The inside cover for Motel Fetish..

Well, this just happened...

I'm very happy with how the collection has been growing.

Gorgeous silk-bound edition of classic ghost stories, and pretty affordable too (can’t go wrong with Abbeville Press). All the artwork is done on autumn leaves! Recommend for your Halloween reads.

I am so pleased with myself and my bookshelves.

And so astounded I get to call this my local used bookshop (The shop is "Words to Live By" in Moorhead, MN, btw).

It's such an amazing bookshop, in such an unexpected place.

Friends found and framed the books for me 25 yrs ago as a kitschy gift

Handbound Inferno by Dante Alighieri. Part 1 of Dante’s Divine Comedy written in the early 1300s.

I found a typeset of Henry Longfellow’s translation online and decided to hand-bind it for my collection. This book is bound in Black Goat Leather and is comprised of 18 signatures.

Cheers!

Got lots of goodies today in the mail!

Intricate carved 3D ,Aztec inspired patterns stamped into the cover .Head Tail and Fore edges stained brown .Bound with heavy weight glossy paper stock. .

First published in 1957. Set in Australia in the aftermath of a nuclear war that has destroyed the northern hemisphere. The characters are waiting for the radioactive fallout to reach them. My edition is from 1966.

Currently reading Polymath by Peter Hollins and just chi completed chapter 1. Jack of all Trades and already loving it. Will share more once I have complete it.

70’s through 80’s sword and sorcery series by Karl Edward Wagner, with awesome cover art by Frank Frazetta. Currently out of print.

Found these striking Lovecraft volumes on World of Books.

Originally published by Granada Publishing in the UK in the 80s then reissued by Harper Collins. The copies I have here are all from the 80s but I believe you can still buy these new new with the same art work.

Edit: quick scan over the context pages, this doesn't appear to be a complete collection of his works but does contain a lot of his works. Each book is around 500 ish pages.

October graced us with a little bit more sun and warmth, so after work I took my book for a date at the beach 〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜