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At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries

Christopher Simon Sykes

4/5 ( ratings)

From an elegant, curved modern library with sunny picture windows to a bedroom library with dark wood paneling; from a simple apartment with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves to the grand Rothschild library, At Home with Books shows how book lovers live with their books in every room of the house.

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.

Language: English

Pages: 248

Format: Hardcover

Release: October 31, 1995

ISBN 13: 9780517595008

At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries

Christopher Simon Sykes

4/5 ( ratings)

From an elegant, curved modern library with sunny picture windows to a bedroom library with dark wood paneling; from a simple apartment with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves to the grand Rothschild library, At Home with Books shows how book lovers live with their books in every room of the house.

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.

Language: English

Pages: 248

Format: Hardcover

Release: October 31, 1995

ISBN 13: 9780517595008

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