Farmer with Pumpkin — N.C. Wyeth

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Farmer with Pumpkin, c. 1910 by N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945)

Louise Loved to Climb to the Summit on One of the Barren Hills Flanking the River, and Stand There While the Wind Blew — N.C. Wyeth

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Book Shelves #47, 11.18.2012

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Book shelves series #47, forty-seventh Sunday of 2012

So this is what happens—books pile up. Okay, maybe that sentence is missing a clear subject: I pile books up.

This stack mounded on my record player over the last week; I intended to shelve about half of these:

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My shelving solution is woefully short-term (more double stocked shelves).

Anyway, this shelf is mostly other media, including DVDs, a few records, and playing cards.

Of note (perhaps) are the three illustrated volumes on the left that I’ve had forever.

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The illustrated Kidnapped features art by N.C. Wyeth:

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The illustrated Kipling was actually my father’s:

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Have you read Adam Novy’s novel The Avian Gospels? It’s good stuff.

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Like many bibliophiles, I’m a sucker for plain Penguins:

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