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I have a significant personal library (a semi-complete list at https://www.librarything.com/catalog/D.A.Hosek https://www.librarything.com/catalog/D.A.Hosek whi
by dhosek 5y ago
I have a significant personal library (a semi-complete list at https://www.librarything.com/catalog/D.A.Hosek https://www.librarything.com/catalog/D.A.Hosek which doesn’t include the rare volumes or the unread ones). It largely reflects my personal interests which shift over time, but there are notable subcollections, like books on the Jesuits, English recusancy, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, J. D. Salinger, typography/lettering/book arts and Jewish DPs. I have made sure that my wife knows (and my kids will know when they're older) that there is a section of books which are likely to have significant value and maybe shouldn’t just get dropped off at the friends of the library sale after I die.
- sudobash1 5y agoThank you for posting this. I always enjoy getting to peruse another person's bookshelves, and this is the next best thing. I had a favorite professor in college who taught a couple courses about modern Catholic literature. He had to move in a hurry, and donated all of his books to his favorite local bookstore. If only I had heard that he did so earlier, I would have gone straight there and asked to see them.