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20th century (929), American (594), fiction (502), British (225), Texas (212), Texana (211), fantasy (204), humor (193), history (169), 19th century (161), mystery (122), children's (120), literature (118), juvenile (113), cooking (108), cookery (103), biography (92), suspense (82), satire (74), cartoons (72), Viking (66), Simon and Schuster (63), Russia (63), Harper (54), Russian (49), Ballantine (48), Discworld (43), science fiction (42), Nero Wolfe (41), the author (37), 18th century (36), Penguin (36), Austin (35), essays (35), travel (34), Houghton Mifflin (34), HarperCollins (34), Knopf (30), UT Press (29), Britain (29), wit (28), medieval (28), DAW (27), sewing (27), poetry (27), folklore (27), Bantam (27), yearbooks (26), Oz (26), art (26), England (25), 1632 (24), Virginia (24), memoirs (24), political (24), Doubleday (24), French (23), Little Brown (23), Ring of Fire (23), exploration (23), architecture (23), reference (23), 17th century (22), music (22), photography (21), Europe (21), Random (21), Scribner (21), politics (21), Comanche (20), archaeology (20), Dutton (20), Egypt (20), Oxford (19), Maryland (19), crafts (19), Morrow (19), geography (19), sociology (18), Baltimore (18), Canadian (18), alternate history (18), religion (18), Revolution (17), cartography (16), World War II (16), WWII (16), bibliophily (15), Putnam (15), New Yorker (15), adventure (15), language (15), Babbington (15), France (15), Vintage (14), detective (14), 16th century (14), Encino Press (14), Dell (14), photographs (13), Pocket (13), Macmillan (13), social life (13), America (13), Tor (13), sf (13), Germany (13), animals (13), Valdemar (12), Avon (12), maryland (12), Scotland (12), clothing (12), Berkley (12), BCE (11), catalogues (11), Signet (11), Crown (11), Norton (11), war (11), Plantagenet (11), comics (11), Wimsey (11), 21st century (11), transportation (11), Canada (11), English (11), bibliography (11), Heralds (10), Baen (10), maps (10), Warner (10), Ace (10), writing (10), tsars (10), military (10), North Carolina (10), Romanov (10), illustrators (10), Abrams (10), 12th century (10), aviation (9), Texas Monthly Press (9), Americana (9), Christian (9), mythology (9), railroads (9), Shearer Publishing (9), quilting (9), Henry Holt (9), St. Martin's (9), stories (9), government (9), legends (9), Africa (9), Texas A&M Press (9), 13th century (9), Ireland (9), Fen (9), economics (9), dictionaries (9), atlas (8), books (8), monarchy (8), Anno (8), Holt (8), Christmas (8), Apple-wood Books (8), McGraw-Hill (8), Comanche High School (8), Episcopal (8), India (8), food (8), anecdotes (8), United States (8), historical (8), China (8), Roc (8), University (8), Soviet (8), Atheneum (8), Farrar Straus (7), Mexico (7), grotesque (7), fashion (7), baseball (7), TSHA (7), cats (7), Adhesive (7), radio (7), philology (7), experimental (7), collectibles (7), ephemera (7), Arthur (7), trains (7), Delacorte (7), Australian (7), glass (7), Holt Rinehart (7), Workman (7), Ohio (6), mcdonogh school (6), Neely (6), Tudor (6), Mediterranean (6), Communism (6), Dallas (6), Chesapeake (6), Spanish (6), aircraft (6), historiography (6), letters (6), social customs (6), drama (6), hard-boiled (6), Harper & Row (6), journalism (6), Dover (6), Wales (6), Delta (6), WWI (6), World War I (6), botany (6), periodicals (6), Palliser (6), artists (6), verse (6), flowers (6), etymology (6), customs (6), rivers (6), churches (6), fairy tales (6), Soviet Union (6), natural history (6), Middle Earth (6), NAL (6), Harcourt Brace (6), Bonanza (6), domestic economy (6), nature (5), fishing (5), Welsh (5), folk tales (5), horses (5), Harmony Books (5), romance (5), theology (5), park school (5), magic (5), Brooklandville (5), discovery (5), slavery (5), Japan (5), illustrations (5), Corgi (5), Pantheon (5), Reilly & Lee (5), empire (5), Latin (5), Henry II (5), Fawcett (5), casuals (5), steam (5), 14th century (5), needlework (5), young adult (5), quilts (5), University of Texas (5), bookselling (5), Pacific (5), prayer books (5), Depression glass (5), courthouses (5), locomotives (5), Collier (5), housekeeping (5), Greek (5), gastronomy (5), publishing (5), colonial (5), Eleanor (5), Merlin (5), Philomel (5), Christianity (5), Myrddin (4), Los Angeles (4), ecclesiastical (4), dragons (4), Peanuts (4), grammar (4), legend (4), Catherine (4), 5th century (4), Pemberton Press (4), myth (4), Barset (4), Rome (4), church (4)
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Núvol d'etiquetes, Núvol d'autors
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Grups
S'ha unit
Jan 12, 2008
Real Name
Sam
About My Library
I grew up in a house that had a couple of thousand books in it. I also had the run of a good small-town library, where my mother served as director for fifty-one years (1965-2016). My wife grew up in a house with many more books than my house had; she claims 4,000. And now, thanks to LT, I know exactly how many are in our house (see above) and what they are.

Some collection disambiguation: The Russian collection is my wife's, as is most of the f&sf (with the exception of Pterry, who is mine). Texana and cookbooks are mine. Mysteries and suspense may be either of us, but more likely to be mine. History is mostly hers, although I read in it. Almost anything to do with crafts or needlework is hers. Comics are mine. Juveniles may be either of us, or our kids'.

The household music collection is also catalogued, but not here. To find that, go to rateyourmusic.com and look for me under the same username there as here.
About Me

I’m a technical support analyst employed by an Enormous Computer Company. After inheriting my late mother's library in 2021, I returned to the used and rare book trade (after twenty years away) as a side hustle under the trade name Old Bookie, which was her email address. (My house is TOO SMALL to contain nearly 5,000 volumes!) At one time or another, I’ve been a bureaucrat, bassist, photographer, writer, bus driver, revenuer, usher, drummer, secretary, librarian’s assistant, disk jockey, movie projectionist, cemetery researcher, roadie, yard-saler, jake-leg home DIYer . . . . I’ve a degree in English and a huge miscellany of information on a preposterous number of subjects with which I come out at random, to the astonishment and occasional edification of my acquaintance. I enjoy being mildly eccentric and curmudgeonly, I love traditional and Celtic music, and am a storyteller by disposition. I amuse myself by reading mysteries, some mainstream fiction, some fantasy, biography and history; work on my home and garden; do counted cross-stitch; collect Texana; do experimental cookery.

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