Who said: "I may have too many books, but I don‟t have enough"? Well, I have too many books, and more than enough - and something must be done about it. But what? Where to begin? How does one reduce a lifetime‟s collection with a minimum of distress? The following methods occurred to me the … Continue reading The Painful Art of Weeding
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Over the years I have acquired a number of bookmarks. Totalling around 110, from six countries, they range in subject from book-shops and libraries to natural history, local history, banking and the role of government departments. Many are small works of art. Literature on bookmarks is not great. Do other people collect them? There seems … Continue reading Collecting Bookmarks
Scene.. A boys’ boarding school, England, the 1950s. One evening during “Prep”. A master is walking slowly up and down the aisles of desks. He stops at one. Master: How dare you write in a book like that! Boy: But Sir, it’s my book, I paid for it Sir! Master: How dare you answer me … Continue reading Writing in Books