Love how you're keeping the running count, Maggie. My 357 (with a big asterisk) books should put you closer to the 50K mark. I've been lurking on eGullet for ages but never saw fit to post (or join) until now. The asterisk applies to four boxes of cookbooks from my late mother's collection, which I haven't had the heart to open yet. Tejon's remarks about his grandmother's cookbook collection might inspire me to finally unpack some of those cartons of books, so I'll be adding to my count later.