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Enjoying a day of rain after a very hot and dry summer in the Pacific Northwest and this beautiful #marbledmonday reminds us of raindrops. #pdx #portland #beautifulbooks #oldbooks #bibliophile #bookstagram #marbledpaper #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries
It's a fierce kind of #Caturday with this detail from the 1879 edition of A Diary Kept by His Majesty the Shah of Persia, During his Journey to Europe in 1878. From the Persian by Albert Houtum Schindler and Baron Louis de Norman. #pdx #portland #lion #oldbooks #antiquarianbooks #publishersbinding #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #gilt #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries
Gilt as far as the eye can see for today's #foreedgefriday. #pdx #portland #gilt #giltedge #antiquarianbooks #oldbooks #bookstagram #books #booklust #beautifulbooks #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram
It's #publishersbindingthursday and we have this pretty little edition of illustrated Chaucer. #pdx #portland #bibliophile #publishersbinding #oldbooks #bookstagram #beautifulbooks #bookbinding #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries
For our first #treatsinthelibrary, we have Here's How: Mixed Drinks by W. C. Whitfield with illustrations by Tad Shell, published in 1941. Recipes include the Scarlett O'Hara with bourbon, lime and canned peaches and the Rhett Buttler with curaçao, whiskey, lemon and lime. #pdx #portland #librarychallenge #cocktails #woodbook #vintagebooks #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries
This #bookspine detail is from the second edition of Lady Morgan's Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence, published in 1863 and an excellent candidate for #tattooabletuesday. #pdx #portland #bookstagram #antiquarianbooks #publishersbinding #oldbooks #beautifulbooks #bibliophile #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries