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This pretty little #publishersbinding is from a 1912 edition of The White Shield by Myrtle Reed. Cover art by the estimable Margaret Armstrong. #pdx #portland #floralfriday #bookstagram #vintagebooks #oldbooks #bibliophile #beautifulbooks #margaretarmstrong #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries
This unfamiliar #fantasticbeastsinthelibrary is from The Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology: An Inquiry by Richard Payne Knight with illustrations by A. L. Rawson, published in 1892. #pdx #portland #bookstagram #antiquarianbooks #mythicalcreatures #mythology #oldbooks #bibliophile #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram
The perfect title page to celebrate our 1001 followers! Delighted to share beautiful books and libraries (and the occasional beloved staff pet) with others. From The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Edward William Lane, 3 volumes published in 1877. #pdx #portland #typetuesday #antiquarianbooks #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #multnomahcountylibrary
Back to work after a wonderful weekend here in Portland celebrating Dads and Pride and participating in the Rose City Book Fair. This #marbledmonday is the three volume set of The Life and Times of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston: With Selections from his Diaries and Correspondence by Henry Lytton Bulwer, published in 1874. #pdx #portland #endpapers #bookstagram #antiquarianbooks #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #nofilter
Day 2 of the #rosecitybookandpaperfair starts now! Stop by for a fascinating selection of books, paper ephemera, maps, art and more! #pdx #portland #pdxevents #publishersbinding #bookstagram #usedbooks #vintagebooks #bookfair #antiquarianbooks
Happy #greenpublishersbindingthursday! This is the 1895 first edition of Practical Wildfowling by Henry Sharp. #pdx #portland #wildfowl #antiquarianbooks #publishersbinding #vintagebooks #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries