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what could possibly be interesting about this bookshelf. . .
28 Mar 07
. . . apart from bad lighting and a jaunty lurch?
Well, not so long ago it was mostly empty. Today, it is more than mostly full, and four and a half boxes that were cluttering up Claire’s bedroom are now neatly nested and tucked away in the basement. A careful observer will notice that a lot of these books are rather old. Some belonged to my grandparents, some belonged to Jodi’s grandparents, a few belonged to my dad, and some were mine and/or Jodi’s all along.
Now, I need to tread carefully. There are some legitimate family heirlooms here; for example, my great-great-grandfather Van Houten’s copy of Pilgrim’s Progress. I’m wondering if, in some cases, it wouldn’t be best to hold a little memorial service and immolate them. Or maybe we’ll just hang on to them forever and let my grandkids figure it out. Van Who?
That being said, rest assured I haven’t done anything crazy. There are, however, a few titles that emerged from these boxes which, I think, can safely be put up for adoption. The following, then, are looking for a new home. Tell your friends!
Family Circle Do-It-Yourself Encyclopedia, vol 2 (Bas-Bui). Garden City, NY: Rockville House, 1973.
Fry, Christopher. Venus Observed: A Comedy. London: Oxford UP, 1949.
Hieatt, Constance B. and Sharon Butler, eds. Curye on Inglysch: English Culinary Manuscripts of the Fourteenth Century. London: Oxford UP, 1985.
Larsen, Earnest. Good Old Plastic Jesus. Liguori, MO: Liguorian Books, 1968.
Mackenzie, Compton. Vestal Fire. New York: Curtis Books, 1927.
Munro, Alice. Friend of My Youth. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 1991.
Poch, John and Chad Davidson. Hockey Haiku: The Essential Collection. New York: Thomas Dunne, 2006.
Posted by pzed on March 28, 2007 at 8.33pm
Categories: every day, graven images
Comments on "what could possibly be interesting about this bookshelf. . ."
Hm. Curye on Inglysch, eh? Can you send it this way?
Posted by Merouda on March 29, 2007 at 9.51pm :: link
