When I was in high school, I wished to have my own private library where I could just pick up a book from the shelves and read it at any time I wanted to. I even had my father add it to his architectural plan when building our home in Manila. That obsession grew stronger as I got older. When I moved to the United States in 1967, I began buying books and slowly but surely began to build my book collection. I started with the classics. My first purchase was The Good Earth by Pearl Buck from the International Collectors Library, where I bought a few books. Then I joined the Literary Guild and the Book of the Month Club. I also bought accounting and finance books, cookbooks, gardening books, and memoirs. By the time I got married in 1970, my book collection had grown tremendously. The best part was that I got married to someone who had a huge book collection of his own plus some inherited from his parents – civil war books, World War I books, sportsmen’s books, and much more. My most expensive books came from the Easton Press.
My library is about 3,000 volumes, give or take a few. My home is packed with books everywhere – downstairs, upstairs, on the hallways, in the kitchen where my cookbooks are, and on the coffee tables and side tables. I have books with multiple editions. I haven’t stopped buying books. Since I could not go anywhere on vacation for a while because my husband had to have dialysis every day, I immersed myself in books during my free time. I have several bookcases around the house. There is nothing on the floor yet. Give me time. I should call my home “The Library”. My son jokingly said, “I should donate my book to the local library, and they will certainly build a whole wing just for my books.”
I decided to list my books here as I take inventory of them. It might take me a while to list them all, but I plan to list them here. I will start downstairs from the back door, move towards the front, and then go upstairs.
DOWNSTAIRS
Credenza by the Back Door:
- Phantoms of the Hudson Valley – Monica Randall
- The Healing Garden – Gay Search
- The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement – Greystone Press
- Italian Masters Lent by the Royal Italian Government – The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1940
- Perennial All Stars – Jeff Cox
- Japanese Flower Arrangement Notebook – Patricia Kroh
- Roses of Yesterday – Dorothy Stemler
- Floral Style, The Art of Arranging Flowers – Lefferts Kelsey
- Beautiful American Rose Gardens – Mary Tonetti Dorra
- The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll – Richard Bisgrove
- Landscape with Roses – Jeff Cox
- The Book of Classic Old Roses – Trevor Griffiths
- The Guide to Old Roses – The Antique Emporium
- All About Roses – Ortho Books
- Ortho’s All About Roses
- Complete Guide to Flower Gardening – Better Homes and Gardens
- Flower Arrangements to Copy – Tat Shinno
Glass-encased bookcase:
Top Shelf
- Irving’s Work – Mahomet 1 Geoffrey Crayon Edition – G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY
- Irving’s Work – Mahomet 2 Geoffrey Crayon Edition – G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY
- Irving’s Work – Columbus 1 Geoffrey Crayon Edition – G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY
- Irving’s Work – Columbus 3 Geoffrey Crayon Edition – G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY
- Irving’s Work – Sketch-Book Geoffrey Crayon Edition – G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY
- Irving’s Work – Goldsmith Geoffrey Crayon Edition – G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY
- Irving’s Work – Captain Bonneville Geoffrey Crayon Edition – G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY
- Irving’s Work – Life of Washington 3 Geoffrey Crayon Edition – G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY
- Irving’s Work – Life of Washington 5 Geoffrey Crayon Edition – G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY
- The Military Novels – Tom Burke I – Charles Lever
- The Military Novels – Tom Burke II – Charles Lever
- The Military Novels – Arthur O’Leary – Charles Lever
- The Military Novels – Jack Hinton I – Charles Lever
- The Military Novels – Jack Hinton II – Charles Lever
- The Military Novels – Harry Lorrequer I – Charles Lever
- The Military Novels – Harry Lorrequer II – Charles Lever
- The Military Novels – Charles O’Malley I – Charles Lever
- The Military Novels – Charles O’Malley II – Charles Lever
- The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry – George Braziller
Second Shelf
- Across the River and Into the Trees – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- A Moveable Feast – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- By-Line Ernest Hemingway – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- Death in the Afternoon – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- Green Hills of Africa – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- In Our Time – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- Islands in The Stream – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- Men Without Women – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- The Fifth Column – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- The Dangerous Summer – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- The Garden of Eden – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- The Old Man and The Sea -Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- The Torrents of Spring – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- To Have and Have Not – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- True at First Light – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- Winner Take Nothing – Ernest Hemingway – Easton Press Edition
- The Stately Homes of Britain – Sibylla Jane Flower
- Downton Abbey A Celebration – Jessica Fellowes
- Chronicles of Downton Abbey – Jessica Fellowes & Matthew Sturgis
- Mort Kunstler – The Godfather of Pulp Fiction Illustrators – Edited by Robert Deis & Wyatt Doyle
- Dreams (Tiny Book)
- Love (Tiny Book)
- Kobbe’s Complete Opera Book – Edited & Revised by The Earl of Harewood- 1950
- The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran
Third Shelf
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – A – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – B – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – C – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – DE – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – F – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – G- 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – HI- 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – JKL – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – M – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – NO – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – PQ – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – R – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – S – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – TUV – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – XYZ – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia – Study Guide – 1931 Edition – F.E. Compton & Co
- To America – Personal Reflections of an Historian – Stephen E. Ambrose – Easton Press
- Plato Selected Dialogues – The Translation of Benjamin Jowett – The Franklin Library
- Complete Works – Edgar Allan Poe
- Gone with The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
- The History of the Rebellion I – Edward Earl of Clarendon
- The History of the Rebellion II – Edward Earl of Clarendon
- The History of the Rebellion III – Edward Earl of Clarendon
- The History of the Rebellion IV – Edward Earl of Clarendon
- The History of the Rebellion V – Edward Earl of Clarendon
- The History of the Rebellion VI – Edward Earl of Clarendon
- The History of the Rebellion VII – Edward Earl of Clarendon
- The History of the Rebellion VIII – Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon I
- The History of the Rebellion IX – Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon II
- Treasury of World Masterpieces – Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Emma
- Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
- Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Puck of Pook’s Hill, Stalky & Co., Kim – Rudyard Kipling
- King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table – Edited by Sidney Lanier
- The Adventures of Robin Hood – Paul Creswick – Reader’s Digest
- The Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkien
- Green Mansions – W. H. Hudson
- Don Quixote – Cervantes
- Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
- The Making of the President 1960 – Theodore H. White
- Miracle at Philadelphia – Catherine Drinker Bowen
Bottom Shelf
- Botanica’s Roses – The Encyclopedia of Roses
- Holy Bible 1847 (The Family Bible)
- The Popes – A Papal History – J.V. Bartlett
- The Quest for the Black Rose – Anne Sophie Rondeau & Ingrid Verdegem
- Britannica Atlas – Helen Hemingway Brenton, Publisher
- The Roses – The Complete Plates – Pierre-Joseph Redoute
- The Papacy – Paul Johnson
- S. Achievement Academy 1990 National Awards Vol. 60
- S. Achievement Academy 1991 National Awards Vol. 62
On Top of the Bookcase:
- America The Beautiful – Reader’s Digest
- The White House and Its Thirty-Two Families – Amy LaFollette Jensen
- Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall – Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
- Castles in Wales – Forward by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
- Royal Gardens – Roy Strong
- The Natural Shade Garden – Ken Druse
- Growing & Displaying roses – John Mattock, Jane Newdick, Neil Sutherland
- The Book of Roses – Sylvie Girard-Lagorce
- A Heritage of Roses – Hazel Le Rougetel
- Atlas of America, Our Nation in Maps, Facts, and Pictures – Reader’s Digest
- Long Island – Our Story – Newsday
- The Palladian Ideal – Joseph Rykwert & Roberto Schezen
- Lowcountry Scenes – Jon Wongrey
- Empress of the Garden – G. Michael Shoup
Books on the Secretary Bookcase:
Top Shelf
- The Alexandria Quartet – Clea by Lawrence Durrell
- The Alexandria Quartet – Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell
- The Alexandria Quartet – Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell
- The Alexandria Quartet – Justine by Lawrence Durrell
- The New Golden Treasury by Ernest Rhys
- Percys Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Vol 1
- Percys Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Vol 2
- Paradise Lost by John Milton – H.M. Caldwell Co., Publishers, NY
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne – Everyman’s Library
- The Warden by Anthony Trollope – Everyman’s Library
- Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope – Everyman’s Library
- Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope Vol 1 – Everyman’s Library
- Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope Vol 2 – Everyman’s Library
- Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle – Harper & Brothers, NY
- The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci by Bernard Guilbert Guerney – The Modern Library, NY
- Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Hamlet, Edited by William J. Rolfe, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, NY 1880
- Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Edited by William J. Rolfe, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, NY 1879
- Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Edited by William J. Rolfe, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, NY 1880
- Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Macbeth, Edited by William J. Rolfe, American Book Co., NY
- Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Coriolanus, Edited by William J. Rolfe, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, NY 1882
- Shakespeare’s Comedy of the Tempest, Edited by William J. Rolfe, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, NY, 1879
- Shakespeare’s King Henry the Eight, Edited by William J. Rolfe, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, NY, 1880, signed by Gustave Kobbe
- Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Othello, Edited by William J. Rolfe, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, NY, 1879
- Marian Grey by Mary J Holmes – J.H. Sears & Co, Inc. NY 1923
- Black Rock by Ralph Connor – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY 1923
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY 1923
- In His Step by Charles M. Sheldon – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY 1923
- Robinson Crusoe by Defoe – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY 1923
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY
- Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories by A. Conan Doyle – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY 1923
- Lena Rivers by Mary J. Holmes – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc., NY 1923
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY 1923
- Under Two Flags by Ouida – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY 1923
- Under Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY 1923
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson – J.H. Sears & Co., Inc. NY 1923
- Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson – The Modern Library NY 1916
Second Top Shelf
- Source Records of the Great War Volume 1 Causes Baccarat Edition Copy #964 registered to Lt. Robert W Morgan, 305th Infantry, U.S. Army
- Source Records of the Great War Volume II A.D. 1914
- Source Records of the Great War Volume III A.D. 1915
- Source Records of the Great War Volume IV A.D. 1916
- Source Records of the Great War Volume V A.D. 1917
- Source Records of the Great War Volume VI A.D. 1918
- Source Records of the Great War Volume VII A.D. 1919
- The Outline of History by H.G. Wells – Vol I – The MacMillan Company, NY 1920
- The Outline of History by H.G. Wells – Vol II – The MacMillan Company, NY 1920
- E. Lee byDouglas Southall Freeman, Vol. 1 – Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY 1951
- E. Lee byDouglas Southall Freeman, Vol. 2 – Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY 1951
- E. Lee byDouglas Southall Freeman, Vol. 3 – Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY 1951
- E. Lee byDouglas Southall Freeman, Vol. 4 – Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY 1951
- Seven Pillars of Wisdon by T.E. Lawrence – Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, NY 1936
Lower Shelf
- Foreign Relations of the United States – 1885
- Foreign Relations of the United States – 1886
- Foreign Relations of the United States – 1887
- Foreign Relations of the United States – 1888 Part 1
- Foreign Relations of the United States – 1890
- Foreign Relations of the United States – 1891
- The Civil War A Narrative – Fredericksburg to Meridian – Shelby Foote
- The Civil War A Narrative – Red River to Appomattox – Shelby Foote
- The Civil War A Narrative – Red River to Appomattox – Shelby Foote Paperback
- North and South – John Jakes
- Abraham Lincoln – The Prairie Years and the War Years – Carl Sandburg
- Lee’s Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman Vol. I – Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY 1944
- Lee’s Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman Vol. II – Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY 1944
- Lee’s Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman Vol. III – Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY 1944
Bookcase next to the living room window:
Top Shelf:
- A History of the English Speaking People – Vol. 1 The Birth of Britain – Winston Churchill
- A History of the English Speaking People – Vol. 2 The New World – Winston Churchill
- A History of the English Speaking People – Vol. 3 The Age of Revolution – Winston Churchill
- A History of the English Speaking People – Vol. 4 The Great Democracies – Winston Churchill
- Queen Victoria – Cecil Woodham-Smith
- Elizabeth The Great – Elizabeth Jenkins
- A Royal History of England – The Middle Ages – Antonia Fraser
- A Royal History of England – The Wars of the Roses – Antonia Fraser
- A Royal History of England – The Tudors – Antonia Fraser
- A Royal History of England – The Stuarts – Antonia Fraser
- A Royal History of England – The House of Hanover – Antonia Fraser
- A Royal History of England – The House of Windsor – Antonia Fraser
- The Second World War – The Gathering Storm – Winston Churchill 1948
- The Second World War – Their Finest Hour – Winston Churchill 1949
- The Second World War – The Grand Alliance – Winston Churchill Jan. 1950
- The Second World War – The Hinge of Fate – Winston Churchill Sept 1950
- The Second World War – Closing the Ring Winston Churchill 1951
- The Second World War – Triumph and Tragedy – Winston Churchill 1953
- Napoleon – Emil Ludwig 1926
- Bismarck – Emil Ludwig 1928
Second Shelf:
- Fall of Giants – Ken Follett
- Winter of the World – Ken Follett
- Edge of Eternity – Ken Follett
- World Without End – Ken Follett
- The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett
- New York by Edward Rutherfurd – Douubleday 2009
- London by Edward Rutherfurd – Crown Publishers Inc. NY 1997
- Paris by Edward Rutherfurd – Doubleday 2013
- The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd – Crown Publishers NY 2000
- Tai-Pan by James Clavell
- The Rebels of Ireland – Edward Rutherford
- The Princes of Ireland – Edward Rutherford
- Thames by Peter Ackroyd – Doubleday 2007
- Before Versailles – Karleen Koen
- The Renaissance in Italy – Jacob Burckhardt
- One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Majesty – Elizabeth II and The House of Windsor – Robert Lacey
Third Shelf:
- The American Revolution Vol I Part I – Sir George O. Trevelyan
- The American Revolution Vol I Part II – Sir George O. Trevelyan
- The American Revolution Vol II Part I – Sir George O. Trevelyan
- The American Revolution Vol II Part II – Sir George O. Trevelyan
- The American Revolution Vol III Part I – Sir George O. Trevelyan
- The American Revolution Vol III Part II – Sir George O. Trevelyan
- The American Revolution Vol IV Part I – Sir George O. Trevelyan
- The American Revolution Vol IV Part II – Sir George O. Trevelyan
- Three Greek Plays – Edith Hamilton
- Omar Khayyam – Edward Fitzgerald
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Charles Maurice Talleyrand I – Versailles Edition
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Charles Maurice Talleyrand II – Versailles Edition
- Courtiers & Favourties of Royalty – Henry IV – Versailles Edition
- Courtiers & Favourties of Royalty – Joseph Fouche I – Versailles Edition
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Joseph Fouche II – Versailles Edition
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Madame D’Epinay I – Versailles Edition
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Madame D’Epinay II – Versailles Edition
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Madame D’Epinay III – Versailles Edition
Fourth Shelf:
- The Travel Diary of a Philosopher Volume One – Count Hermann Keyserling
- The Travel Diary of a Philosopher Volume Two – Count Hermann Kerserling
- Harold Nicolson Diaries and Letters 1930-1939 – Nigel Nicolson
- Harold Nicolson The War Years 1939-1945 – Nigel Nicolson
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare – Volume 1
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare – Volume 2
- Undaunted Courage – Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West – Stephen E. Ambrose
- A Thousand Days – John F. Kennedy In the White House – Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
- The Glitter and The Gold – Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
- Don’t Fall off the Mountain – Shirley MacLaine
- The Bouviers – Portrait of an American Family – John H. Davis
- Times to Remember – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
- The Richest Woman in America -Hetty Green in the Gilded Age – Janet Wallach
- Life of the Party – The Biography of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman – Christopher Ogden
- Talking Straight – Lee Iacocca
- Iacocca – An Autobiography – Lee Iacocca with William Novak
- House of Dreams – the Bingham Family of Louisville – Marie Brenner
- Managing – Harold Geneen
- Father Son & Co. – My Life at AIB and Beyond – Thomas J. Watson Jr. and Peter Petre
Fifth Shelf:
- Trump – The Art of the Deal – Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz
- Donald J. Trump – A President Like No Other – Conrad Black
- The War Lovers – Evan Thomas
- The War Lovers – Evan Thomas
- Honor in the Dust – Gregg Jones
- Edith Kermit Roosevelt – Sylvia Jukes Morris
- Colonel Roosevelt – Edmund Morris
- Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to his Children
- Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin – Gerard Helferich
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt – Edmund Morris
- Theodore Roosevelt’s History of the United States – Arranged by Daniel Ruddy
- The Bully Pulplit – Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt – Mark Lee GardnerThe Rough Riders Illustrated Edition – Theodore Roosevelt
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 15
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 16
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 17
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 18
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 19
Bottom Shelf
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 1
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 2
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 3
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 4
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 5
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 6
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 7
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 8
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 9
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 10
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 11
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 12
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 13
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol. 14
- The 2000 Philippines Yearbook – Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation
- The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
- Encyclopaedia Britannica 1976 Book of the Year
- Britannica 1973 Yearbook of Science and the Future
On Top of the Bookshelf
- Social Register 1991
- Social Register Summer 1991
- Social Register 1992
Bookcase on the Living Room left side facing the Kitchen:
Top Shelf:
- New Arabian Nights The Dynamiter – Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Wrong Box The Ebb Tide Island Nights Entertainment – Robert Louis Stevenson
- Master of Ballantrae Weir of Hermiston Poems – Robert Louis Stevenson
- Inland Voyage Travels Amateur Emigrant Silverado Squatters – Robert Louis Stevenson
- Virginibus Puerisque Memories and Portraits Men and Books – Robert Louis Stevenson
- Kidnapped David Balfour – Robert Louis Stevenson
- Treasure Island The Black Arrow – Robert Louis Stevenson
- St Ives The Misadventures of John Nicholson Story of a Lie Body-Snatcher – Robert Louis Stevenson
- Merry Men Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Prince Otto – Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Wrecker – Robert Louis Stevenson
- Little Dorrit Vol. 1 – Charles Dickens
- Little Dorrit Vol. 2 – Charles Dickens
- Martin Chuzzlewit Vol. 1 – Charles Dickens
- Martin Chuzzlewit Vol. 2 – Charles Dickens
- Dombey and Son Vol. 1 – Charles Dickens
- Dombey and Son Vol. 2 – Charles Dickens
- Pickwick Papers Vol. 1 – Charles Dickens
- Dickens’s Complete Works – Pickwick Papers Vol. 2 – Charles Dickens
- David Copperfield Vol. 1 – Charles Dickens
- David Copperfield Vol. 2 – Charles Dickens
- Dickens’s Complete Works – Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
- The Good Earth – Pearl S Buck
- Homer – The Odyssey – Translated by Robert Fitzgerald
- Paradise Lost and Other Poems – John Milton
- Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
- `The Short Novels of John Steinbeck – John Steinbeck
- The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
- The Winter of Our Discontent – John Steinbeck
- Dickens’s Complete Works – Uncommercial Traveller – Charles Dickens
- War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
- Paradise Lost and Other Poems – John Milton
Second Shelf:
- Bracebridge Hall – Irving’s Works
- Crayon Miscellany – Irving’s Works
- Biographies and Miscellanies – Irving’s Works
- Life and Letters 1 – Irving’s Works
- Life and Letters 2 – Irving’s Works
- Life of Washington 2 – Irving’s Works
- Life of Washington 4 – Irving’s Works
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Duke of Richelieu I – M.F. Barriere
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Duke of Richelieu II – M.F. Farriere
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Duke of Richelieu III – M.F. Barriere
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Empress of Josephine I
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Empress of Josephine II
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Marmontel I – Marmontel
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Marmontel II – Marmontel
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Cardinal de Retz
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Madama Du Barri I – Translated by H.T. Riley
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Madama Du Barri II – Translated by H.T, Riley
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Madama Du Barri III – Translated by H. T. Riley
- Courtiers & Favourites of Royalty – Madama Du Barri IV – Translated by H.T. Riley
- The Travels of Marco Polo – Translated by William Marsden
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom – T.E. Lawrence
- The Age of Fables – Bulfinch
- The Way of All Flesh – Samuel Butler
- Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austin
- Collected Sonnets – Edna T. Vincent Millay
Third Shelf:
- History of England III – Macaulay’s Works
- Critical & Historical Essays II – Macaulay’s Works
- Critical & Historical Essays III – Macaulay’s Works
- Miscellaneous Writings I – Macaulay’s Works
- Miscellaneous Writings II – Macaulay’s Works
- Speeches – Macaulay’s Works
- Life and Letters I – Macaulay’s Works
- Life and Letters II – Macaulay’s Works
- Reporting America – Alistair Cooke
- Civilization – Kenneth Clark (Hard Copy)
- Civilization – Kenneth Clark (Paperback)
- The Definitive Kobbe’s Opera Opera – Edited by The Earl of Harewood, 1986
- Downton Abbey Season 1 – Julian Fellowes
- Downton Abbey Season 2 – Julian Fellowes
- Downton Abbey Season 3 – Julian Fellowes
- Downton Abbey Season 4 Disk Set
- Downton Abbey Season 5 Disk Set
- Downton Abbey Season 6 Disk Set
Fourth Shelf:
- Almayer’s Folly – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol I – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- An Outcast of the Islands – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol II – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- The Nigger of the “Narcissus” – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol III – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- Lord Jim – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol IV – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- Youth – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol V – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- Romance – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol VI – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- Nostromo – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol VII – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- The Secret Agent The Inheritors – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol VIII – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- A set of Six – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol IX – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- Under Western Eyes – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol X – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- A Personal Record – The Mirror of the Sea – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol XI – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- Twixt Land and Sea – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol XII – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- Chance – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol XIII – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- The Shadow Line – Within the Tides – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol XIV – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- Victory – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol XV – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- The Arrow of Gold – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol XVI – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- The Rescue – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol XVII – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- Notes on Life and Letter – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol XVIII – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- The Rover – The Works of Joseph Conrad Vol XIX – Ltd Edition #641 Signed Copy
- From Here to Eternity – James Jones
Fifth Shelf
- The Story of Civilization – Our Oriental Heritage – Will Durant
- The Story of Civilization – The Life of Greece – Will Durant
- The Story of Civilization – Caesar and Christ – Will Durant
- The Story of Civilization – The Age of Faith – Will Durant
- The Story of Civilization – The Renaissance – Will Durant
- The Story of Civilization – The Reformation – Will Durant
- The Story of Civilization – The Age of Reason Begin – Will and Ariel Durant
- The Story of Civilization – The Age of Louis XIV – Will and Ariel Durant
- The Story of Civilization – The Age of Voltaire – Will and Ariel Durant
- The Story of Civilization – Rousseau and Revolution – Will and Ariel Durant
- The Story of Civilization – The Age of Napoleon – Will and Ariel Durant
- CPA Coaching Course Problems – Chamberlain and Meier
- CPA Coaching Course Solutions – Chamberlain and Meier
- The Naked and The Dead – Norman Mailer
- The Caine Mutiny – Herman Wouk
Bottom Shelf
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Orchids
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Foliage House Plants
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Pests and Diseases
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Trees
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Japanese Gardens
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Gardening Under Lights
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Miniatures and Bonsai
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Cacti and Succulents
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Garden Construction
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Winter Gardens
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Annuals
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Wildflower Gardening
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Ferns
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Flowering House Plants
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Decorating With Plants
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Landscape Gardening
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Shade Gardens
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Rock and Water Gardens
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Greenhouse Gardening
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Lawns and Ground Covers
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Vegetables and Fruits
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Bulbs
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Perennials
- The Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening – Roses
- The Encyclopedia of Furniture – Joseph Aronson
- Gardenscapes Designs for Outdoor Living – Carol Soucek King
- A Bird Lover’s Life List & Journal – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- The Book of Outdoor Gardening – Smith & Hawken
- Garden Ideas A to Z – Elvin McDonald
- Louvre Paris – Newsweek/Mondadori
- Prado Madrid – Newsweek/Mondadori
- Bernini – Paola Della Pergola
Book Box #1 – Gardens & Gardening
- Flowers from my Heart – Princess Amanda
- Wild Flowers of the World – Paintings by Barbara Everard, Text by Brian D. Morley
- Great Gardens of Britain – Peter Coats
- The Gardens at Highgrove – HRH The Prince of Wales and Candida Lycett Green
- One Hundred English Gardens – Patrick Taylor
- The Small Garden Book – Peter McHoy
- Pruning Made Easy – Lewis Hill
- The Sun King’s Garden – Ian Thompson
- Burpee Seed Starter – Maureen Heffernan
- Tempting Tropicals – Ellen Zachos
- A Year in Our Gardens – Letters by Nancy Goodwin & Allen Lacy
Book Box #2 – World War II Books
- Weller’s War – George Weller
- The Rising Tide – Jeff Shaara
- In Harm’s Way – Doug Stanton
- Shadows In The Jungle – Larry Alexander
- The Kamikaze Hunters – Will Iredale
- Sea of Thunder – Evan Thomas
- Don’t Shoot, It’s Only Me – Bob Hope
- Day Of Infamy – Walter Lord
- Escape from Davao – John D. Lukacs
- Lost In Shangri-La – Mitchell Zuckoff
- Everyone Brave is Forgiven – Chris Cleave
- Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand
- MacArthur’s Spies – Peter Eisner
- World War II Letters – Edited by Bill Adler
- Japan’s War – Edwin P. Hoyt
- We Band of Angels – Elizabeth M. Norman
- The Fall of Japan – William Craig
Book Box #3 – Fiction
- Hell’s Corner – David Baldacci
- Shem Creek – Dorothea Benton Frank
- Pawleys Island – Dorothea Benton Frank
- Granchester – Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death – James Runcie
- Granchester – Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night – James Runcie
- Glory Over Everything – Kathleen Grissom
- The Exile – Andrew Britton
- Plum Island – Nelson DeMille
- Come Hell or Highball – Maia Chance
- The Cinderella Murder – Mary Higgins Clark
- The Private Patient – P.D. James
- Blood on the Water – Anne Perry
- Blind Justice – Anne Perry
- The Buccaneers – Edith Wharton
- The Tea Rose – Jennifer Donnelly
- The Winter Rose – Jennifer Donnelly
- The Blue Rose – Anthony Eglin
Book Box #4 – Rose Books
- ARS Guidelines for Rose Society Leaders
- The Book of the Rose – Laura Cerwinske
- Diary of the Rose Lover – Henri Delbard
- Climbing Roses of the World – Charles Quest-Ritson
- The Complete Book of Roses – John Mattock, Sean McCann, Fred Witchell, Peter Wood
- Roses for the Scented Room – Barbara Milo Ohrbach
- The Rose Expert – Dr. D.G. Hessayon
- A Hillside of Roses – Susan Irvine
- The rose for Today – Sean McCann
- The Avon Calendar of Roses 1983
- Rose Basics – Amanda Beales
- Rosa Rugosa – Suzanne Verrier
- The Sweet Scented Rose – Edited by Sheila Pickles
- Beautiful Roses – Marie-Hélène Loaëc
- In Praise of Roses – Harry Wheatcroft
- The Sustainable Rose Garden – Edited by Pat Shanley & Peter Kukielski
- The Sustainable Rose Garden – Edited by Pat Shanley & Peter Kukielski – signed by Bill Radler
- Growing Old-Fashioned Roses – Barbara Lea Taylor
- Easy Care Roses – Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Easy Care Roses – Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Roses for English Gardens – Gertrude Jekyll
- Making a rose Garden – Ethne Clarke
- Oh My Own Rose – Dr. Ruth Borchard
- ARS Guidelines for Judging Roses
- ARS Guidelines for Judging Rose Arrangements
- Ars Consulting Rosarian Manual
Book Box #5 – Coffee Table Books
- Great Houses of America – Henry Lionel Williams & Ottalie K. Williams
- Long Island Country Houses and their Architects, 1860-1940 – Edited by Robert B. Mackay, Anthony Baker & Carol A. Traynor
- Upland Game Bird Shooting in America – The Derry dale Press 1930
- History of Art by H.W. Janson
- The English Country House A Grand Tour – Gervase Jackson-Stops and James Pipkin
- Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall – Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
- The Hudson River School by Bert D. Yaeger
- Gardner’s Photographic Sketchbook of the American Civil War 1861-1865
- Time Great Events of the 20th Century by the Editors of Time
- Time 75 Years 1923-1998 – An Anniversary Celebration
- The Canton Famille Rose Porcelains – Dr. John Quentin Feller
- Historic Homes Charleston, SC – A Pictorial Guidebook
- Impressionist Bouquets – Derek and Carolyn Fell
Book Box #6
- The White Princess – Philippa Gregory
- Upstairs at the White House – J. B. West
- Inside the Dream Palace – Sherill Tippins
- Brooklyn – Colm Toibin
- The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A Stillness at Appomattox – Bruce Catton
- The Women of the House – Jean Zimmerman
- The March – E. L. Doctorow
- Charleston – John Jakes
- Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden – Emily Whaley
- Being Mortal – Atul Gawande
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
- The White Dove – Rosie Thomas
- Birthright – A. Roger Ekirch
- 1nsane City – Dave Barry
- The Gate House – Nelson DeMille
- Josephine – Carolly Erickson
- The Nile – Toby Wilkinson
- Heart Wishes – Jude Deveraux
- Time and the Gardener – Elisabeth Sheldon
Book Box #7
- Redemption Falls – Joseph O’Connor
- The World Remade – G.J. Meyer
- Dark Placaes of the Earth – Jonathan M. Bryant
- Images & Shadows – Iris Origo
- Ethan Allen – Willard Sterne Randall
- Out of Order – Sandra Day O’Connor
- A Blind Goddess – James R. Benn
- Sarah from Alaska – Scott Conroy & Shushannah Walshe
- Forever Amber – Kathleen Winsor
- Amy Vanderbilt New Complete Book of Etiquette
- The Singapore Grip – J.G. Farrell
- The Cater Street Hangman – Anne Perry
- The Trial – Franz Kapka
- Original Death – Eliot Pattison
- West of the Revolution – Claudio Saunt
- The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
Book Box # 8 World War I Books
- No Graves As Yet – Anne Perry
- Angels In The Gloom – Anne Perry
- Shoulder The Sky – Anne Perry
- At Some Disputed Barricade – Anne Perry
- We Shall Not Sleep – Anne Perry
- The Lost Battalion – Thomas M. Johnson & Fletcher Pratt
- Passchendaele – The Lost Victory of World War I – Nick Lloyd
- The Great Rescue – Peter Hernon
- Within Four Walls – A Classic of Escape – Major M.C.C. Harrison & Captain H.S. Cartwright
- August 1914 – Bruno Cabanes
- The Guns of August – Barbara Tuchman
- Forty-Seven Days – Mitchell Yockelson
Book Box #9
- American Rose Annual – Red Cover – #53
- American Rose Annual – Red Cover – #53
- American Rose Annual – Teal Cover – #56
- American Rose Annual – Teal Cover – #56
- American Rose Annual – Teal Cover – #57
- American Rose Annual – Teal Cover – #59
- American Rose Annual – Teal Cover – #60
- American Rose Annual – Teal Cover – #61
- American Rose Annual – Teal Cover – #61
- American Rose Annual – Teal Cover – #62
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #63
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #65
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #66
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #67
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #68
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #69
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #70
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #71
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #72
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #73
- American Rose Annual – Green Cover – #74
- American Rose Annual – Blue Cover – #75
- Modern Roses 7
- Modern Roses 8
- Modern Roses 9
- Combined Rose List 2017
- American Rose Society Who’s Who 2006
- Botanica’s Roses – Forward by William A Grant
- A Book About Roses – Dean Hole
- Gardening with Roses – Patrick Taylor
- For Love of a Rose – Antonia Ridge
- A Year in the Rose Garden – A.J. “Pop” Warner
- Roses – From the Archives of the Royal Horticultural Society
- A Rose by Any Name – Douglas Brenner & Stephen Scanniello
- A Rose by Any Name – Douglas Brenner & Stephen Scanniello (Signed Copy)
BOOK BOX #10 – Rose Book
- Old-Fashioned Rose – Elvin Mcdonald
- Tea Roses – Elvin McDonald
- Thoughts of Roses – Ralph S. Moore
- Thoughts of Roses – Ralph S. Moore – Signed Copy\
- The Rose – Jennifer Potter
- The Life and Times of The Rose – Fleur Cowles
- The Organic Rose Garden – Liz Druitt
- Roses of the World in Color – J. Horace McFarland 1936
- Roses – Orietta Sala
- Reliable Roses – The New York Botanical Garden
- Meilland – Alife in Roses – Alain Meilland
- Prince’s Manual of Roses – William Robert Prince
- History of the Rose – Roy E. Shepherd
- Old Roses – Ethelyn Emery Keays
- The Rose Garden – William Paul
- Old Garden Roses – Edward A. Bunyard
- Roses – A Celebration – Edited by Wayne Winterrowd
- Roses Love Garlic – Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers – Louise Riotte
- A Year in the Life of a Rose – Rayford Clayton Reddell
- Encyclopedia of Roses and Rose Culture – Edited by Harcourt P. Champneys and Carl L. Whitner
- Roses – Present Day Gardening – Edited by R. Hooper Pearson
- The Romance of the Rose – Eva Rosenkranz
- The Sustainable Rose Garden (Hard Copy) – Edited by Pat Shanley, Peter Kukielski, and Gene Wearing.
Book Box #11 – Fiction
- The Agony and the Ecstasy – Irving Stone
- The Siege – Arturo Perez-Reverte
- The Third Bullet – Stephen Hunter
- The Panther – Nelson DeMille
- Pompeii – Robert Harris
- Our Kind of Traitor – John le Carre
- Journey to the Sun – Gregory Orfalea
- The Alloy of Law – Brandon Sanderson
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – John le Carre
- As Good as Dead – Stephen L. Moore
- An Englishman in Madrid – Eduardo Mendoza
- The Wheel of Fortune – Susan Howatch
- At Home in Mitford – Jan Karon
- A farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway
- Fatal Inheritance – Catherine Shaw
- The Complete Book of Dog Obedience – Blanche Saunders
Book Box #12 – About Dogs
- The Complete Dog Owner’s Manual – Amy Marder, V.M.D.
- The Complete Dog Book – 19th Edition Revised – American Kennel Club
- The Thinking Dog’s Man – Ted Patrick
- Retriever Gun Dogs – William R. Brown
- All Spaniels, Their Rearing and Training – Freeman Lloyd
- The Springer Spaniel – Maxwell Riddle
- The Mind of the Dog – F.J. J. Buytendijk
- The Basis of Breeding – Leon F. Whitney
- Dog Training by Amateurs – R. Sharpe
- How to Train Your Bird Dog – Horace Lytle
- The Dogs of Bedlam Farm – Jon Katz
- What’s the Diagnosis? – Race Foster, DVM & Marty Smith, DVM
- Dalmatians – Beverly Pisano
- Men and Dogs – Katie Crouch
- Marley & Me – John Grogan
Book Box #13 – Fiction
- Cross Fire – James Patterson
- Lowcountry Summer – Dorothea Benton Frank
- Folly Beach – Dorothea Benton Frank
- Prodigal Summer – Barbara Kingsolver
- Blink of an Eye – William S. Cohen
- The Great Train Robbery – Michael Crichton
- Power of a Woman – Barbara Taylor Bradford
- To be the Best – Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Act of Will – Barbara Taylor Bradford
- The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine
- As The Crow Flies – Jeffrey Archer
- Vanishing – Gerar Woodward
- The Yellow Diamond – Andrew Martin
- The Wild Rose – Jennifer Donnelly
- The Haunting of Gad’s Hall – Norah Lofts
- The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker – Charles Webb
- Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie
Book Box # 14 – Accounting, Business & related Books
- Financial Management – Harvard Business Review
- Strategic Managaement – Harvard Business Review
- Executive Success – Making it in Management – Harvard Business Review
- DOS for Dummies, 2nd Edition – Dan Gookin
- The Cost Reduction and Profit Improvement Handbook – Harry E. Figgie, Jr.
- Investments, Second Edition 0 Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus
- Employer’s Guide to Hiring & Firing – Paul Preston
- Economics – Lloyd G. Reynolds
- Mastering Executive Arts and Skills – Crawley A. Parris
- SEC Accounting – Buckley Buckley Plank
- New York Real Estate Exam Review, 3rd Edition
- New York Real Estate Exam Review – 2nd Edition
- The Start-Up Entrepreneur – James R. Cook
- Controller’s Handbook – Goodman & Reece
- The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America – Robert Levering, Milton Moskowitz
- Send me a Memo – A Handbook of Model Memos – Dianna Booher
Last Update – December 31, 2021
This page will be updated every so often as I take inventory of what I have.
TOO MANY BOOKS, TOO LITTLE TIME.