Michael R. Barrick's blog
Fri, 2022/07/29 - 6:30am

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy, 1905
Nelson Doubleday, US, 1949
Fri, 2022/07/29 - 3:30am

Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
Rafael Sabatini, 1921
Broughton Mifflin, US, 1949
Fri, 2022/07/29 - 12:30am

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
Nelson Doubleday, US, 1960
Thu, 2022/07/28 - 9:30pm

The Man in the Iron Mask
Alexandre Dumas, 1849-50
Dean and Son, UK, ~1960
Thu, 2022/07/28 - 6:30pm

Tales from the Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio, written 1351-53
translated by Richard Aldington, 1930
Garden City Publishing, US, 1930
Thu, 2022/07/28 - 6:30am

It’s OK to have a cartoon crush in your 50s when the character is also in her 50s, right?
Thu, 2022/07/28 - 3:30am

Malenky, Vidma and I are all lounging directly in the path of the cool air from the air-conditioner (Vidma is under the chair I’m sitting on)
Thu, 2022/07/28 - 12:30am

Rabbit, Run
John Updike, 1960
The Franklin Library, US, 1977
signed by author on third leaf
Wed, 2022/07/27 - 9:30pm

Gulliver’s Travels
Johnathan Swift, 1726
The Franklin Library, US, 1977
publishing editor’s note booklet included
Wed, 2022/07/27 - 6:30pm

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy, 1905
Holder & Stoughton, UK, 71st edition November 1940
first leaf carefully ripped out (possibly to remove gift inscription)
Christmas sticker on last leaf
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