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October 2005 - Posts

  • Family matters.

    Oct 17, 2005 12:34AM
    It's quite pleasing to see that my small relative, Horatio, seems to be active, learning, and growing like a weed despite fearful reactions to most of this earth's foodstuffs.  Oh well.  She likes beef, which means she likes steak, which means that she's ok in my book. 

  • Some of the more interesting books I've lost.

    Oct 13, 2005 11:50PM

    There are several books for which I bid but that I didn't win.  I'll list a few of them here, for posterity.

    • Anthroplogia Nova or A New System of Anatomy - James Drake M.D., publisher unknown (to me), a 3rd edition copy from 1750.
    • Wealth Of Nations - Adam Smith, published by Lackington & Co, 1819
    • Dombey & Son - Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury & Evans (1st edition) 1848
    • C. IVLII CAESARIS COMMENTARIORVM (Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War) - Caisu Julius Caesar,  printed by Hierosme de Marnef, 1564

    It's just as well I didn't win the last one.  I'd have had to pull out my Latin-English dictionary to read it.  I'd have loved to have had all of them.  Wealth of Nations I decided to let go whilst I persued other auctions, Dombey & Son was won at the last second by a sniper, and the other two simple reached prices that I wasn't willing to pay.  Oh well.  There will be other books to buy. 

  • Books, books, and more books.

    Oct 13, 2005 09:16PM

    So my brother-in-law wants to know what it is that I'm bidding on at EBay, per this post.

    Specifically, for those who care, I was/am bidding on the following books:

    • Geography: Or, A Description Of The World - Daniel Adams, published by Lincoln & Edmands, 1828 (I've won this one)
    • A Shakespearian Grammer - E. A. Abbot, published by MacMillan and Co., 1883 (I lost this one)
    • Hammond's Handy Atlas of the World - Published by C. S. Hammond & Company, 1921 (This auction is still going)
    • Hammond's New Supreme Atlas of the World - Published by CS Hammond & Company, 1939 (This auction is also still going)

    Other interesting purchases that I've made recently (and for which I may yet add pictures should I feel so inclined) inculde:

    • A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Sir Winson S. Churchill, Dorset Press, 1990
    • Japan Since Perry - Chitoshi Yanaga, McGraw-Hill, 1949
    • Latin Pronuciation and the Latin Alphabet - Dr. Leonard Tafel and Professor Rudolph Tafel, published by I. Kohler, 1860
    • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon, (Commentary by H. H. Milman, 1845) published by Porter & Coates, late 19th century
    • The Works of Edgar Allen Poe - Edgard Allen Poe, publisher unknown (I haven't gotten the books yet), 1903

    I'm sure that I'll add more details as time goes on.

  • The "book I'm reading" may have gone by the wayside...

    Oct 13, 2005 01:13AM
    But it may make a return.  In the meantime, I'm going to try to compile a list of (most of) the books that I've read this year.  Maybe this weekend.  I think I'm also going to start posting about some of the new additions I've been making to my collection lately. 

  • Power generating backpack.

    Oct 13, 2005 01:11AM
    Now this is what I call "cool." 

  • Wallace and Gromit history gone.

    Oct 10, 2005 06:46PM
    The warehouse containing all of the sets and props for the Wallace and Gromit films has been destroyed by fire.

  • Current EBay auction status...

    Oct 09, 2005 11:11PM

    Winning 4 auctions, losing 0.

    Average year of publication: 1892.  Total current sum for all winning bids: $28.92.  :-)