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From the Bookshelf: The Wonder Book of the Wild: The Romance of Exploration (Ward, Lock & Co., c.1923).

JG wrote 5 days ago: I love “The Wonder Book of the Wild”. In purely monetary terms it’s probably the l … more →

Tags: Antarctic, captain scott, Culture & History, Everest, Exploration, Georgian explorers, golden age of exploration, Heroic Age of Exploration, hunting

From the Bookshelf: Whisper the Guns, by Edward Cline9 comments

hermitsdoor wrote 1 week ago: During our recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg, I stopped by the Williamsburg Booksellers and caugh … more →

Tags: Philosophy, History

From the Bookshelf: The Sign of Four - Advanced Pitman's Shorthand Edition

JG wrote 1 week ago: First paragraph – “Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel- piece, … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, Book Collecting, Book Review, Culture, Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four, Detective fiction

From the Bookshelf: The Wind in the Willows, Methuen (21st Edition)

JG wrote 2 weeks ago: Following on from Dad’s cricket-tinged copy of Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man, next up … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, Book Reviews, Book Collecting, Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame, Culture, The-Wind-in-the-Willows, E.H. Shepherd

From the Bookshelf: Dad's copy of Thomas Paine's "Right's of Man", J.M. Dent & Sons + the story of a lucky discovery

JG wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s pretty easy to figure out where my love of books came from. I grew up in a house bursting … more →

Tags: Books, Culture, Cricket, Thomas Paine, dads and sons, Family, Oxford, Politics, Rights of Man

From the Bookshelf: The Inimitable Jeeves, First Edition, (Herbert Jenkins, 1923)2 comments

JG wrote 1 month ago: It may well be that, out of everything I’ve read, the characters of Pelham Grenville Wodehouse … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, antiquarian books, Book Collecting, Culture, Collectibles, Jeeves and Wooster, p. g. wodehouse, first edition

From the Bookshelf: The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle, (3rd Edition, Newnes, 1893)

JG wrote 1 month ago: Originally published in Lipincott’s Monthly Magazine in 1890, The Sign of Four is the second o … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, Victorian, victorian era, antiquarian books, Book Collecting, Culture, Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle

A lesson from Caddie Woodlawn, the beauty of femininity

Cathy wrote 1 month ago: In our culture, where the dignity of women is so lost, seeing the true value of womanhood is almost … more →

Book Review: Behind the Scenes, Elizabeth Keckley5 comments

hermitsdoor wrote 1 month ago: As I mentioned in my review of the play Mary T. and Lizzy K., the characters made several reference … more →

Tags: Books, History

From the Bookshelf: Whiston's Josephus: The Excelsior Edition - c.1900 (Nimmo)

JG wrote 1 month ago: I’ve had a little trouble dating this edition of the collected works of Josephus. I have been … more →

Tags: Books, Book Reviews, antiquarian books, Book Collecting, History, Judaica, Josephus, Israel

Suspended - Too much stuff to write about4 comments

todayigaveaway wrote 2 months ago: Today I’m giving away, a great many things… Hi all, I have decided to move so I’m … more →

Tags: From the Kitchen, From the Closet, From the Junk Drawer, From storage, From the Office, From the dresser, From the dining room, From the sports cupboard, from the basement

From the Bookshelf: Toad of Toad Hall - Methuen (1930)

JG wrote 2 months ago: It isn’t as pretty as some of the books in my collection, but this edition of Toad of Toad Hal … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, Book Reviews, antiquarian books, Book Collecting, toad of toad hall, Wind in the Willows, Methuen, Kenneth Grahame

April 12 - Film Friday - TIFF program 2010

todayigaveaway wrote 2 months ago: Today I’m giving away the programme from TIFF 2010.  I picked the wrong year to write a post i … more →

Tags: from the basement, Simplify, Tiff, Darren Aronofsky, Bruce Greenwood, Mike Leigh, King's Speech, Tom Hooper, Little White Lies

From the Bookshelf: "The Secret Garden" - Francis Hodgson Burnett (Heinemann, Second Impression 1912)

JG wrote 2 months ago: “It was the knob of a door…” As the frontispiece illustration above rather demonst … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, Book Reviews, antiquarian books, The Secret Garden, Francis Hodgson Burnett, children's literature, William Heinemann, Publishing

April 5 Film Friday - 1993 Festival of Festivals Program2 comments

todayigaveaway wrote 2 months ago: Today I’m giving away the program for TIFF 1993.  This year was also very rich. It has been al … more →

Tags: from the basement, Simplify, ang lee, Javier Bardem, Jane Campion, Maury Chaykin, kieslowski, Love and human remains, Denys Arcand

From the Bookshelf: The Light That Failed - Rudyard Kipling (1920)

JG wrote 2 months ago: The Light That Failed is the first of Rudyard Kipling’s three novels, initially published in 1 … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, Book Collecting, Kipling, Rudyard Kipling, swastika, Nazi Party, Antique Books, collectable books

Farm Life: Liberty and Our Small Democracy7 comments

hermitsdoor wrote 2 months ago: I questioned in my post, Sparrowhawk and Liberty, how we view Liberty today.  I asserted that many p … more →

Tags: farm life, Philosophy, Culture, Books, Opinion, History

From the Bookshelf: Forms of Prayer for the Use of Christian Families - Samuel Knight (1792)

JG wrote 2 months ago: I thought it might be interesting to share some of the more interesting books I’ve picked up o … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, Samuel Knight, Prayer, christian families, Christianity, Christian Books, antiquarian books, Book Collecting

Sparrowhawk and Liberty

hermitsdoor wrote 2 months ago: I ended my reivew of Edward Cline’s Sparrowhawk novels with the line, Long Live Lady Liberty. … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Current Events, Culture, Books, Opinion, History


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