The Culling of the Beloveds
Jul. 19th, 2014 10:43 amThe semi-occasional-not-quite-annual cull of the bookcases has begun. First pass netted 18 novels. This.... barely even made a dent.
(the rule for fiction is: if I haven't read it in a year and have lost interest, it goes. It I read it and felt no desire to read more of the author's work, it goes. If I read it and loved it but haven't touched in it several years/won't reread it any time soon... it probably needs to find a new home.)
If anyone's interest 'shopping' in the culled list when I'm done, drop me a line.
EtA: up to 42 books, one of which was a duplication and two were galleys. Also determined that the first printing hardcovers of Elizabeth Lynn's "Dancers" trilogy and my much-battered, much-read copies of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit go nowhere.
Also, this will leave my possession when someone pries it out of my cold, dead fingers (or offers me a boatload of money for it):

In very good condition, with color plates. There's no copyright page, but the inscription on the flyleaf reads 1933.
(the rule for fiction is: if I haven't read it in a year and have lost interest, it goes. It I read it and felt no desire to read more of the author's work, it goes. If I read it and loved it but haven't touched in it several years/won't reread it any time soon... it probably needs to find a new home.)
If anyone's interest 'shopping' in the culled list when I'm done, drop me a line.
EtA: up to 42 books, one of which was a duplication and two were galleys. Also determined that the first printing hardcovers of Elizabeth Lynn's "Dancers" trilogy and my much-battered, much-read copies of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit go nowhere.
Also, this will leave my possession when someone pries it out of my cold, dead fingers (or offers me a boatload of money for it):

In very good condition, with color plates. There's no copyright page, but the inscription on the flyleaf reads 1933.
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Date: 2014-07-19 03:28 pm (UTC)(I'm told that if Rackham himself had signed it, this could be worth $3-4,000. I'm...not sure I could resist the lure of that much cold cash. Luckily (?) for me, it's not inscribed)
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Goblin Market. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
RACKHAM, Arthur.) ROSSETTI, Christina.
Bookseller: Peter Harrington. ABA member
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Book Description: London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1933., 1933. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers printed in red, black, and yellow, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. Wrappers slightly tanned, with lightly creased edges, and slightly rubbed spine, the frontispiece is partially loose. Otherwise a very good copy in lightly tanned jacket with creased and nicked extremities, minor loss to spine ends. Colour frontispiece, 3 colour plates, additional illustrations in text. First edition, first impression. Bookseller Inventory # 90303
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