Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we're skipping the book description because not everyone will be here this weekend and all through next week....instead here are a few quotes for Thanksgiving(=

"Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life... 

a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year 

- and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God".  

~Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson)

 "Forever on Thanksgiving Day
The heart will find the pathway home."

 ~Wilbur D. Nesbit

Description of the Book #4

Cool book designed by a lady on etsy using an old vinyl record as the cover...

Here is her store link...http://www.etsy.com/shop/usefulbooks

 

"A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never."
Henry Ward Beecher

 

To start making a book you'll need a few things: waxed thread, a large needle, paper (you pick, just make sure it's a med wieght), something to crease your paper with, paper cutter/scissors, and a pencil. (and card board or wood, or whatever you plan on making your cover out of, cloth to cover the cover, glue and 2 pretty papers for the inside covers) Make sure you measure your paper b/c the cover will need to be larger.

 

Part one: Create several Folios

Very simply put you take four pieces of paper and fold them in half then sew them together down that middle crease to create an 8 pg folio...make as many as you want/need.

 

Part two: Bind the Folios together into a book without a cover

Here is a website to show you coptic stitch binding... http://cultblog2.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/20/

and another one on bookbinding...http://www.thimble.ca/?p=395

Definition of the Book # 3

Parts of the Book

"Books are the carriers of civilization…They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind.  Books are humanity in print."                         Barbara W. Tuchman

And here is another cool idea for a gift for a book lover...make a journal/sketch book for them to write in...instructions to follow tomorrow...

Description of the Book #2

"A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us."
W. H. Auden

Christmas is coming up soon, far sooner than one might realize...
So in keeping with the love of books here is a very easy way to make a small book of your own.
Maybe you might make several and use them as ornaments by adding a ribbon, or gift them to friends(using designed paper appropriate to their interests )..have fun(=

Description of the Book #1

 

"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."
Umberto Eco

 

How do you view the book? 

Let me know and i'll post your response on the next description of the book blog(=

Happy 160th Birthday to Robert Louis Stevenson!!!!

image swiped from google.com search page...i like it(=

Best known for Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson also wrote many other novels, short stories, travel writings, and poetry.  Here is a link to check out his life(=

Wikipidia Article for Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

 Quote for the day by the birthday boy!

"Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. "

Have a great weekend everyone!

Things one finds in old books...

Today I spent some time cleaning and pricing books that had just come in and in one old book from 1920 i found a Navel postcard for change of station address from 1944... I've found postcards before along with the usual bookmarks, travel ticket stubs, programs etc...but this is the oldest I've encountered yet(=

 

and now for a quote....

"The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most."
Confucius