I ran into my friend Laren Stover, the author of the Bombshell Manual of Style, the other night at Sally Randall's fabulous and fun holiday party. I asked her if she was on facebook and she responded "no but I'm on LibraryThing!" She and a number of other friends of mine who embody style as well as substance. So I finally decided to join LibraryThing also. It's yet another internet timewaster but at least a highbrow one that also has some practical benefits. You enter the titles of the books in your collection into LibraryThing and it creates a catalogue of your personal library. A few of my favorite rarities from my collection are shown below and you can see the beginnings of my catalogue on the site (these books are in my permanent collection so none of them are for sale). Plus LibraryThing has social networking features: you can see the profiles and catalogues of people who have the same book that you do, etc. Check out Laren's profile.
I Am A Cliche, 1979:
Les Lalanne, 1975:
Improbable Memories by Sarah Moon, 1981:
Oscar Niemeyer: Works in Progress, 1956:
Bjorn Weckstrom, 1980
The World of Carmel Snow, 1962:
Your Home and You, 1963
2 comments:
hey Alan - What's with that book "I Am A Cliche"? I'd like to have a closer look at that. How about some scans?
- Tim
Look what I just found: http://bellejourneeenperspective.net/
Amazing!
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