Very much this. I would never describe myself as a book collector but when you look at them on the shelves, the nine different translations of Gawain and the Green Knight look like the beginnings of one, as do the couple of dozen I have on sheds and garden buildings.
I love seeing any reference to Sir Thomas Phillips! Thanks for a great read.
Same here! Thanks, Devoney. And apologies, IOU an email. More soon, I hope..
Lovely. I think a sign of collectivism is the inability to impose any order on your books. I have tried (not very hard) and failed.
Ah ditto. You start to get a feel for who's really in charge..
Very much this. I would never describe myself as a book collector but when you look at them on the shelves, the nine different translations of Gawain and the Green Knight look like the beginnings of one, as do the couple of dozen I have on sheds and garden buildings.
Oh yes, that sounds like accidental-collection-itis, all right. Watch out, Alex, they'll start to take over, colonize the conscious mind etc..
I am tempted to collect 'Yale-trained poets' now!