A 'leading military history bookseller' who I used to reenact with, tells me that when Osprey change their covers, he has several 'subscription' customers who order complete new sets...
I will shortly have an embargo placed on me of that I have no doubt. As far as tidy goes , my good lady says too many boxes on the floor .........
20180128_211020 by Slipdigit posted Jan 30, 2018 at 6:35 PM 20180128_210733 by Slipdigit posted Jan 30, 2018 at 6:35 PM 20180128_210718 by Slipdigit posted Jan 30, 2018 at 6:35 PM Finally got the books all in two bookcases. There are still about this many more in storage.
I've been dealing with another book-buying 'problem'. I've a lot more classifying and shifting furniture to do for the rest of my books, but after splashing out on this made-to-order two-metre oak-bookcase I now have my collection of British generals' memoirs, diaries and biographies shelved in one place. With three more books in the post...
I've run out of bookshelf space - not only of space on the shelves but wall space for book shelves (unless I want to start blocking windows or ripping out kitchen units and wardrobes) - and I live in a fairly large house by myself (widower) nearly 70 years of avid reading is taking its toll. I have an innate horror of disposing of books - akin to burning them. E-books have helped but not everything I want to read is available as an E book. A great many books I acquire today are used as much for reference as anything else. Arrggh.
I'm fed up with that bloke who keeps finding books about tanks at his local Tesco. I would happily send him books about tanks for nothing, postage paid, but I haven't got any. Anyway, he can't move for boxes, he says. Submarines, a few, lots of poetry, novels, history, Royal Navy, and instead of paying for storage I could subscribe to the London Library...but not the same, really. But, we noble banana box collectors are brave pioneers of the post internet and smartphone age who react with horror to expressions such as: " Gosh, ain't you got a lot of books. Have you read them all ? " All costs of production spent, CO2 recycled by 1900 in the case of a few of my collection, one by 1700 in the case of one delight found for £7.50. Pity about the missing first nine pages and the broken binding, but it was printed on a hand press. Have I read it ? Well, parts of it, we had to do Milton at school. One day I will hire a horse and cart and load it with tatty old pre-war Penguin books and take it to the local market ( with the carter, no good with horses.) Then I'll put a sign up saying: " Buy a book or the horse starves !" That will get to the folk with a bit of shiny glass spouting bluetooth in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, won't it ? Pile them high, sell them cheap. And then go out and buy some more.
Freephone number available for help if required Only books eh What about all the other junk Anyway See here if you would like to offload any My book-buying "problem" This might help giving you storage vision Your Bookcase in Photography Failing the above have a look for a library shelving company which will be expensive but all you supply is the books and the musty smell.
Junk? How did you find out about my collection of fine old radio tuners, cassette decks, cameras, which might work again, just a need a little fettling.....?
Oh-oh. I feel yet another support thread coming along soon: in aid of all those who've insanely been accused of hoarding.
Me ? surely not. The very thought. My late father did keep broken 13 amp fuses, which was a trifle batty, but broken torch bulbs could be used in a doll's house circuit with a torch bulb holder and new connections soldered in place after the glass was removed, obvious , really....just needed the skill of an electrician, which he wasn't. His excuse was he was once a submariner and anything had a use, so why break the habit ?
The India-Burma section, the fast majority of which were purchased second hand. In the second photograph the door to the hall way, (luckily one of two doors to this room), is blocked by a corner cabinet that I have been restoring for some time.
In case you are wondering why the cabinet is taking so long to restore it is because it started out like this. Stripped down to this. It spent several weeks on the kitchen table like this. And by the time it got to look like this, my Mrs had had enough and wanted her kitchen table back. Hopefully, one more push and I will get it finished.