Tonight I was doing Google image searches for inspo pictures for my new home library. (More on the new home in the coming months.) I was surprised to find that one of my favorite images, either doesn’t exist online or is very hard to find. It’s a single picture adorning the introduction of At Home with Books by Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm, and Christopher Simon Sykes. I’ve had the book for ages and this particular image is one my favorite bookish rooms in the world.
So, always one to right an online oversight (see also Pym cover artist Jackie Schuman), I decided to scan the image and post it here so others might track it down one day whether they mean to or not. This is the library of historian Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (1925-2017). I’m assuming the photo credit goes to Christopher Simon Sykes as he is given overall credit for the photos in the book. (By the way, this fabulous book is pretty available at very reasonable prices online.)
Not only do I love this room for its books and bookshelves, but I love the large table/desk, the many comfy places to sit, the fireplace, and the hi-fi. My mind is already twirling about including a hi-fi in my new li(brary).
So click away. Make this library famous.
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Love it! Never tire of library photos…look forward to seeing your new library n home. Big table..yes. I’m always amazed at a lovely library but without a comfy chair, ottoman, good over the shoulder reading lamp and side table for coffee cup etc. Know your library will b suitably decorated..good luck. Quinn
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I do love this room!
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…and the red flannel jacket hung over the chair
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Stumbled upon your blog while browsing Hogglestock as a place that features in the books of Angela Thirkell. Enjoyed reading your thoughts about reading and so sorry for your loss. If and when you feel like travelling again then perhaps Gladstone Library in Hawarden, Wales will be a place for you. There is a website for it which is worth a look simply for the photo of the gallery of books…
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That might be the best explanation of how someone ended up on my blog. I took the name from Trollope but I do love a good Angela Thirkell novel.
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