Thursday, 17 April 2008

More Medieval Madness


So my friend Kate and I went to Bennett & Kerr today and once we got in the door we began to resemble Mr Nicholson(above). There are just so many goodies in this place that I cannot begin to tell you about. When the printed catalogue arrived it had me foaming at the mouth. Very few of the books I wanted were actually there, which was disappointing but probably a jolly good thing. Neither of us knew exactly the road, but Kate's excellent friend, Mr Sat Nav, knew the way and gently guided us all the way. We were warmly welcomed by Marion, who made us tea and let us wander around like crazy feral children. Every now and then there'd be a gasp and the sound of another book being thrown greedily onto the 'maybe' pile. This was duly transformed into the 'must have' pile. I was delighted with my haul. Curry's Chaucer and the Mediaeval Sciences; Boitani's Chaucer and the Imaginary World of Fame; Coopland's edition of Philippe de Mézières' Epistre au Roi Richart; E.G. Stanley's Continuations and Beginnings. Overall, a very good morning's work. Kate picked up some marvellous things, valuable and interesting stuff. But I shan't say more about hers. It might be mistaken for envy.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You speak the truth.
I was overcome by acquisitive desire!

Anonymous said...

That last comment was from me - Kate! I'm sorry for filling your comments section with worthless pap!

Miglior acque said...

Yes, I guessed. You are filling my comments box with nothing of the sort! Don't be silly. Have you been enjoying the Ancrene Wisse notes?! I was at the Oxfam Booksale on Sat., not much there.

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