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For the Love of Books : Designing and Curating a Home Library.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wine, Thatcher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book collecting.
- Private libraries.
- Books in interior decoration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newburyport : Gibbs Smith, 2020.
- Summary:
- Explore the significance of the home library, embellished with alluring photography and illustrations, in a keepsake worthy of any bibliophile's collection. Instructive chapters provide useful details for creating and curating a home library, whether it be a single shelf or multiple rooms. You will never look at your bookshelves the same way again.
- Contents:
- Intro
- A Note to Our Readers
- Introduction
- Part One
- The Books We Keep, the Stories We Tell
- The Resilience of the Printed Book in the Digital Era
- Books in Our Homes-How Did They Get There?
- A Book, a Collection, or a Library?
- Books as Art
- Books About Your Hobbies and Interests
- Books for Children
- Part Two
- The Living Room
- Books in the Kitchen
- Books in the Dining Room and Alternate Spaces
- Books in the Bedrooms
- Books in the Children's Rooms
- Part Three
- What Stays and What Goes
- Preparing to Rearrange Your Books or to Start a New Library
- Nearly Infinite Ways to Arrange the Same Books
- Step-by-Step: How to Style a Bookcase
- Reading the Books You Have
- Acknowledgments
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781423652168
- 1423652169
- OCLC:
- 1157089883
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