At Home with Books – Booklovers Libraries
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
by Estelle Ellis (Author), Caroline Seebohm (Author), christopher simon sykes (Illustrator)
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
For the book lovers who are anxious to enhance their home library, At Home with Books presents both practical advice and inspiration. The book offers useful information on categorizing, editing, storage, and space-saving in chapters on starting a collection, organizing the library, and caring for books –”break down the books into categories by subject matter … and compare their quantities to the available shelf space. If necessary, measure. Consider the book’s height as well as its width. You may need to adjust your shelves to optimize your space.” “Library Lighting,” “The Art of the Bookshelf,” and “Library Ladders” further encourage collectors to create a personal space suitable for its intended purpose, yet reflective of one’s passion–”shelf lighting can draw attention to cherished objects and volumes; track lights can highlight certain areas of your room.” Interspersed throughout these highly helpful chapters are interviews with noteworthy bibliophiles, including Keith Richards, Loren and Frances Rothschild, Bill Blass, and Paul Getty, whose “literary lairs”–ranging from the classic book-lined walls to books in the kitchen and the bathroom–are beautifully photographed, making At Home with Books not only a valuable resource for the dedicated collector, but a beautiful addition to any collection.
