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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
![The Cheddar Box, vol. 1 [all published as a book; volume 2 is a piece of cheese]
Dean Collins. Portland, 1933.
Inscribed by the author and some interesting letters from him inserted.
B-A Note 1: I absolutely had to do further research on this. It was written by journalist Dean Collins and records the story of Oregon’s signature cheese Tillamook Cheddar. According to Robert Brown’s “The Complete Book of Cheese”, it “comes neatly boxed and bound in golden cloth stamped with a purple title, like the rind of a real Tillamook. Volume I is entitled Cheese Cheddar, and Volume II is a two-pound Cheddar cheese labeled Tillamook and molded to fit inside its book jacket. We borrowed Volume I from a noted littérateur, and never could get him to come across with Volume II. ” However it is of course out of print, and I have been unable to find a picture of the binding.
B-A Note 2 Sadly, my love of cheese is surpassed only by my rampantly high cholesterol level. Thank curds for modern medicine!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li7njyZxzH1qabm59o1_500.jpg)
The Cheddar Box, vol. 1 [all published as a book; volume 2 is a piece of cheese]
Dean Collins. Portland, 1933.
Inscribed by the author and some interesting letters from him inserted.
B-A Note 1: I absolutely had to do further research on this. It was written by journalist Dean Collins and records the story of Oregon’s signature cheese Tillamook Cheddar. According to Robert Brown’s “The Complete Book of Cheese”, it “comes neatly boxed and bound in golden cloth stamped with a purple title, like the rind of a real Tillamook. Volume I is entitled Cheese Cheddar, and Volume II is a two-pound Cheddar cheese labeled Tillamook and molded to fit inside its book jacket. We borrowed Volume I from a noted littérateur, and never could get him to come across with Volume II. ” However it is of course out of print, and I have been unable to find a picture of the binding.
B-A Note 2 Sadly, my love of cheese is surpassed only by my rampantly high cholesterol level. Thank curds for modern medicine!
2 years ago on March 19, 2011 at 01:41pm
