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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 53, December 30, 2001, Article 12 LIVING WITH BOOKS In the December 9, 2001 issue of The E-Sylum (vol 4, no 50), we published excerpts from a New York Times article on the living conditions of Big Apple bibliophiles, forced to find creative ways of living with their books in tight city quarters. Henry Bergos writes: "being a New Jorrker with only about 1600 volumes in my library, about 600 numismatic, I can speak of this affliction. Not being a "natty dresser" (euphemism for slob), I had one of the workmen in my building convert a 5 foot closet into book shelves. This provides 90 feet of book shelf space. Of course double deep. I also have books in my "linen" closet, and three free standing book shelves - one double deep. Other books are in milk cartons in the kitchen. Thank goodness I don't cook or I might have a problem. There are only a few on my file cabinets. Let's not leave out those stored in my 82-year-old Mom's apartment. There are none in the bathtub -- there are three suit cases there. None on the bed unless I am doing some research. Yes, I do use them. There are also clippings from Coin World, mostly from the last 31 years in those file cabinets sorted by category. The ANA was nice to me. I have The Numismatist on microfiche. Sure wish I got more books on fiche before the companies who made them closed. It took me years to get an Arbuthnot, and I'm scared to touch it. Could have gotten it on fiche for a tenth what I paid for the paper copy. By-the-way, I live in a studio apartment. Gotta go find something to read."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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