? (the costumer care wasnt specific on this)

From my experience "Out of Stock" doesn't necessarily mean "Out of Print". The way it was explained to me was that the press has schedules for printing. For example, "Little Women" is out of stock and won't be printed again until the Spring--when its scheduled to be printed again. I would imagine has a lot of depend on this schedule. I would imagine something like "Chronicles of Narnia" sold briskly for the holidays and was wiped out of their current print run. I don't think that set has a limited run, but it might be printed again. It might help to ask them pointedly about it. If they don't know, just have them put you in touch with someone who might be able to tell you.

I received my H. Rider Haggard Alan Quartermain Adventures set. These are beautiful volumes! The spines are beautifully rendered with a different design and the covers are embellished with individual illustrations as well. Unfortunately, "Marie" got smashed in transit. I sent off a request for a replacement for this one title. I'll be sure to put up some pictures soon! Very happy...and will be even more so once I get my replacement of "Marie".

Haggard is becoming one of my latest passions.

Just received Tess of the d'Urbervilles as part of my 100 Greatest subscription. This is a gorgeous volume with a most lovely bright kelly green dyed leather for the exterior. For a while there the leathers for the volumes in this series either seemed to be brown, black, maroon, red, grey or some sort of horrid grayish brown. Its nice to see one come my way that is bright and vivid in color. I often wonder why they don't choose brighter colors for some of their volumes' leather.

Anyway, this is a lovely edition and I recommend it to anyone who hasn't a copy. Sure beats my 25 year old Signet Classics paperback that I've owned since adolescence!

I have Easton's Tess and have read it! Very nice book.

Is this the Tess with wood engravings by Agnes
Miller Parker?

>63 Django6924: Yes

I'm glad you spoke up. I was going to answer but got sidetracked in the process of looking at the volume. I love the illustrations, like the ones in Jude the Obscure. They are so evocative.

HA! beat you to it. Upon looking at it again, yes the green is really a nice change!

Received most recently:

Day of the Triffids (Masterpieces of Science Fiction)
Anne of Green Gables (just requested this one volume)
Catch 22 (Great Books of the 20th Century)

On its way....
The Sea-Hawk (100 Greatest)

I did make a couple of deletions from my 100 Greatest subscription. While I enjoy Russian fiction, I have decided to forgo Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. I have read all of these and don't think I will be digging back into them anytime soon. War and Peace looms over me on my bookshelf..unread but not hopeless.

Hey, I would love to see some pics of Green Gables! Also, I'd like to know if it's illustrated throughout?

cheers,

-astropi

Received Conspirator, book 10 of the Foreigner series by C.J. Cherryh. This is part of the signed first editions of science fiction series. So far its......hmmm.........well not much is happening and I'm already through half the book. There's a lot of discussion about what happened in the previous novels (apparently action packed). This one is very day to day life of aristocrats. Ah well.

>69 Goran:
The Foreigner series is built in trilogies - the first book in a trilogy is always more or less introductory and it starts moving faster later on :) And #10 is starting the 4th trilogy.

>70 AnnieMod:

So its a trilogy in 10 parts? Huh, not even Douglas Adams was that crazy :)

Nope - it is a long series containing not individual books but trilogies. Books 1-3 form one arc, Books 4-6 another one and so on :)

The Brothers Karmazov as part of the EP 100 Greatest series.

This is a large book with 46 full page illustrations.

tames -> pics! :-)
(Mary Poppins ones have to wait next weekend, I was terribly busy this one, sorry)

I know, I know. Just busy with other internet stuff. :)

Received a quite beautiful copy of The Stranger by Camus as part of the Great Books of the 20th Century. It seems to have copious illustrations which capture the essence of the novel beautifully! I haven't read Camus in 20 years and I am looking forward to reading this novel again, especially after the events of the past 20 years. I am sure I will see it through different eyes.

I have to say, I have been most excited by this series month to month than any other. So far they have sent me:

The Bell Jar
Catch-22
The Stranger

Thats what I call diverse and engaging. I look forward to next month's already. I wish the list were longer!

Reviving an old thread as I received some beauties today. The mailman delivered 2 volumes I've been coveting for a while now.

Any Rand's The Fountainhead (from the Great Books of the 20th Century)
Walter Scott's The Talisman (from the 100 Greatest Books)

The Fountainhead was honestly one of the reasons I initially joined that series. To have it show up today, by surprise, made my day. I haven't read this since I was 20 so I will be curious to see how it affects me 20 years later. Also interesting it arrives the day after Patricia Neal died (who starred in the film version).

The Talisman I discovered as a Heritage Press edition. It impressed me so much I decided to order the leather bound edition instead.

Ah, love days when the mailman brings me the "good stuff".

acidneutral, is The Foutainhead illustrated, or does it just have a frontispiece? Also, can you post pictures of the book and illustrations? Thanks.

The Fountainhead is indeed illustrated and includes a frontispiece of a skyscraper landscape. I haven't looked through it completely, but they include some attractive illustrations throughout the book. Interestingly enough, the artist went for a Gary Cooper characterization of the main character. If its just a coincidence, I would be greatly surprised. On the same note, I noticed the artist who did the frontispiece for "The Razor's Edge" cheated and used Tyrone Power for the characterization. I guess these actors embodied these characters so well that the artist felt the need to use them for their interpretations in the illustrations. Interesting. Not sure how I feel about this. Anyway, I'll try to get pictures soon! I'm getting ready to read it after I finish "The Black Arrow".

Thought I would revive this thread. Just received The Three Musketeers from Easton Press's 100 Greatest Books series. Looks really nice, has the two column format from George Macy's edition.

Does anyone know which translation this edition uses? I haven't looked at it too closely yet.

> 80

It probably uses the classic 19th Century British translation, which, like the translation for the Count of Monte Cristo, is uncredited.

Do you like the two column format? I am not sure if I would find it distracting. Interested to hear your views as it's this format that has stopped me from ordering this title.

I don't really mind it, as I forgot it was there after a few pages. It may or may not bother you more, however.

I recently bought "Breakfast at Tiffany's" from a very few that remain in stock at EP. I also have "The Grapes of Wrath" on its way as well as "Tom Sawyer".

I like the two column format. Its also found in EP's "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Don Quixote", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" among the ones I possess. I don't find that it detracts from my enjoyment of the text in the least. I suppose its a personal preference in the end.

Just received Winston S. Churchill's six-volume WWI history, "The World Crisis"

They have few volumes that I have seen in that bright red. Wish they would do more. Very nice.

>84 acidneutral:
The 2 volume deluxe version of Gone With the Wind is also a 2 column format. Which is good since it is the larger format book. I really must learn my technical names :)

The second half of my recent splurge on Churchill has just arrived. The Second World War in six volumes:

Wow those are beautiful

I don't normally go for the multi-colored leather, but I must say those look really nice!!

I received my second hand copy of an Anna Karenina Collectors' Edition from the 100 Greatest Books seriestoday, it is in very nice condition and will be a real pleasure to read.

I just ordered the 3 volume Nathaniel Hawthorne Classics set. I've been eyeing that set for a couple of years now and decided now was the time. I love all three of these books. I just wish it contained "The Marble Faun", but I'm delighted nonetheless.

>91 acidneutral:
I don't think you will like those, so I would be glad to accept them as a gift mmmK? And, oh, if you have that Faulkner set and want to get rid of it, I'll take that off your hands too. We need to recycle ya know!

>87 _Chris_: Those are very nice!

>92 bumblesby: You will be the first to know if and when I recycle. Something tells me I'm going to love these, though. Don't hold your breath too long. Kicking yourself for not ordering the Faulkner set?

Has anyone else bought the Carlyle history of the French Revolution? I picked it up, and find it quite nice with its illustrations resembling political cartoons.

> 95

I picked up a second hand copy of this in reasonable used condition. I like it, particularly the illustrations. Carlyle can be infuriatingly obscure at times, but this is certainly the best edition in which to read him.

95,96>

Are you talking about the 3-volume set or the older 1-volume edition?

I pre-ordered the 3-volume set when it was first announced a few years back, so I've had it for a while--and I agree it's very nice--however, I don't remember if I've ever seen a picture of the older (out-of-print) single-volume edition. I know that I've seen copies for sale on-line--I just can't recall what it looks like.

If either of you are talking about the single volume copy, I'd love it if you would post photos. Thanks

> 97

I mean the older Famous Editions single volume edition -

I'm fascinated by the subject of the French Revolution, but alas, I'm turned off by Carlyle's unorthodox style.

I received my copy of "Little Women" from Easton Press today. This is truly a gorgeous book, both inside and out! This edition is in a burgundy leather and is literally "hot off the press" as they are printing these at the moment, according to customer service.

99: I like his style. It's definitely unorthodox, but I think it's refreshing.

100: Do you know per chance if they are also reprinting 'Little Men' and 'Jo's Boys'?

>100 acidneutral: I don't know, but that is certainly something a customer service rep might be able to address. If not, I would suggest it as something we'd like to see again. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that all three were available.

I broke down and ordered the History of the Crusades, illustrated by Gustave Doré after seeing the pictures.

104: well, maybe it's a good thing EP has such a lousy website...

I would just like to say that I'm not sure that I like this user group. After reading about discontinued items, limited runs, etc., I have put in several orders on items on which I had previous found myself on the fence as to whether I should order or not. The only parties truely benfitting from my frenzy are EP and the credit card company. However, I'm sure that my children can enjoy sitting and reading some fine books since I will not be able to afford sending them to college! :)

Wow, are you so tortured by financial stress that you yourself derive no joy from the books? That's just sick.

This group is of the devil, it is. Now if that dern devil would just build me some bookcases!

>106 hamletscamaro: Now you can justify buying the Harvard Classics. Its cheaper than higher education and perhaps even better! :-)

the UPS man dropped off a box from Easton tonight....containing the Nathaniel Hawthorne Classics set. I paid an extra $9.95 for 3 day shipping. It was worth it. These are gorgeous books with beautiful gilt decorations and plentiful illustrations. They look quite beautiful on the shelf together. This has been my week for EP books. I received "Little Women" on Tuesday, "Tom Sawyer" on Wednesday and this set today. Great week. Now to pay for them. :-)

>110 acidneutral:
That is exciting! My first "box" of books was the Tarzan set. It is kind of a wow moment.

Just received my latest eBay purchase, David Hume's The History of England.

Beautiful books Chris! Are they fully illustrated?

Other than a portrait of Hume in the first volume, there are no illustrations.



A bit off topic, but since I've recently put up pics of 12 volumes of Churchill's wartime histories, I thought I'd also share a non-EP recent acquisition. My wife and I bought it as a tenth anniversary wedding gift to one another as we both appreciate the stoic perseverance that Churchill's Britain exhibited after the fall of France and before the entry of Russia and the United States into World War II --



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Calm_And_Carry_On

It's become a bit of a motto for us in how to deal with the demands of our daily lives and in keeping those demands in perspective, and advice that I imagine Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius would have approved of.

Nice Chris! I think that's a good motto. Might be rather hard to follow when bombs are falling on you, but certainly in theory it's good.

Chris I love that globe on the right of the books, where did you get it? It is beautiful

> 114

As a Brit, I approve your taste in books and pictures !

The Hume set looks beautiful. Another set of books to add to my wish list.

>116 ironjaw: -- Thanks, I love it too. It's from an artisan living in Bali named Bruno Gecko. His globes, including this one, are available through Novica: http://www.novica.com/itemdetail/index.cfm?pid=130700