Collecting Vintage Books Gifts

Mr. Picwick in chase of his hat

Rape of the Lock- The Baron's Prayer

"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"Bah, I could've written a better dénouement in my sleep."

"Meet The Author"

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

"Tonight! Author book signing." "Develop your inner raging bitch."

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

Victor Hugo

"Meet the embellisher 3-5 pm"

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"It turns out everyone here is self-published."

Rare Books

Woman blowing dust off book 'Desert Romance'

J. R. R. Tolkien

'Mysteries' section of bookshop reveals secret door.

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.

Characters jumping out of a book.

Great British Eccentrics.

Cats on Board.

Books: The Wit and Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge

"I did the math. If we want to read all of Proust in this lifetime, we have to start tomorrow morning."

'I'm too hot to trot.'

Rocking Horse

Goodnight Moon for the Misbegotten

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

'It finally took me thirty years, but I finally have one of every 3-D comic book ever made'

Baby Einstein. Baby Frankenstein.

"I don't care if it is itty-bitty. Turn it off!"