Books, dear gods, he owns more books than anyone I know.

George also recalls that Gramma had been kicked out of her church for owning particular books.

She continued: "There was a time when only the very wealthy people owned books.

Too many book people love owning books for one, but the Kindle isn't versatile enough to stand the test of time.

This was unusual, since we owned very few books, and most of those were in Hebrew or Yiddish.

"I don't have a very big house, but the whole thing about owning books is preservation," he said.

"It's hardly against the law, even in this country, to have a private space, and to own books on any subject."

"I didn't know people could own 16th-century books," he said.

I think I'm going to miss owning books.

The cathedral owns hundreds of medieval manuscripts, and 20,000 early printed books.