Utentejohnandlisa

Libri: 9,680
Collezioni: La tua biblioteca (9,680)
Etichette: early modern europe (1,784), logbc (1,271), primary source (1,242), lisa's office (980), germany (870), childrens (764), art history (763), ultb (717), old binding (706), fhreh (644), france (492), history of science (437), united states (429), modern europe (426), travel guide (413), fiction (388), biography (386), reference (371), english literature (348), history of medicine (332), baseball (307), thirty years war (300), monica's (297), middle ages (288), fhrm (286), poetry (267), exhibition catalog (266), england (254), intellectual history (246), basement (226), nature (221), ancient (211), little kids (206), drama (198), enlightenment (193), alice's (188), american literature (187), modern art (163), philly (158), humor (158), fgtnj (151), italy (150), tbdo (147), old europaische wanderbilder (138), popular culture (135), fantasy (132), german literature (131), reformation (129), rural society (124), scotland (120), psychology (119), gender (118), museum catalog (115), renaissance (114), jewish (110), cookbook (108), mystery (104), economic history (98), freud (95), low countries (93), britain (92), jtywold (91), french literature (91), manga (90), language (87), baroque (82), urban society (79), music (76), criticism (73), travel (70), jtywpamph (69), signed by author (69), sociology (67), french revolution (67), little leather library (64), pamphlets (64), spain (63), reviewed by john (62), old baedeker guide (60), heritage edition (60), hiking guide (59), great books (58), family (57), marxism (56), war (56), military history (56), birds (55), architecture (55), facsimile (54), environmental history (54), philosophy (52), old grieben guide (51), nobility (51), field guide (51), netherlands (50), religion (50), game (49), hessen-kassel (48), old travel guide (48), nazism (48), comics (48), russia (47), african american (45), anthology (43), women's history (43), aaa guide (42), european expansion (41), world war ii (41), japan (41), india (40), native american (39), geography (38), china (38), latin america (37), old guide diamant (37), mythology (37), family inscription (36), crime and punishment (36), fmp (36), asia (35), old medical guide (35), russian literature (34), atlas (34), 27E (34), old ward lock guide (34), holy roman empire (32), historical methods (30), board book (29), photography (29), old blue guide (29), puzzles (29), political thought (28), old michelin guide (28), old guide joanne (27), michelin (27), psychiatry (27), belgium (26), new york (26), edinburgh (25), africa (25), anthropology (25), habsburgs (24), memoir (24), exploration (24), civil war (23), aha pamphlet (23), old meyers guide (23), christianity (23), history of technology (22), romanticism (22), warriors series (21), folio society (21), irish literature (21), holocaust (21), louis xiv (20), cartoons (20), old thomas cook guide (20), modern library (20), spy (20), philadelphia (19), tintin (19), weimar (19), switzerland (19), scottish literature (19), world history (19), world war i (19), rise of modern europe series (19), witchcraft (18), historiography (18), islam (18), computers (18), sweden (18), journal (17), asterix (17), mathematics (17), music history (17), old blacks guide (17), english civil war (17), science (17), old murrays guide (17), bible (16), tdtstockton (16), impressionism (16), archaeology (16), cartography (16), scandinavia (15), portugal (15), medieval (15), law (14), london (14), demography (14), old so you're going to... (14), pop psychology (14), middle east (14), technology (13), universities (13), pre-1960 paperback (13), burke and hare (13), old woerls guide (13), business (12), coloring book (12), tokaido road (12), dictionary (12), stories (12), photocopy (12), british literature (12), italian literature (12), astronomy (12), environmentalism (12), for dummies (12), spanish literature (12), harvard classics (11), food (11), revolution (11), slavery (11), conder (11), philosophy of science (11), recipes (11), gazetteer (11), latin american literature (11), metropolitan museum of art (11), cinema (11), cold war (10), history of education (10), crafts (10), austria (10), plumb history of europe series (10), images (10), the whole story (10), current events (10), satire (9), rough/real guide (9), hitler (9), true crime (9), literary criticism (9), dinosaurs (9), activity book (9), canada (9), penguin great journeys (9), eastern europe (9), propaganda (9), existentialism (9), prussia (9), labor (9), crusades (8), industrial revolution (8), catalog (8), loveless (8), diplomatic history (8), pelican history of england (8), czech (8), scandinavian literature (8), norton history of europe (8), old baddeley thorough guide (8), scifi (8), greece (8), international relations (8), landscaping (8), egypt (8), geology guide (8), games (8), bizenghast (7), theatrum europaeum (7), folklore (7), sculpture (7), anima (7), graphic novel (7), hungary (7), environmental studies (7), museum of modern art (7), history of european civilization library (7), bismarck (7), turkey (7), british empire (7), maximum ride (7), village chronicle (7), yiddish literature (7), drawing (7), wales (7), essays (7), have at home already (6), gakuen alice (6), blue guide (6), oral history (6), gone (6), dissertation (6), access guide (6), eyewitness guide (6), mammals (6), sports (6), w.i.t.c.h (6), dutch revolt (6), prehistory (6), autobiography (5), literature (5), shakespeare (5), material culture (5), osiris (5), imperialism (5), chinese literature (5)
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Gruppi: Antiquarian Books, Art History, Baseball, Rare, Old or Offbeat, TinyCat, Too Obscure, Unique Library Thing Book Group
Aggiunto: Mar 30, 2006

La mia biblioteca: It's actually several libraries cobbled together. There's John's working library in history, especially early modern German history. There's Lisa's working library in history, especially the history of science and medicine. There's John's and Lisa's general purpose reading library which includes classic fiction and recent fiction and non-fiction. John and Lisa each have a few collecting concentrations from their antiquarian bookstore wandering days which sometimes overlap with our historical interests and sometimes don't. These collections contain a few books of genuine antiquarian interest. We also have a number of books inherited from parents, grandparents, etc. And then there are our children's books which we've also included.

So have we read them all? Short answer: no. Slightly longer answer: This is the collection of books that we currently own. It maps only imperfectly onto the list of books that we have owned in our lifetimes, and even less well onto the list of books that we have read. On the rare occasions that we do give away a book, we delete it from the library. Overall, I'd say that there are quite a few more books that we've read that are not in our library than there are books in our library that we have not read. (Using "we" generously, since it is mostly Lisa who has read practically every classic mystery ever written, though we have only a handful in our library.)

If you are interested, I (John) have been keeping up a running commentary on how our collection has developed since we first joined library thing back in 2006. The comments used to be below in the "Leave a Comment" section until those were made non-public. Now, they can be found in the Group "Too Obscure" https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/1399/Too-Obscure (If you wish to follow from the beginning scroll up from the start of the topic "Ten Years On..." then shift to "Eleven Years On..." for the rest.)
Informazione su di me: Two historians, one specializing in the history of early modern Germany, the other in the history of medicine and science.
Luogo: Voorhees, New Jersey
Appartenenze: TinyCat
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