A few larger aggregations by different authors; several books that show up (like Devils; everybody seems to have a copy, but not as frequently as Dune).

Here’s the next installment. See anything appealing to the eye? Some fairly popular recent titles here, and some older wondrous titles as well.

A very wonderful painting from around 1650, that we bought at a now long-defunct religious antique shop. It brings tears to my eyes.

A couple of my favorite authors represented pretty well here. Any guesses who? Comments and questions always welcome!

Today’s photo is for the Centipede Press lovers out there; you know who you are. Enjoy seeing all of your favorite MoWT titles in one place. A little overflow in to the next shelf, but we’ll get to that. Comments and questions welcome.

A nice potpourri of older, newer, lettered, and somewhat obscure books today. Heavy on the Lucious Shephard; someone else wanted to see what all I had from Shephard, so these are together. Of course, there a few that are elsewhere. We’ll run in to those as we go along.

Next up: a couple of diverse shelves; something old, something new, a lot in between. The books on the upper right are the Subterranean Press editions of the entire Expanse series, which all have beautiful wrap-around covers without printing. As always, shelving is done by my whim and mood, without discernible organization. I just can’t do it. Comments/questions welcome.

An early French text on legal medicine (forensic pathology). This book is unique for 5 prints bound in at the end of the book, taken from watercolors painted of bodies that had been exhumed (“exhume”) a range of time intervals after burial (“inhume”). These illustrate differing degrees of decomposition, putrescence and skeletonization.

I’ve posted random, unfocused photos of various shelves, bookcases, and so on. I thought I would start working my way through everything, and seeing what comments, if any, they may draw. Purely performative, in the showing off sense, but the shelving orders are NOT done with any conscious thought in mind; any order and disorder reflects only how I put the books on shelves, with no other obscure or implied intent. I can’t organize worth a damn, so I barely try. If nothing else, stay tuned.

A classic French text on poisoning, with 18 tipped in, hand-colored watercolor illustrations of the various effects of poisoning on human organs. Beautiful.

Hmm. Not a NF title in the bunch. Well, I’m happy.

Complete sets of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Elric of Melnibone, and Karl Edward Wagner. Utterly brilliant reads.

Complete sets of Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser, Elric of Melnibone, and complete Karl Edward Wagner.

A nice Dune set from Centipede Press.

This French forensic medicine was the first to have line drawings of individuals who had hanged themselves, to illustrate how hanging could be accomplished without complete suspension of the body.

Stacks of books I have accumulated randomly in my office, waiting to be shelved or reshelved. Thoughts?

My. Fuji museum in Shizuoka. The museum is in a giant reflecting pool, which allows a pyramidal reflection on the water that mimics the view of Mt. Fuji when one stands by a lake or pond and the mountain is reflected in the pool. The museum is huge, with an internal spiral walkway and video projection that mimics the ascent up the mountain.