At Home With Books: How Booklovers Live With And Care For Their Libraries

Description

"At Home with Books" takes the reader into the houses of forty booklovers to view their very personal libraries and reading spaces. Not only is it a visual delight, but it also includes professional advice on editing and categorizing your library; caring for your books; preserving, restoring and storing rare books; finding out-of-print books; and choosing furniture, lighting and shelving. This indispensable resource, newly available in paperback, will be an inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library.

Author description

Estelle Ellis is a former Promotions Director for House & Garden magazine. Caroline Seebohm is a well-known design writer. She is the author of several books, including English Country. Christopher Simon Sykes is a London-based photographer and writer.

Table of contents

The Grand Passion: John and Jane Stubbs; Seymour Durst; The Duke of Devonshire; Ruth and Martin Stackner; Victor Niederhoffer; Paul Getty; Loren and Frances Rothschild; Mitchell Wolfson Jr; English Country House Libraries; Hay-on-Wye: Booktown; Beautiful Bookscapes: Laurie Mallet; Renzo Mongiardino; Therese and Erwin Harris; Thomas Britt; Richard Minsky; Michele Oka Doner; Timothy Mawson How to Organize Your Library; How to Start a Collection; Designer Stacks: Michael Graves; Robert A. M. Stern; Bill Blass; David Hicks; Joan Vass; Jack Lenor Larsen; Paul and Herta Amir; Wall-to-Wall Books: Stanley Barrows; Nicolas Barker; Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett; Kenneth Jay Lane; Niall Smith; Bookplates Bookbinders and Conservationists; Literary Lairs: Jean Stein; Richard Howard; John Richardson; Frances FitzGerald; Charles Ryskamp; The Reading Society Library in Corfu; Sir Fitzroy Maclean; Roger Rosenblatt; The Enemies of Books; Library Ladders; Private Pleasures: Keith Richards; Peter Cannell; Walter and Jane Turken; Kitty D'Alessio; Flora and Sydney Biddle; Michael and Aileen Casey Great Libraries; Resource Directory.