Saturday, December 04, 2010

This Week's Acquisitions

Here's what joined the shelves this week:

- Another copy of Les Avantures de Telemaque, this one published by Jean Christian Wohler at either Ulm or Augsburg in 1751 and printed by Theophile Mæntler at Esslingen, with German commentary by Joseph Anton von Ehrenreich (the first edition with Ehrenreich's commentary was published in 1736, also by Wohler). Twentieth-century ownership inscription by "Henry F. Howe" on the front flyleaf. A curious copy, with a damaged copy of the folding map tipped in at the front, and another (also damaged) copy following Ehrenreich's introduction. eBay.

- Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories by M. R. James (Penguin, 2005). Amazon.

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Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers (Harper, 2010). Amazon.

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The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009). Amazon.

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McSweeney's Issue 4; edited by Dave Eggers (McSweeney's, 2010). Harvard Bookstore.

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The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett (W.W. Norton, 2009). Harvard Bookstore.

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The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers (Overlook, 2006). Harvard Bookstore.

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The Parkman Dexter Howe Library; edited by Sidney Ives (University of Florida, 1983-1994). Parts I and X. Gifts.

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The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison; edited by James Morton Smith (W.W. Norton, 1995). Raven.