Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #821403 in Books
• Published on: 1995-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 248 pages

Synopsis
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.

Customer Reviews

A book lovers dream
Gorgeous ,this is a fabulous book,glossy and big,full of the most beautiful , eclectic collections of books.

My favourite is the Duke of Devonshire collapsed on a sofa surrounded by opulance, with a copy of The Sun newspaper on the floor.

A must buy for all of us who are addicted to buying and displaying books.

Ecstasy
Finally the marriage of beautiful picture with sensible advice. “At Home with Books” has a little something for all book lovers and library owners.
At first it feels like voyeurism as you rummage through the exquisite pictures of personal libraries. They did not even bother to pick up the clutter. You can not help but relate to the difficulties of where to place books.
Later you are given suggestions on how to organize them and a clear warning that no mater how much space you allocated, it is not enough. You see famous and infamous libraries, domestic and exotic. Now you have to put the book down and look for your magnifying glass to see what they are reading.
Every aspect is covered from lighting to library design. And thy pull not punches when covering culling out the library.

At Home with Books warms the cockles of my heart.
Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm, Christopher Simon Sykes Libraries are worlds within worlds within the mind & their focus is on the safe storage & comfortable reading of what lives there. All the libraries pictured are tidily cluttered, often ornately & opulently presented, sometimes Spartanly allocated with few other things to distract from the rows of books.

This is a treasure of a tome; not exactly the definitive text book if you're looking for precise instructions, nonetheless, a lovely, flavorful collection of ideas, signposts & anecdotes with a fine Resource Directory & useful Index.