At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live With and Care For Their Libraries

Advice on development and maintenance of a private library with the focus on resources in Britain and the United States.

Contents:
Introduction
The grand passion
English country house libraries
Hay-on-Wye: booktown
Beautiful bookscapes
How to organize your library
How to start a collection
Designer stacks
Library lighting
The art of the bookshelf
Wall-to-wall books
Bookplates
Bookbinders and conservationists
Literary lairs
The enemies of books
Library ladders
Private pleasures
Great libraries
Resource directory