Collecting


To Have and to Hold
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
ABC for Book Collectors
The Word Collector
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World
In Flagrante Collecto (Caught in the Act of Collecting)
Collector's Encyclopedia of Depression Glass, Eighteenth Edition
A Pinecone!
In a Jar
The Cultures of Collecting
The Amenities of Book Collecting And Kindred Affections
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
John Fowles
This is true of all collecting. It extinguishes the moral instinct. The object finally possesses the possessor.
John Fowles

John Crowley
When he was very young, Auberon had begun a collection of postmarks. On a trip with Doc to the post office in Meadowbrook, he had begun idly examining the wastebaskets, having nothing else to do, and had immediately come up with two treasures: envelopes from places that seemed fantastically distant to him, and looking remarkably crisp for having come so far. It soon developed into a small passion, like Lily's for bird's nests. He insisted on accompanying whoever was traveling near a post office ...more
John Crowley, Little, Big

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