I've been hoping and waiting for someone to donate real bookshelves with adjustable-height shelves, to replace the store's never-meant-for-books shelving. Finally someone did: the sister of a book lover who recently died donated his shelves. Originally from bookseller B Dalton, the shelves are purpose-built.
It's been a huge chore (in hot and humid weather, and insufficient a/c) to set up the new shelves and reshelve the books---but well worth it.
Here's a volunteer with the new shelves for the children's books.
Can you see the shelves sprighten up the used books?
We only replaced these two sections--the tall shelves in the main book bays remain. They aren't beautiful, but they do hold a lot.
A couple more of my Social Distancing set ups.
The small but real pleasures of being Custodian of BOOK's.
And... here's a bit of ephemera I found in an old book.
"how to open a BOOK", with the immortal lines,
It's been a huge chore (in hot and humid weather, and insufficient a/c) to set up the new shelves and reshelve the books---but well worth it.
Here's a volunteer with the new shelves for the children's books.
Can you see the shelves sprighten up the used books?
We only replaced these two sections--the tall shelves in the main book bays remain. They aren't beautiful, but they do hold a lot.
A couple more of my Social Distancing set ups.
The small but real pleasures of being Custodian of BOOK's.
And... here's a bit of ephemera I found in an old book.
"how to open a BOOK", with the immortal lines,
"I almost fainted. He had broken the back of the volume...."
