Listening to Trees by A. K. Hellum
An interesting book about a forester’s lifelong journey to salvage the world’s declining forests.
Lovingly researched celebration of Britain’s oldest and most famous trees told through history, literature and legend.
We think this is great little book containing everything you need to know about Axes.
This beautifully designed book, which features thirty-five full colour illustrations, is at once a biography of an extraordinary eighteenth-century woman and a fascinating mediation on late-life creativity.
English Oak Buildings thought these were just rather lovely bookplate examples. Via Flickr
Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio designed this bookshelf-lined house in Osaka for a collector of books on Islamic history, designing a structure where books could line every surface. via boingboing
The world’s largest indoor panoramic photograph of the Strahov Philosophical library, Prague.
A visual collection of bookshelves from around the world. bookshelfporn.com
Love these paper sculptures by artist Su Blackwell. Each book is like a tiny stage set where the delicate pieces literally spring from the page that inspired them.
Always a fan of Cormac McCarthy writing and it’s a pleasure to see his complete body of work given these absolutely appropriate ‘Americana’ new cover designs in the UK (in paperback editions, by publisher Picador).