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⸢¹⸥ I was admitted within that sacred boundary which divides the intellectual and moral nature of man from that which characterises animals
⸢²⸥ I stepped within, and felt, as I entered, that I trod my native soil;
⸢³⸥ and my plastic soul was remoulded by a master hand.

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I shall only be referred to by last name/handle (Chekhov, or French spelling, Tchekhov), to indicate pertinence to authority & enforce emotional distance between specimens and my own self ^__^

I am female, and must never be referred to as familiar, masculine jugular, or incorporated into the plural. No "bro" "dude" "man" "we" "us" "guys", etc.

jul 11 2022 ∞
apr 23 2023 +
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  • Memoirs of a woman without a piano. (unobtainable, but my Goodreads friend will cover this)
  • Philosophical diary of a medieval serial killer. (untranslated)
  • remedios varo, the mexican years. ($$$$$$)
  • remedios varo, Letters, Dreams, and Other Writings. ($$$^$)
  • mr. arashi's amazing freakshow ($$$$)

to buy (collector's editions)

  • the romanov dynasty set pub. by juniper books
  • shakespeare complete works set pub. by juniper books

rare~

  • faulkner/maurice/lodore/my best mary: selected lettres.
may 19 2022 ∞
apr 23 2023 +
  • ʀᴏɢᴏᴍᴇʟᴇᴄ / Leonor Fini / ⟪NP⟫
  • ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ's ᴄʀᴜsᴀᴅᴇ / Marcel Schwob / ⟪NP⟫
  • ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴅᴀᴡɴ / Yukio Mishima / ⟪NV⟫
  • ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴍᴘᴇᴛs ᴏғ ᴊᴇʀɪᴄʜᴏ / Unica Zürn / ⟪NP⟫
  • S.C.U.M. Mᴀɴɪғᴇsᴛᴏ / Valerie Solanas / ⟪QQ⟫ ★☆♥♥♥
  • ғᴇᴍᴀʟᴇs / Andrea Long Chu / ⟪QQ⟫
  • ᴍᴀᴅᴀᴍᴇ ᴅᴇ sᴀᴅᴇ / Yukio Mishima / ⟪NP⟫ ☆
  • ᴇxᴇᴍᴘʟᴀʀʏ ᴅᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴜʀᴇs / Gabrielle Wittkop / ⟪NV⟫
  • ᴊᴜʟɪᴇᴛᴛᴇ; ᴏʀ, ᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴀᴍᴘʟʏ ʀᴇᴡᴀʀᴅᴇᴅ / Marquis de Sade / ⟪NV⟫
  • ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴄʀᴏᴘʜɪʟɪᴀᴄ / Gabrielle Wittkop / ⟪NP⟫ ♡
jan 2 2023 ∞
jan 26 2023 +
  • 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 / Natsuo Kirino
  • 𝘭𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢 / Vladimir Nabokov
  • 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘵 + 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 / Nikolai Gogol
  • 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 / Tom Sweterlitsch
  • 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 / Jorge Luis Borges ★
jan 2 2023 ∞
jan 27 2023 +
  • ⟪SH⟫ —— Sʜᴏʀᴛ sᴛᴏʀʏ
  • ⟪NV⟫ —— Nᴏᴠᴇʟ
  • ⟪NP⟫ —— Nᴏᴠᴇʟʟᴀ; Pᴏᴇsʏ; Pʟᴀʏ
  • ⟪GN⟫ —— ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ
  • ⟪MB⟫ —— Mᴇᴍᴏɪʀ; Bɪᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ; Aᴜᴛᴏʙɪᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ
  • ⟪CO⟫ —— Cᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ Wᴏʀᴋs
  • ⟪QQ⟫ —— Nᴏɴ-Fɪᴄ: Cʀɪᴛɪǫᴜᴇ; Aɴᴀʟʏsɪs; Tʜᴇsᴇs
  • ⟪HQ⟫ —— Nᴏɴ-Fɪᴄ: ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ; ʜɪsᴛᴏʀʏ
  • ⟪GU⟫ —— Cᴏᴜʀᴛᴇsʏ ᴏғ Pʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ Gᴜᴛᴇɴʙᴇʀɢ; ɴᴏ ᴘʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀᴄǫᴜɪʀᴇᴅ.
  • ★ —— Iᴛ ᴄʟᴀʀɪғɪᴇs ʟɪғᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠɪsɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴀ...
jun 16 2022 ∞
jan 2 2023 +
  • In the future, seek only NYRB and Everyman's Library through Target's B2G1F sale. They list most, if not all.
  • Do not buy critical editions secound-hand. Purchase them through BookDepository.com or Blackwells.co.uk.
  • Avoid BetterWorldBooks on Ebay. They often sell library books and have proven to be quite untrustworthy. HalfPriceBooks on AbeBooks also witfully sells felled books, irrelevant of the fact of its edition not being of the classroom-critical nature.
  • The riskiest secoundhand purchase shall be the one wherein the buyer is subject to monetary liability in the event of a returned item.
jun 16 2022 ∞
oct 15 2022 +

For trade (r/bookexchange):

Interested in (essentially anything I can't rent for free at my local librarie):

  • Italo Calvino —— If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
  • Brom —— The Child Thief
  • S.L. Peck —— A Short Stay in Hell
  • G. De Marian —— The 20 Days of Turin
  • M. McDowell —— Cold Moon Over Babylon
  • J.D. Osborne —— By the Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends

Or: Surrealism-Dadaism-Expressionism / Romanticism / Georgian Era / Fiction written by Nobility / Gothic / Steampunk / Gaslamp Fantasy / Secret or Alternative Histories / Historical Fiction or Non-Fiction

jun 17 2022 ∞
apr 23 2023 +