Not feeling very talky-talk lately, but here's a photofest of some recent acquisitions.
Big but ruined Collected works of Paul Bunyan, with gorgeous cover (so gorgeous I'm thinking of adapting the curled ivy for a tattoo)
(old scraps of paper were often pasted inside to strengthen the binding)
Mothy edges...
Big but ruined 1890s edition of Little Dorrit (you know I freaked)
font..!
I could get that font as a tattoo as well...
ragged from love
love book binders labels- I love Ballarat too, wonderful historic city
utterly ruined (can we see a pattern?) photo album...
(exquisite end papers)
(teaching certificate tucked inside photo album)
There you go.
6 comments:
These are absolutely exquisite! Thanks for sharing. You've made my day.
Absolutely gorgeous finds! I buy old books for the sake of their covers a lot. Love old covers that have personality!
a gorgeous picture is worth a thousand talkie-talks.
What a gorgeous collection! Those mothy edges are making me swoony!
These books and images really speak to me.
Wow, soooo beautiful!
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