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La tentation de l'Occident by André Malraux
Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry by Bernard Williams
The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method by Ludwig von Mises
Vi Går Ombord by Fr. Oddfjell
Surrealism: Permanent Revelation by Robert Cardinal
Night Flight by Antoine Saint-Exupéry
Yachtbau by Artur Tiller
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About meI strongly suspect that in a healthy mind interest and intellect are inseparable, as they must be before acts are given relevance outside any inherent efficacy - as proofs of obedience. Which means: I take my individualism and anti-authoritarianism quite seriously:)
About my libraryI've saved a number of books through the years, which means my library does not exactly reflect my current interests. Chronologically the theme list goes something like this: flying, boxing, cartooning, modern literature, philosophy, sailing ships, economics. Still, since some wastage occurs, particularly when changing addresses, the present library is largely nautical and my youthful infatuation with aeroplanes nearly unrepresented.
The philosophy I've read was mostly books borrowed from the state; the philosophy posted here does mostly represent a buying spree in Paris one single Francophile summer day in the early eighties. The fiction I've read was mostly in paperback, and therefore easy to give away or leave behind (The holes, I now note, accords with the personalities of people I've known).
Searching for authors that could reasonably be called favourites (I'm unable to put this into the correct slot), I find a pair in De Quincey, whose text can be read again even if you remember the content well, and Heraclitus, the content of whose text can be reconsidered even if you remember the text well.
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posted by OldSarge at 9:16 am (EST) on Jul 25, 2009
Anyway, just saying "hey".
Happy reading.
posted by gregtmills at 11:26 pm (EST) on May 1, 2009
I have this strange Swedish (I think) book (manuscript, actually) that you might find interesting:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?...
All Best Wishes,
Paul
posted by pipester at 10:41 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2009
This past year I researched a poetry collection and it was bought by Northwestern University's Special Collections; maybe I'll cast around for some maritime museums: there are a number around the Great Lakes: I live on, or rather four blocks, from Lake Michigan.
Thanks for your note. Best wishes for the holidays and the New Year.
Del Grapes
posted by dgrapes at 1:19 pm (EST) on Dec 19, 2008
I noticed that you have the three volumes of Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships. From the cover it appears to be the 1972 reprint. Do you also have the slipcase for the 3-volume set? My research on the book to price it(a donation to my library's annual used booksale), indicates that 1000 reprints were printed/distributed for the UK and 3600 for the USA. Did your copies come from the UK?
The 1972 reprint is gorgeous and the copy we have acquired has hardly been touched and includes the slipcase with no wear visible: as I opened one of the volumes, the binding spine gave that "crackle" of a book being opened for the first time. The texture ivory text pages and the the white textured pages for Jack Spurling's pictures are so nice!
I am hoping that it will sell as a collectors item to someone who will care for the volumes.
Regards,
Del Grapes
posted by dgrapes at 5:29 pm (EST) on Nov 30, 2008
I discovered your library in the process of researching the author/illustrator of a two volume set I found, Gustave Dore. He led me to you.
Best Wishes,
---Pamela Carls
posted by Ice9Dragon at 11:19 pm (EST) on Mar 18, 2008
Thank you for adding my library to your "interesting" list. I will do the same with yours! I have another 200-300 "nautical" books left to catalog. I hope to get them finished by the end of the year...
All the best,
Paul (Pipester)
posted by pipester at 10:35 pm (EST) on Dec 16, 2007