Photography At Home

[steve ridgway]

And these.

[MusicTurner]

Those are beautiful, and there are countless such, not necessarily expensive examples - especially from maybe around ~1880 - 1940 or so.

[steve ridgway]

Those are beautiful, and there are countless such, not necessarily expensive examples - especially from maybe around ~1880 - 1940 or so.

I'm keeping well clear of Abebooks nowadays  .

[aligreto]

The shelves are sagging under the weight of vinyl  .

Every home should have sagging shelves of vinyl 

[aligreto]

I used to have a whole bookcase full but have decluttered down to just these and a couple of 19th century books of local walks.

   

They are very attractive set you have there.
That one "Pictorial Europe" vaguely reminds me of a book entitled "Japonica" that I own. The binding looks the same.

[Biffo]

The complete sets of books look very attractive. The nearest I have is an incomplete set of The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad; I bought it at a jumble sale, no idea why except it was for a good cause. I already had most of the works in paperbacks.

[aligreto]

The complete sets of books look very attractive. The nearest I have is an incomplete set of The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad; I bought it at a jumble sale, no idea why except it was for a good cause. I already had most of the works in paperbacks.

Hardbacks rock 

[steve ridgway]

They are very attractive set you have there.
That one "Pictorial Europe" vaguely reminds me of a book entitled "Japonica" that I own. The binding looks the same.

I had a few volumes of Picturesque Europe each of which had a different binding and slightly different sizes. They were from the late 1870s and covered selected picturesque areas of different countries illustrated by engravings. The one I've kept is the odd one out though as it's The British Isles  .

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Hardbacks rock 

+1! 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

They are very attractive set you have there.
That one "Pictorial Europe" vaguely reminds me of a book entitled "Japonica" that I own. The binding looks the same.

I miss that attention that used to be put into book-design and binding....back in the days when books were literally sewn and not glued!

[steve ridgway]

I miss that attention that used to be put into book-design and binding....back in the days when books were literally sewn and not glued!

And they used to proof read .

[aligreto]

And they used to proof read .

Would most people notice the difference anymore? 

[aligreto]

A re-look at the banisters in my house. Lying flat on my back to take this shot yielded a different view of the various geometrical shapes overhead which I had never "seen" or noticed before.

[MusicTurner]

Yes, nice - and funny how it gets a curvature ...

[MusicTurner]

From the library room.
Too cramped, and messy these days too, not normally. But that's how it is, and bigger lodgings would be very expensive.

[aligreto]

Yes, nice - and funny how it gets a curvature ...

The curvature is due to my wide angle zoom lens at its shortest focal length.

[aligreto]

From the library room.
Too cramped, and messy these days too, not normally. But that's how it is, and bigger lodgings would be very expensive.

That looks absolutely wonderful. One could spend days in there. Once you know where everything is, and I automatically assume that you do, I would leave it exactly as it is. 

[steve ridgway]

From the library room.
Too cramped, and messy these days too, not normally. But that's how it is, and bigger lodgings would be very expensive.

I hope that light fitting is not hanging by the electric cables .

[MusicTurner]

I hope that light fitting is not hanging by the electric cables .

No, it's enforced by wires, but not working either, and without power all the way. Has to get fixed.

[MusicTurner]

That looks absolutely wonderful. One could spend days in there. Once you know where everything is, and I automatically assume that you do, I would leave it exactly as it is. 

Thank you, yes, can be used for studies, of course. Mostly art, travels, cultural history in this section.

More of this + musical literature,  prose/poetry, and a bit of natural sciences and gardening etc., in other sections.