"Of all kinds of human weaknesses, the craze for collecting old books is the most excusable. During the early phases of the disease, the book-lover is content to purchase only books which he [sic] reads. Next he buys books which he means to read; and as his store accumulates, he hopes to read his purchases; but by-and-by he takes home books in beautiful bindings and of early date, but printed in extinct languages he cannot read." ????????
Ruthiella That‘s a beautiful bookshop. Heaven! 2w
LeahBergen Ha! That‘s a great extract. 😆 2w
Bookwomble @Ruthiella It was a lovely place, and probably still is 😊 It's called Slightly Foxed, which makes it even better, and is in Berwick-upon-Tweed 🦊📚🦊 The light from above in that photo is partially natural daylight from a cupola with a glazed lantern, the inner dome being painted with a bookish mural. Definitely worth a visit if you're ever near the Scottish Borders.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Slightly Foxed 2w
Slightly FoxedBookwomble @LeahBergen It spoke to me! 😄 2w
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