Living With Books: Home libraries, book displays and shelves

[AnnieA]

 

[AnnieA]

Who else reads while eating?

 

[RadishRose]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[ohioboy]

The library at Peacefield. Home of the Adams Presidents. I visited it many years ago. I was very impressed.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/AdamsNHS-Library.jpeg

 

[RadishRose]

The library at Peacefield. Home of the Adams Presidents. I visited it many years ago. I was very impressed.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/AdamsNHS-Library.jpeg

That's an impressive library! Thanks for letting us see.

 

[ohioboy]

That's an impressive library! Thanks for letting us see.

I did not see a list of books, but I can bet there were some rare books or papers.

 

[RadishRose]

I did not see a list of books, but I can bet there were some rare books or papers.

Maybe letters, too; stuck between pages of books. My imagination is in overdrive today.

 

[RadishRose]

 

[dilettante]

And to think the ones I don't give away just end up in boxes.

 

[Oris Borloff]

This was the Antiquarium Bookstore in Brownville, Nebraska. The owner also lived there.

 

[RadishRose]

 

[MarciKS]

 

[Gardenlover]

Who else reads while eating?

I do to great enjoyment.

 

[MarciKS]

Who else reads while eating?


I like to read while I'm eating. Makes dinner more enjoyable.

 

[Lethe200]

Atlas Obscura called this "the most beautiful bookstore in the world" - it's in Portugal:

 

[AnnieA]

 

[Magna-Carta]

Chatsworth House:

 

[Magna-Carta]

A Secret Library. Wait for it!