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Category Archives: Books
Bookshop at the end of the world
h/t to Ruth Gardner for this post Situated on an old cattle ranch down a dusty dirt road just north of Benson, Arizona, the Singing Wind Bookshop may be the loneliest bookstore in America. Founded and still run by 88 … Continue reading
Bookstore Tourism: London
When I first discovered London’s iconic Stanfords in 1986, Britain’s largest travel bookstore was already 133 years old. Located in a beautiful turn-of-the-century building on Long Acre in the heart of Covent Garden since 1901, the shop has one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Maps, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Covent Garden, Globes, London, Travel literature
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Cheesy Literature
I’ve discovered some awfully cheesy literature over the years, but Ben Denzer’s 20 Slices is the most original work. Composed of twenty slices of individually wrapped actual American cheese* pieces and bound in bright yellow covers, the “book” was published in a … Continue reading
Don’t let the bastards cheer you up
I never tire of London-based artist Harland Miller’s brilliant send-ups of iconic Penguin book covers. His faux vintage covers are always on point.
Posted in Art, Books, Europe
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, Penguin Books, Penguin Classics, posters
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Book Purge Pain
Every four or five years I attempt a thinning out of my personal library through a merciless book purge. Last year I managed to ruthlessly select about 300 titles and donate the lot to my local library for the annual … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Bibliomania, Book collecting, podcasts
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Literary Revisionism
Posted in Art, Books, Writing
Tagged Comics, Graham Greene, Hunter S. Thompson, Shakespeare, Tom Gauld
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Shakespeare & Co. branches out
We had some very exciting bookstore news here in Philadelphia with the soft opening of the new Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in the heart of the city. Located in the ritzy Rittenhouse Square neighborhood on Walnut Street, the store occupies the former … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Restaurants, Tourism, USA
Tagged NYC, Philadelphia, Rittenhouse Square
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Cherish Your Book Scorpions
As a collector and seller of antiquarian and secondhand books, I often discover the remains of dead book scorpions. The tiny arachnids are actually pseudoscorpions and are the book lover’s friend and mostly unseen companions. Although they are harmless … Continue reading
Piles of French Novels
Vincent Van Gogh Piles of French Novels 1887
The Circle of Classified Knowledge
Those of you who visit TBTP on a regular basis know that I am excessively fond of infographics of all sorts. I am particularly interested in early examples of the form. This wonderful set of graphics was created for a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged American Library Association, infographics, Nashville Tennessee, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
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