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Originally Posted by Joybells
How are you at the maths of this? In 13 years I gathered a library that measured 240ft of shelving. How many books to a foot? I've been reading for 60 years. Does that make 1,110 feet of books that I've read?
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Reminds me of a catalogue I got last year for an antiques sale in Germany - one of the star lots was a complete "decorative library, comprising mainly 18th and 19th century editions " ! Estimates were certainly in the very high euros.......
I can't remember the dimensions given, but it looked around 20-30 feet long and 6-8 shelves high - with a few loose volumes artfully piled on the floor.
I presume the shelving came with it...............
[ A friend in the "old book trade", as he calls it, has sold quite a few feet of "decorative leather" to big up a few wannabe "stately houses"...
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Rough math for the above comes to around 160-200 feet of books [8 x 20'ish].
So if joybells is talking 240 feet bookcase width, then he has 5-shelf bookcases.
And a big room......
I think....
and if they're the ones he's kept, how many did he chuck !?