For the last day of 2011, take a step back 100 years. These sentiments are just as lovely in 2011 as they were in 1911.
Vintage postcard. Image: Karen Horton
Enjoy,
JT
Friday Collection of Pretty Books 12.30.11
The last book collection of 2011 may be shorter than usual but still pretty.
Image: Mountain Rose Photography
Books to read for the coming year? Image: Natalia Osiatynska
Book of Tomorrow. Image: Always Bë Cool
Allandale House by William O’Brien Jr. Image: Peter Guthrie
Enjoy,
JT
Books for Salt & Pepper
My daughter gave me these cute vintage salt and pepper shakers and the accompanying sugar bowl shaped like books. I think they’re adorable.
Did you know that, as of today, there are over 60,000 sets of salt and pepper shakers for sale on eBay? You can probably find a pair to match any hobby or interest. Do you have a quirky pair that you love?
JT
More Medici Library
A few more books of the Medici family from The Laurentian Library in Florence for your viewing pleasure this week while I’m on vacation.
Enjoy,
JT
Medici Sample
I’m on vacation this week and experimenting with my new camera and Photoshop. So enjoy these lovely books from the Laurentian Library housing the books of the Medici family in Florence.
JT
Closed for Christmas
If you’re celebrating Christmas today, Merry Christmas! If not, have a wonderful day and enjoy the dreamy bookshop.
Image: Nick Kinrick
JT
Christmas Eve Prep
Christmas Eve reindeer preparations. Looks like trouble with Rudolph.
Animals’ Merry Christmas, illustrated by Richard Scarry. Image: pipnstuff
Enjoy,
JT
Friday Collection of Pretty Books 12.23.11
Christmas trees made from books are the perfect topic for the last Friday Collection before Christmas.
The Kortrijk library, Belgium. Image: Bibliotheek Kortrijk
The Gleeson Library tree at the University of San Francisco built from 700 books. Image: shawncalhoun
A tabletop display made from discarded books. Image: Anna Creech
Library Christmas tree at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olstyn, Poland. Image: pulowerek
A different type of bookish tree at the Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. Image: Thomas Guignard
James Cook University Library in Cairns, Queensland. Image: Buttontree Lane
The title of this photo by photographer Harry E. Dankoler is Syl with Christmas Tree. I’m not sure which part of the photo I like the best, the look on Syl’s face, the tree, or the books under the tree. Image: Wisconsin Historical Images
Galley Cat has been collecting reader’s pictures of their own Christmas trees made from books and you can see them here.
Enjoy,
JT
Christmas Spirit with Books
Just a little more Christmas spirit via books.
Classic Bah Humbug. Image: diamond meadows
Camel ornament from a book tree. Image: LMU Library
A teddy bear that reads. Image: Joanna McCunn
Little tiny books forming an ornament. Image: Michael Sauers
Enjoy,
JT
My Half Price Books
I’ve been visiting Half Price Books almost since the beginning of their odyssey. My first visit was to an early store located in a rambling set of rooms on Lovers Lane or Mockingbird Lane in Dallas. There were records and magazines everywhere and the books in the back were stored on tall shelves in some sort of order that I could never discern. It was wonderful and I’ve been a big fan ever since.
My local HPB is now in a fancy shopping center, all shiny and new, with records and magazines relegated to the far corners. But the pricing concept is still the same. Used books at half price.
One of the best things about Half Price Books is the staff. They’re knowledgeable, helpful, and always seem to be available to answer questions. I wonder if they’d hire me on the weekends, I think I could fulfill those requirements.
A bibliomaniac suffers from bibliomania which is an obsession with books beyond the normal. Thomas Frognall Dibdin wrote about the disease in Bibliomania or Book Madness, published in 1809. I like the quote, “[He] never knew happiness till he became acquainted with books.”
Pretty spines in the Fiction Section.
More pretty spines.
Enjoy HPB,
JT
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