I don't collect them, but I have discovered a lot of great female fiction through the Virago Modern Classics series. People like Elizabeth Hardwick, Storm Jameson and Grace Paley. I would take a second look at things because they've been chosen for that series.
I'm not very married to having older versions of books, just because I find musty book smell unbearable.
As a child I used to wash my hands fanatically after handing library books, they just felt dirty. (As a student job in a library, I actually had washing books--well their plastic covers-- as a duty.)
Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!
I mean, it's art, but those poor books!
Okay, why has no one told me about Gideon Defoe before?
I mean, it's art, but those poor books!
I know. I thought the "autopsy" title was quite apt. I was fascinated and horrified. I told the friend who sent me the link that I found the books hauntingly beautiful.
Wow... carved books. I am torn between the horror of book destruction and helpless admiration for the artistry of it all.
I wonder how that would look with one of those big Gray's Anatomy books?
I don't think I even want to look.
Connie-- Do go look. They're gorgeous.
Wow.
That dictionary is mind boggling, along with the thin one with what looks like Russian ornamentation. I'm tempted to do things to an old unabridged dictionary of my own. The one at the bottom with the cravasse spanning several volumes, though, is very disturbing.
I forget, did anyone ever post a link for Second Edition book art? "This into That" makes books into bookshelves.
More Destructive Book Art
