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The First Forty-Nine Stories

Mon, 2022/02/07 - 6:30am

The First Forty-Nine Stories
Ernest Hemmingway, written 1925–1938
Franklin Mint Limited Edition collection, The Collected Works of the World’s Greatest Writers, US, 1977


The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mon, 2022/02/07 - 3:30am

The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald, written 1920–1941
Franklin Mint Limited Edition collection, The Collected Works of the World’s Greatest Writers, US, 1977


David Copperfield

Mon, 2022/02/07 - 12:30am

David Copperfield
[Original title: “The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account)”]
Charles Dickens, 1849-50
Illustrations Paul Degen, 1980
The Franklin Library, 1980


Ran into one of my first wife’s flashcards from when she...

Sun, 2022/02/06 - 9:30pm

Ran into one of my first wife’s flashcards from when she was trying to learn Japanese that she was using as a bookmark in one of my books today. It’s kind of charming.


The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Sun, 2022/02/06 - 9:30am

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894
Peebles Press, US, 1975


Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sun, 2022/02/06 - 6:30am

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1902
Peebles Press, US, 1975


Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the...

Sun, 2022/02/06 - 3:30am

Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1897 & 1890
Peebles Press, US, 1975


Sherlock Holmes Master Detective

Sun, 2022/02/06 - 12:30am

Sherlock Holmes Master Detective
Arthur Conan Doyle, various stories written 1897–1905
Silver Burdett Co., US, 1982


The Firm of Girdlestone

Sat, 2022/02/05 - 9:30pm

The Firm of Girdlestone
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890
Collins’ “Handy” Modern Fiction (7d. each)
Collins’ Clear-Type Press, US, c.1920
ex libris signature “Ralph Barrick”


When I went to the horology museum at the Greenwich Observatory...

Fri, 2022/02/04 - 3:30am

When I went to the horology museum at the Greenwich Observatory in 2020 they had old telephones from different decades where you could listen to recordings of the different voices British Telecom used over the years.


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