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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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Asimov’s Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan Asimov, Isaac and William Schwenck Gilbert. New York, Doubleday, 1988. Text by William Schwenck Gilbert and Notes by Isaac Asimov. Red cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. A surprisingly scarce Asimov title. From Amazon.com: “Writer Martin Gardner once told Isaac Asimov that if he really wanted to have fun, he should find a book he liked very much and annotate it. “Asimov’s Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan” is one of the results of that suggestion. This enormous volume contains the words to all the G&S operas, plus extensive notes explaining allusions and words that might be unfamiliar to today’s listener. Asimov assumes minimal knowledge on the part of the reader, so this book is useful and entertaining not only for the veteran G&S aficionado but also for the neophyte. “ B-A Note: Surprisingly scarce indeed! I had no idea this existed. It seems like such an odd pairing. I have to see one now. Wonder what the library has… via PBA Galleries

Asimov’s Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan Asimov, Isaac and William Schwenck Gilbert. New York, Doubleday, 1988. Text by William Schwenck Gilbert and Notes by Isaac Asimov. Red cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. A surprisingly scarce Asimov title.

From Amazon.com: “Writer Martin Gardner once told Isaac Asimov that if he really wanted to have fun, he should find a book he liked very much and annotate it. “Asimov’s Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan” is one of the results of that suggestion. This enormous volume contains the words to all the G&S operas, plus extensive notes explaining allusions and words that might be unfamiliar to today’s listener. Asimov assumes minimal knowledge on the part of the reader, so this book is useful and entertaining not only for the veteran G&S aficionado but also for the neophyte. “

B-A Note: Surprisingly scarce indeed! I had no idea this existed. It seems like such an odd pairing. I have to see one now. Wonder what the library has…

via PBA Galleries

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2 years ago on July 21, 2010 at 07:38pm
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