At Home with Books
How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
Published in November 1995
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-500-01684-8 (ISBN)
Description
Examining the art of displaying books effectively, this book offers advice on organizing and caring for books, looking at the collections of 40 well-known booklovers, including Loren and Frances Rothschild, the Duke of Devonshire, Jack Lenor Larsen, Roger Rosenblatt, Keith Richards, Paul Getty, Jean Stein and Bill Blass. Each room has been photographed especially for this book, providing a visual reference for anyone seeking ideas for creating their own personal library. The book also contains hints on how to start a collection, and information on bookbinders, dealers, fairs, shops, conservationists, lighting and furniture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
350 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 303 mm
Width: 230 mm
Weight
1520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-01684-8 (9780500016848)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Estelle Ellis
At Home with Books
Book
04/2006
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€44.74
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Estelle Ellis | Caroline Seebohm
At Home with Books
How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
Book
10/1995
Crown Publications
€75.60
Article is exhausted, reprint undefined
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Content
Country house libraries; designer bookrooms; the art of the bookshelf; library lighting and furniture; how to organize your library; how to start a collection; bookbinders and restorers; booktown - Hay-on-Wye.