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"May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books." -Thomas Carlyle

Welcome to my virtual book collection. Since collecting actual books is somewhat cost-prohibitive, I've begun to amass all of the books I would love to have if I had the means. Some are new, lots are old, all are unique or beautiful or unusual or in some other way have captured my fancy. Enjoy browsing!

Special Collections: Fine Bindings ~ Fairies and Fairy Tales ~ Terror and Madness ~ Poetry ~ Food, Drink and Apothecary ~ Science Fiction ~ Illuminations, Lettering and Hand-Coloring ~ Magic ~ Supernatural and Occult ~ Alchemy ~ Science and Technical ~ Maritime ~ Costumes ~ Humor ~ Children's books ~ Legend of King Arthur ~ Americana ~ 18th Century ~ 19th Century

Authors and illustrators: Edgar Allan Poe ~ Jules Verne ~ Edmund Dulac ~ Kay Nielsen ~ Arthur Rackham ~ Edward Gorey ~ Charles Dickens ~ H.P. Lovecraft ~ William Hope Hodgson ~ Mark Twain ~ Lewis Carroll ~ Salvador Dali ~ George Cruikshank ~ Emily Dickinson ~ Geoffrey Chaucer ~ H.G. Wells

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Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut. New York, Scribner’s, 1952. Green cloth, spine lettered in silver, pictorial light green jacket by George W. Thompson. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on front free endpaper, dated Sept. 16, 2000. First edition of the author’s first book, chronicling “America in the Coming Age of Electronics”.

Player Piano
Kurt Vonnegut. New York, Scribner’s, 1952.

Green cloth, spine lettered in silver, pictorial light green jacket by George W. Thompson. First Edition, First Printing.

Signed by the author on front free endpaper, dated Sept. 16, 2000. First edition of the author’s first book, chronicling “America in the Coming Age of Electronics”.

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10 months ago on June 29, 2012 at 01:04pm
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