Readers - many of whom are no doubt no longer readers (and thus not reading this) because of my lengthy lapse in posting:
My lapse was partly for the reasons stated in previous posts. They are true. But there are weightier matters that influenced my hiatus from posting than I previously mentioned. Namely, I'm now married. The time I previously had put into books and these postings was spent getting to know this person the Lord put in my life - as an astute reader might imagine.
As pieces fall back into place and we find a schedule amidst the business of adjusting to a new life, we hope that will I find time to come back to this. Look for my return in the fall, if not before -- and if I do not post, please gently remind me of my purpose to do so.
Cordially,
SMLB
Showing posts with label About the Antiquarian Bookworm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label About the Antiquarian Bookworm. Show all posts
Friday, July 16, 2010
Monday, December 15, 2008
Breaks and Such
To the Readers:
I've been out of town (and thus away from my source materials) more often than not for the past 6 months, which may serve as an explanation for my long breaks in posting here. Some of my trips away from home I have taken materials with me to type up and post, but others it hasn't worked out to do that. If I'm away from home I also can't just wander around until I find an interesting book -- which makes my selections much more mundane (although I hope still worth reading). I don't exactly have it in me to trek around the country with rare old Puritans in fragile (or not so fragile) bindings. I apologize again for my lack of posts and hope to start up again toward the end of this month or perhaps in January -- and continue again more faithfully whilst I am in the Philadelphia area (for as long as that may or may not be).
Assuming I have time, I'm looking forward to delving into (or back into) Baxter, Gillespie, a few letters I ran across by a well-known Presbyterian whose name currently slips my mind, and a volume which is to the best of my Dad's knowledge the only Puritan book on the subject of dreams. Those are my known targets, who knows what I might actually lay my hands on.
In Christ,
SML
I've been out of town (and thus away from my source materials) more often than not for the past 6 months, which may serve as an explanation for my long breaks in posting here. Some of my trips away from home I have taken materials with me to type up and post, but others it hasn't worked out to do that. If I'm away from home I also can't just wander around until I find an interesting book -- which makes my selections much more mundane (although I hope still worth reading). I don't exactly have it in me to trek around the country with rare old Puritans in fragile (or not so fragile) bindings. I apologize again for my lack of posts and hope to start up again toward the end of this month or perhaps in January -- and continue again more faithfully whilst I am in the Philadelphia area (for as long as that may or may not be).
Assuming I have time, I'm looking forward to delving into (or back into) Baxter, Gillespie, a few letters I ran across by a well-known Presbyterian whose name currently slips my mind, and a volume which is to the best of my Dad's knowledge the only Puritan book on the subject of dreams. Those are my known targets, who knows what I might actually lay my hands on.
In Christ,
SML
Thursday, June 19, 2008
A Hiatus, obviously
I've been in and out of town and time recently; I will try to begin putting up excerpts of what I perceive to be good reading on this site again more regularly.
I'm open to input as to what is more and less profitable or helpful. If you have feedback for what is worth your time and energy to read, please let me know so that I don't end up spending my time typing things up to no purpose.
Thanks for your patience and interest.
SML
I'm open to input as to what is more and less profitable or helpful. If you have feedback for what is worth your time and energy to read, please let me know so that I don't end up spending my time typing things up to no purpose.
Thanks for your patience and interest.
SML
Saturday, March 15, 2008
About the Antiquarian Bookworm
To all who have ever drooled over the contents of my house:
It took about 24.6 years for this to permeate my thick skull in practical terms, but I do indeed live surrounded by a veritable feast for bookworms. In fact, I dare say I live in a fantastic world of which most antiquarian bookworms can only dream.
Those who know my situation will attest to this. After all, my father is a bookseller, dealing in antiquarian and theological books and Bibles. Our Victorian three-story home is filled with stack upon stack as well as (too few) bookcases filled to overflowing with old leather- or cloth-bound puritan and reformed theology. Mix in Bibles, miniatures, Salesman's Samples, communion tokens, Spurgeon's original sermons, Matthew Henry, Richard Sibbes, Samuel Rutherford, and many more authors and bits of ephemera than I am aware of and you imagine only a small portion of the piles I avoid as I walk down the hallway.
Bookworms thrive in this sort of environment, where stacks are left untouched from one year to the next. Fortunately not many of them survive squashing in this home. Bookworms of the human variety also thrive, and instead of facing their demise, they are encouraged to read. Unfortunately, they aren't encouraged to read here (it's not a lending-library except to the privileged few... family members) and many would-be bookworm patrons find that the cost of admission (the temptation to covet a multiplicity of good books at reasonable prices) is too great for their budget.
Having always been a self-proclaimed bookworm, I have decided it is long past time that I share some of the treasure-trove to which I have access. I hope you enjoy these appetizers of out-of-print volumes as I share with you a variety of the books I try not to trip over on a daily basis.
-SML
It took about 24.6 years for this to permeate my thick skull in practical terms, but I do indeed live surrounded by a veritable feast for bookworms. In fact, I dare say I live in a fantastic world of which most antiquarian bookworms can only dream.
Those who know my situation will attest to this. After all, my father is a bookseller, dealing in antiquarian and theological books and Bibles. Our Victorian three-story home is filled with stack upon stack as well as (too few) bookcases filled to overflowing with old leather- or cloth-bound puritan and reformed theology. Mix in Bibles, miniatures, Salesman's Samples, communion tokens, Spurgeon's original sermons, Matthew Henry, Richard Sibbes, Samuel Rutherford, and many more authors and bits of ephemera than I am aware of and you imagine only a small portion of the piles I avoid as I walk down the hallway.
Bookworms thrive in this sort of environment, where stacks are left untouched from one year to the next. Fortunately not many of them survive squashing in this home. Bookworms of the human variety also thrive, and instead of facing their demise, they are encouraged to read. Unfortunately, they aren't encouraged to read here (it's not a lending-library except to the privileged few... family members) and many would-be bookworm patrons find that the cost of admission (the temptation to covet a multiplicity of good books at reasonable prices) is too great for their budget.
Having always been a self-proclaimed bookworm, I have decided it is long past time that I share some of the treasure-trove to which I have access. I hope you enjoy these appetizers of out-of-print volumes as I share with you a variety of the books I try not to trip over on a daily basis.
-SML
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