Any interest in getting this forum/topic going again?

I love seeing pics of people's shelves, and will try to post mine here. I've posted a few in my personal gallery, but I don't know if I can add images to this post. Let's see.

I like seeing other folks' shelves. I'll see if I can post some as well. I certainly am out of shelf space currently!

I am so out of shelf space! I am trying to figure out how to recategorize books to maximize shelf space. Have already pared down history and given two of its shelves over to mystery (at least they rhyme!) but now I am really overflowing in fiction. I took out all the short stories, which I am moving to what was formerly Books About Jane Austen, but I don’t really like short stories so that didn’t leave enough space. What is next?? My TBR material already occupies 3 piles and 2 shelves.

I waste a lot of time worrying about this!

>2 Mechan1c: I just checked out your gallery. That 1831 binding is beautiful! I should consider posting single-book photos like you're doing. Very cool.

>4 ClassicalLibraryGuy: no for real

>3 annamorphic: It's not wasting time if you're worrying about books. LOL I can't tell you how often I'm in the home library switching things around. I've finally started doing Dewey spine labels, and I'm realizing my books were all over the place, even though I've been sorting by Dewey for a few years now.

I feel your pain regarding shelf space. I ended up getting rid of all my store-bought shelves and installing DIY built-ins. I'm handy, but it's an effortless process: I just use shelf brackets and bare wood. I'll try to upload a couple of close-up photos in the near future.

Just so I can be clear on the intent, is the goal to show them here in the posts or in the member gallery?

All but one of the photos from https://www.librarything.com/gallery/member/Keeline are in our old home. The newer home (Feb. 2021) has four rooms with extensive book collections plus some cases in minor rooms. The second photo shows our living room of the new house.

James

>7 Keeline: To answer your question, I think just posting pics in your own gallery, as you've done, and directing people to those galleries, is fine. I just love seeing what other folks are doing. Your shelves look great!

>4 ClassicalLibraryGuy: I try to get a decent photo of my books when I get them posted to Librarything. As you know it's a pretty big part of why a lot of folks collect. I'd even like to have title pages and some illustrations in my book descriptions. I'm going to add a few now that I remember how...I'm not always technically adept...

Pacific Northwest Americana is my primary focus. If I can also find a fine binding, I feel pretty good. The 1rst edition Lewis and Clark is one of the cornerstone works of Americana. The Astoria set is about the first American settlement on the Pacific coast and early fur trading in the Columbia River area.

That History of Washington set is from James Macdonald (1850-1920) who was born in Scotland. In 1873 he came to the United States and worked with William Matthews, one of America's pre-eminent binders. After the Club Bindery closed in 1909 James Macdonald purchased the largest part of the tools (Thompson). Unaffected by the changing developments of the book and binding industry, the Macdonald bindery produced some of the finest bindings of its time. I'll post another photo of Macdonald's work.

>12 Mechan1c: Wow, those are all lovely! And your pics are great, too. I have very little Americana, so it's fun to see your collection. I'm definitely going to need to look up the Macdonald bindery. Thanks for sharing!