Re: Building a library...

Don Phillipson wrote:
1. Discussion to date seems to omit current preferences,
e.g. the OP did not say he read mostly fiction, non-fiction,
19th century etc.

A good, well-rounded library of books I was forced to read in high
school and can now appreciate, books I never got a chance to
read in college and can now do so, books I've read and enjoyed
before and will do so again... (And a bunch of science fiction,
for the geek in me. William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, the
obligatory Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, etc.)



Ted Jones wrote:
The more I think about it, the more I think the "Folio Society" may be
your Pelikan. My suggestion, go to e-bay; search "folio society"; find a
book you like and buy it. Usually the cost will be quite modest. The
problem will be shipping.

Thanks; I poked around and did find some that looked interesting,
but then the price more than doubled with Royal Air Mail.


The book shop in Corina is "The Book Shop" in Corina.

Many, many thanks; through them and the ABAA's site, I found a
number of booksellers within a reasonable range (the Palisades,
etc) with titles I'm interested in.


Covina is just a convenient stopping place on the way to Redlands. A
couple of exits later, you could jump out, shout the "Och Tamale" and be
on your way.

A bulldog, then? Gazolly Gazump!


Fortunately the antique pen folk don't troll this newsgroup. There are
many who diss Quink. You may find a trip to the L.A. Pen Show in
February rewarding.


Fortunately, I don't have any antique pens, and could care less
what those folk have to say about Quink. :) Actually, I would
listen, as often such criticism is well founded. But for my
purposes, fueling a couple of cheapie pens (an Aurora Ipsilon
and a Pelikan M200) through law school notes, Quink did me
just fine; it flowed smoothly, dried quickly, and is readily available
(there's a Staples that carries it about three blocks from where I
was living while in law school). <Shrug>



palmer.william@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
only characterize a certain percentage
of people who buy Eastons. Those are
the sort of people who are attracted to
them only because of their very high quality
of manufacture, but never reads the books.
....
ignorant ever to understand what such
a phrase means with respect to book
appreciation. But since you are aware
of that, what is to stop you from being
the sort of collector who actually reads
the books and absorbs the content as
well as appreciating the manufacture?


So, confused, Eastons are a worthwhile purchase then?
(Again, resale value isn't my focus; I want to populate my
shelves with good copies of old -- and yet to be
discovered -- favorites. But I'd also prefer not to have
anyone who "knows books" see half a wall of Eastons and
say to themselves, "ah, you're one of *those*...") Whatever
I get, Easton or otherwise, will be read before being shelved.


Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
For one of the categories the OP mentioned, you don't get much choice
if content matters. The Oxford UP edition of Shakespeare a few years
ago is a long way ahead of all the earlier ones in its standard of
scholarship, and there aren't many alternative physical realizations
of it. For literary value, there's bugger-all point in owning any
earlier one.


Like this?

http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/LiteratureEnglish/BritishLiterature/Shakespeare/?view=usa&ci=9780199267170

Already on my shelf, though it's not the most attractive
(somewhat cheesy dust cover).

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