Crazy bookshelves and libraries | Bookshelf Porn

kylith

A small selection of my books


My new bookshelf set up, I'm still in the process of sorting out which books I want to bring down from the study (it's not a study, it's a box room with shelves that I call the study)

Whippersnapper

From a few years ago:

Crazyivan 1979

BopNiblets

I gots some:

LenaClaire

I had to sell most of my books when I moved so I am down from 3 double stuffed bookshelves and two underbed drawers of books to just one small bookshelf. Very sad I figure the longer I am here the more I will accumulate though!

Paddy Samurai

These are the ones i have read.
















These are the books i have yet to read...LOL...just need a few more hours in the day.

Old Perry

Haven got any pics of my own shelves at moment but will definitly post some when possible, however i was in that library in Melk a while ago and it is a pretty amazing place, if any of ye are ever in Austria try take a trip to this little town you wont be disappointed heres some pics of the library (sorry their such bad quality only had a point and shoot cam)

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Entrance to library.

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Some scrolls kept in a pretty modern/out of place looking figure of eight.

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The main room of the library

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One of the two ancient and pretty cool globes on either side of the room

Eliot Rosewater

If you (plural, everyone) are ever in London then a trip to the exhibition space in the British Library is mandatory. On display they've a whole treasure trove of goodies: the Beowulf manuscript, original notes and drafts from authors such as Joseph Conrad and Jane Austen, the first handwritten copy of Alice In Wonderland, one of the Gutenberg Bibles, some pages from Leonardo DaVinci's notebooks, one of the original copies of Magna Carta, a letter by Charles Darwin and the Antarctic diary of Robert Scott opened at the page where he recorded Lawrence Oates' final words "I am just going outside and me be some time" amongst many other things.

Arguably one of the best rooms in the whole world.

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Eliot Rosewater

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St. Pancras! The room is called the Sir John Ritblat Gallery, by the way. They've a full inventory on the website, but I think the surprise of seeing all these gems is part of the magic of a visit there. (I wasn't expecting anything like this when I visited.)

I never realised that about Marx. I didn't get a chance to visit the British Museum when I was in London, unfortunately.

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I'm wondering who makes more sense - Morrison or Marx?

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Yes, I'll certainly do that! I shall have to go over to London for at least a week dedicated to tourism, next time. I saw a lot in my two weeks over there for the Science Forum, but it seemed as if I missed even more.

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