13-07-2017, 05:24 AM
I'd have a hard time accepting any explanation where gaps were left or numbers reserved. You generally number in sequence, otherwise the whole point of the numbering is undermined.
Maybe you just proved that the Rudolph thing was an exaggeration indeed
Seriously though.. are the numbered books somehow sorted by theme? Maybe he was using an early form of the Dewey decimal system. That might be a plausible reason for leaving gaps.
Although... this system would be messy and unpredictable. And it's not like he had a few thousand books to sort.
Maybe you just proved that the Rudolph thing was an exaggeration indeed
Seriously though.. are the numbered books somehow sorted by theme? Maybe he was using an early form of the Dewey decimal system. That might be a plausible reason for leaving gaps.
Although... this system would be messy and unpredictable. And it's not like he had a few thousand books to sort.