A Natural Selection July 17, 2012

This complete set of 108 British natural history books sold recently at Bonhams for over $8200. The New Naturalist, containing topics relevant to the British Isles, is arguably one of the most influential natural history series ever published and has been in continual publication by Collins since 1945. It was first published just after WWII ended and signaled a renewal for the beleaguered Brits at that time. In the editors’ words, it was intended to “recapture the inquiring spirit of the old naturalists” and to…

At Least They Call It Junk August 16, 2009

Are there too many books in the world? Start here: End here: click to enlarge The book section of the Jurby Junk shop on the Isle of Man. Top image via Bottom image via

Bookshelves in the Water Closet March 25, 2009

Symptom of Bibliomania – If this image begins to make you wonder whether you could put shelves in your bathroom. This bookshelf mirage comes to us from a bathroom in Tokyo via lloydi Thanks to the Bookshelf blog for the lead

André Kertész: On Reading August 20, 2008

Academie Française, Paris (man on ladder reading). 1929 For 50 years photographer Andre Kertész took pictures of people reading. His seminal book On Reading presents a series of these photographs taken by Kertész in Hungary, France, and the United States. It was first published in 1971, in New York, by Grossman Publishers and has recently been reissued by W.W. Norton. New York (boy eating icecream on pile of newspapers), October 12, 1944 On Reading captures…

The Where of Reading : Field-Tested Books July 12, 2008

Talk about books and technology. Is the book on life support? The reader? Is information going in? or coming out? This fantastic screenprint was designed by John Solimine of Spike Press in an edition of 400 for the recent publication of Coudal Partners’ Field-Tested Books. It also serves as the cover art. For over six years now the folks at Coudal have been asking been asking people to send them 300-500 words about a book…

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