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Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Coralie Bickford-Smith Books
Source:- Design Sponge
Awhile back I made a post regarding "Beautiful Classical Books". The post was mainly due to me seeing the Coralie Bickford-Smith Penguin Classic collection (pic above) which I'm sure y'all would agree is just stunning!
Unfortunately I have always loved beautiful looking books and already have an "Austen" box set and also bought the "Brontes" in leather bound. So I was unable to complete my Coralie Bickford-Smith Penguin Classic collection without doubling up. And yes I'm still wrestling with my 'responsible' self as to whether it's good to just double up for the sake of owning the collection.
Well...not so long ago Coralie Bickford-Smith released more titles including; "Little Woman", "Alice in Wonderland and through the Looking Glass", "Oliver Twist" and many more! This time my 'irresponsible' self won out and I purchased a second copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover", "The Woman in White" and "Alice in Wonderland and through the Looking Glass". My "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and "Woman in White" were soft copy and my reasoning for my new "Alice in Wonderland" despite having a perfectly nice, but small classic copy is that my copy doesn't have "Through the Looking Glass" and that will cost me the same to purchase anyhow...LOL! I will be collecting more of her books, next one in line is the "Arabian Night" box set.
Anyway, I've got a treat! I didn't know this until today but one of my fave blog, Design Sponge, has published an entry interviewing the very talented Coralie Bickford-Smith...so enjoy!!!
Sunday, 8 February 2009
My Dream Library
I had my tabs opened when Safari unexpectedly quit. I've left this post for a few days seeking for the blog that had posted about this beautiful library but to no avail so apologies for no source and I will correct it as soon as I find it. All I recall from the post is that this is an artistic French couple.
Anyhow, I just wanted to say that as per my previous post I have posted some of the beautiful books that I have purchased for my collection, some having similar covers to the above pics. Seeing as this is the first time I've seen such a library I wanted to post about it and I wanted to just say this is my dream library. I'm even contemplating in eventually leather binding my journals and having it displayed as per this library. Aren't these beautifully covered books just adorable and I'm definitely having a sliding ladder.
Thursday, 25 December 2008
Beautiful Classic Books
Source:- Penguin Blog
Due to a thread in the Vogue forums I became very interested in classical books. Not just any classical books but pretty and beautiful ones. So I just wanted to share a few of my recent purchases.
I had initially purchased the Jane Austen Collector's Edition Box Set (pictured above) from Dymocks for $75 but recently found it on Book Depository for $40 once converted. The books are actually pocket sized (approximately 12cmx7cm), cloth hard bound with dust jacket, gold foiled pages similar to that of the bible with a ribbon attached as bookmark. Other books also come in this same edition with some dust jacket being different colours. I've bought individuals of these same editions for Alice in Wonderland, Dracula, Frankenstein, Oliver Twist and Grimms Tales and only priced at $16.95 each. I cannot wait to line them up on my bookshelf, it'll look stunning, furthermore I love the size as it'll fit in any of my handbags without any bulk AND I was thinking that the print would be too small in size but it wasn't, it's actually perfect! I plan to get more of these books/editions for other stories. Some that are available include Great Expectations, Peter Pan, Little Women, Secret Garden and many more.
I also bought the leather bound, also pictured above, for the Bronte sister set. This particular leather bound edition are only available for six Jane Austen books (Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion) and three of the Bronte sisters books (Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Whitefell Hall), the latter set is what I had purchased as I already purchased the box set for Jane Austen's novels, these are priced at $19.95 each.
The last set, which was the actual book featured on the thread is a collection of 10 classic books, 2 being Jane Austen novels, Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre hence I purchased, or rather my very kind Future-Brother-in-Law purchased for me the remaining six of the collection. I haven't seen it as yet in person so stay tuned for further information on this beautiful collection, but nonetheless I've got to say I've spoilt myself severely with pretty classic books the last few days.
I'm still lemming a Harry Potter Box Set which seems more likely for me to purchase as I found it (the cloth bound Collector's edition) for $240 which is half price of the RRP of $517 from Borders. Added to my lemming list are children's classic books such as Pollyanna, Little Woman, Peter Pan, The Secret Garden and many more so I'll keep this blog posted as I add to my library collection.
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Harry Potter Set
Sources:- Amazon UK
The last few days I've been lemming the Harry Potter Limited Collector's Edition (first two pics) but at the RRP of $517 from Borders...well lets just say could I possibly live with myself if I spent that much on a set of books? It's cloth bounded with gold inscription.
The picture directly above is my complete Harry Potter Set, I've also got the last book in the Children's cover. I've got 1-5 and 7 in Children's cover in a mixture of paperback and hard cover and 6 & 7 in Adult's Hard cover. I'm not happy about it because it's not matching and just doesn't look pleasant. So my choices are:-
a) Keep the set as per picture 1-5 in children's cover and 6 & 7 in Adults
b) Return Adult no 7, Exchange Adult no 6 for Children's no 6 hence my complete set will consist of no adult covers and only children's cover
I will most likely go for (b) completing my Children's set, I will then seek out the Adult hard bound box set as it's equally as beautiful as the Limited Ed set without the price tag. The Adult set without the dust jacket looks stunning side by side on the bookshelf and recently seeing it on Ebay for $145 inclusive of postage ($20/book) I'm happy with the price too. The Adult set without the dust jacket has a beautiful black hard bound cover, with gold lettering on the binding consisting off only the title and the author's name in a signature-like font and no picture at the front cover which is just the way I like it, it looks just like the old school classic books. Looking forward to finding my bargain set, I know it's there somewhere. I'm sounding eerily obsessed so I will leave this lemming and drooling for now...till next time!
Thursday, 4 December 2008
4 Ingredients Cook Book
I've started into my whole baking phase again and now would like to enter the unknown world of cooking. I'm in search for the perfect beginner cook book that will help and teach an amateur like myself how to cook.
"4 Ingredients" is another foray into the world of cook books however, after reading some dismal reviews and a quick peruse through the pages I returned it. I had thought that it would be an excellent cook book due to it being a best seller for quite some time and it was just perfect for me; simple, easy, four ingredients and most of all quick, but it seems my search for a beginner's cook book continues. Any recommendations would be much appreciated.
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Shopaholic Series
I've nearly completed the Shopaholic series (5 in the series) by Sophie Kinsella. My initial gravitation towards the book was the title; as I too am a bit of a shopaholic and enjoy such chick lit books. I must say that these books were great and thoroughly enjoyed how the series documented the life of one woman through her growth, much like what I'd like to do with this blog. Looking forward to reading more of her books (not included in the series) including the latest, Remember Me, and Undomestic Goddess and Can you keep a secret.
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