Bringing Limitation Numbers Back Together

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Bringing Limitation Numbers Back Together

1WildcatJF
Abr 25, 2020, 3:50 pm

Over the past week or so I've been working on a spreadsheet of all of my LECs. One area of interest was to see if I had any limitation numbers in books I acquired from different sources. I wrapped up phase 1 of my cataloging today and discovered that yes, I did have two circumstances of this happen:
I received three books from #660 from a person who discovered my blog after doing some research on books she found in her father's garage. These were Tono-Bungay, Histories of Herodotus, and the Koran. Recently, a kind Devotee who has been sending me duplicates to document sent me a copy of Cicero's Orations, which is also #660.

The second is in the LEC Shakespeare. One of the books I bought from NYCFAddict, Timon of Athens, happens to be the same limitation number as two I received from the aforementioned Devotee, The Tempest and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. This time the number was #897.

I find this absolutely captivating; an unintentional joy of collecting. Has anyone else had this happen to them?

2teppi2
Abr 25, 2020, 5:47 pm

Regarding the LEC Shakespeare: If I remember correctly, I bought most of the individual volumes very inexpensively of ebay, and in most cases the seller had other books of the Shakespeare set listed. Possibly NYFAddict bought from the same seller.

I do not remember the source of the Cicero. If I have some time I will see if I can find out who I bought it from. Unfortunately, many platforms delete sales history after a while, so not sure if we can trace the book to its source. I will also check if I have other books with the 660 number.

If ever I have the time to catalog all my books, it would be a fun exercise to record the numbers as well. With several hundred LECs horded by now, there should be a good chance there are duplicates from different sources.

3WildcatJF
mayo 20, 2020, 10:25 pm

As I just got five more books, I added them all to my spreadsheet and found Penguin Island and Westward Ho! both share #1023, which isn't too surprising considering they both came from NYCFaddict. If you happen to remember, did you get both of those from the same seller?

4NYCFaddict
mayo 21, 2020, 10:48 am

Yes, they did come from the same eBay seller: carolinabooktrader. I snapped them up just for the MLs.

5WildcatJF
mayo 21, 2020, 12:30 pm

4) Awesome. Good to know, thanks!

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