On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 22:11:11 -0800, Fly-by-Night CC
brought forth from the murky depths:

In article ,
Larry Jaques wrote:

Ooh, ooh, is that Rodel's book? I have an Amazon gift certificate
burning a hole in my virtual pocket. Is it really good?

Yep, that's the one. Bought it a few weeks before Christmas, put a
PostIt on it saying, "Gift for Dad", along with a stack of other
bookstore items similarly marked for relatives awaiting my wife and
daughter's wrapping party.

It's smart to alert your gift givers to your wants/needs/tastes
so you're -always- pleased with gifts.


I've read a couple chapters into it so far and have been pleased with
it. I really wanted it for the picture of an original piece I want to
make (Limbert gothic arch side table) - Taunton's reproduction quality
is very good - plus the history and samples of the Movement from the

I liked the thought of 500+ -more- pics to view, too.


Also the instances of other styles, like Art Nouveau or Bauhaus, showing
up in A&C pieces a decade or more before that style really became
defined.

Cool.


Get it Larry, you won't be disappointed if A&C is your bent.

Done! Thanks. If you want something lighter, pick up a copy of
the book my sister gave to me this Christmas. I'm going to get all
of Christopher Moore's books from the library after reading "The
Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove". I think I've lost a quart of tears
from laughing so hard while reading the first half of the book. One
of his other titles is "Practical Demonkeeping".

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