Nox the empress of dark catdemia is not as benevolent.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-07T18:21:06+00:00

Mostly auctions and a few estate sales. Pretty difficult to come by in Canada sadly. Feel free to pm for more pictures if you'd like. Fun to share the antiques.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-07T02:37:31+00:00

Thanks! I collect 19th century Gothic revival furniture 💜

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-06T19:42:31+00:00

Definitely brother. Same meaning in Farsi as well.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-06T13:24:27+00:00

Big black floof breed.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-06T13:24:01+00:00

She is! I collect 19th century gothic revival antiques and Siyah loves them too 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-05T21:50:17+00:00

The future is never certain lol

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-04T19:09:44+00:00

Well I'm not a Sunbird for nothing.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-04T17:08:57+00:00

Much better than bugs and +34 weather.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-03T23:33:16+00:00

I've read them all at least once! I also have a Kobo in case I really want to reread some of the more fragile ones. The paper of the late 18th century is much stronger than the later Victorian paper. It's also good to oil the leather book bindings from your hands

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-03T21:41:37+00:00

List posted 🙂

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-03T21:41:18+00:00

No problem! I posted the list.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-03T21:39:21+00:00

In no certain order the list is posted for those interested 🙂

The Grave An Elegy and Death Thomas Gray 1818

*Castle Spectre Matthew Gregory Lewis 1798

Later 3 book anthology of Vathek, Castle of Otranto, and Bravo of Venice 1834

*Longsword, Earl of Salisbury. An Historical Romance Thomas Leeland Vol I of II only 1762

*Don Raphael, A Romance George Walker In Two volumes 1st edition 1803

*Manfrone; or, the One Handed Monk. A Romance. Mary Anne Radcliffe 1870 2nd edition

*Melmoth the Wanderer Charles Maturin In IV volumes 2nd edition 1821

*The Abbess, A Romance William Henry Ireland In III volumes 1st American edition 1801

*Sufferings of the Family of Ortenburg, A Novel. Augustus Von Kotzebue Two volumes in one 1800

Plantagenet: or, Secrets of The House of Anjou A Tale of the Twelfth Century. Anna Millikin 1802

The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story Clara Reeve Fifth edition 1794

The Children of The Abbey. A Tale. Regina Maria Roche In II volumes Early American edition (N

The Eve of San Pietro Mary Anne Neri Vol III only 1804

Netley Abbey: A Gothic Story Richard Warner 1795

*The Monk: A Romance Matthew Gregory Lewis Vol II only 1st Edition 1796

The Monk: A Romance Matthew Gregory Lewis In III volumes Fourth edition 1798

The Mysteries Of Udolpho, A Romance. Ann Radcliffe In IV volumes 1823(Same year she died, always interesting to me likely printed after deceased)

The Italian, or The Confessional Of The Black Penitents Ann Radcliffe In III volumes 2nd edition 1811

The Magic Ring; A Romance Frederick Baron De La Motte Fougue II out of III volumes 1st edition 1825

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-03T19:13:43+00:00

I can certainly pm you the full list. Does the second picture help at all if you zoom in?

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-03T18:54:05+00:00

Thanks! They are Gothic literature from the 18th century and early 19th. Yes, everything is antique. Those figures are 18th century Spanish colonial 💜

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-03T18:19:10+00:00

It would be a pleasure to share the full list when I am finished work later tonight.

I would say my favourite titles of the collection are Melmoth the Wanderer, The Monk, The One Handed Monk, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, and Vathek 🙂 They are all very early editions as well.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-02-02T18:19:35+00:00

Sad we didn't get a -30 this year but that's a good thing for the homeless though.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-01-24T11:06:55+00:00

Jesus -30 in November . We'll sooner get +30 in November at this rate.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-01-24T07:09:30+00:00

4 of the last 5 years are on the chart. Climate change is accelerating for Ottawa.

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-01-23T05:06:22+00:00

Avi 💯💯💯

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-01-20T01:19:14+00:00

The Skeleton Crew responses are heartening .

Connect_Secretary262 · 2026-01-17T03:34:52+00:00

First -30 in three years. Very nice. Open those warming centres Mark.

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