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I suggest to all who are appalled at destruction of
books by libraries that you do as I have done. I have
been purchasing the books of my specialty, which is
20th Century Eastern Europe, and creating my own
library. This is not as crazy or expensive as one may
assume. I try to buy the best copy I can find when I
can afford it with new first editions being the
target. I plastic/mylar wrap the dustjacket, if the
book has one. I clean old books as I receive them
before they go on the shelf. I keep a complete
inventory on my computer with a backup copy.
Insofar as money is concerned I budget an amount out
of my retirement check, yes retirement check, each
month for books, and if I run into an expensive item I
wait until the money catches up. I haunt Amazon,
Biblio.com, Alibris.com, and Half-Price bookstores
when I can afford a trip to Dallas. My most recent
trip to Dallas cost me $575 for seventy-seven (77)
volumes, the majority of which were new copies at half
the jacket price or less.
I pattern myself on the book readers in "Fahrenheit
451", but I have the volume, not the memorization. I
intend to give my library in whole to a receptive
museum/library with the firm stipulation that it
remain whole for research purposes.
I believe that if enough of us do this books will
survive.
I look forward to comments and suggestions.
Michael Mahoney
Simsboro LA
mahoneyresearch@yahoo.com
--- Klaus Graf <klausgraf@GOOGLEMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Read the discussion in SHARP-L or
> http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/4480518/
> http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/4477648/
>
> Klaus Graf
>
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