Exercise 58

Type the following.

The books that I have counted and priced are the ones I have here, in my flat.  I have counted only those books which I have acquired voluntarily, or else would have acquired voluntarily, and which I intend to keep. In this category, I find that I have 442 books, acquired in the following ways:

Bought (mostly second-hand) 251
Given to me or bought with book tokens 33
Review copies and complimentary copies 143
Borrowed and not returned 10
Temporarily on loan 5
Total 442

Type the following.

Now as to the method of pricing. Those books that I have bought I have listed at their full price, as closely as I can determine it. I have also listed at their full price the books that have been given to me, and those that I have temporarily borrowed, or borrowed and kept.

The costs were as follows:

Bought $369
Gifts $100
Review copies, etc $259
Borrowed and not returned $469
On loan $300
Shelves $200
Total $1,697
Adding the other batch of books that I have elsewhere, it seems that I possess altogether nearly 900 books, at a cost of $2562.