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Monthly Archives: September 2010
On buying like a collector
Every once in a while…I will buy a book for eventual resale even though I pay top dollar and may never make a dime on it. Continue reading
On judging a book by its title. Or not.
Will a serious horse person who isn’t already looking ever find this book on my site? Not likely, in my opinion, thanks to its title: The Horse.
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The traces owners leave behind
Whenever I get hold of an old book, I can’t help but wonder about the people who owned it, read it, and even loved it before it passed into my hands.
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The Fraktur Factor
…one little catch: before any typing of German words into translation tools can begin, it is necessary to know what letters to use. Continue reading
Nothing ever happened in Fredonia, WI
At least, not much that was worth writing about, apparently. Certainly not in the time period I’m interested in, 1850-1900-ish. That’s the half-century when I had two sets of great, great grandparents and their issue, my great grandparents, living there. … Continue reading
On buying books I can’t read
I keep on buying books written in German even though I have no hope of reading them, and often no idea what they’re about. Continue reading
