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Praise for The Library "Excellent . . . Tracks the history of that greatest of all cultural institutions." ―The Washington Post "Kells’ fervor is visible from the outset . . . Will delight and educate." ―Chicago Review of Books "A thread of wonder runs throughout these pages, weaving in and out of the subject of libraries in general―the strangeness of the idea, the intrinsic appeal of the idea." ―The National "Bibliophiles will be unable to resist a book so in line with their adoration of these sacred spaces." ―Fine Books & Collections "In this free-roaming history of libraries, Kells, well read, well traveled, ebullient, and erudite, relishes tales of innovation, obsession, and criminality . . . Kells’ revelatory romp through the centuries cues us to the fact that, as has so often been the case, libraries need our passionate attention and support, our advocacy, gratitude, and (given Kells’ tales of book-kissing, including Coleridge pressing his lips to his copy of Spinoza) love." ―Booklist (starred review) "A bright, idiosyncratic tour of a book historian's collected knowledge about libraries and bibliophilia . . . The book assembles snippets from a wide variety of disciplines into an eclectic history of libraries as cultural, political, aesthetic, literary, mnemonic, and, above all, personal phenomena dedicated to collecting and preserving the written word." ―Kirkus Reviews "Book-trade historian Kells (Penguin and the Lane Brothers) blends scholarly expertise with sharp wit in this enjoyable history of libraries . . . Kells’s passion for this subject suffuses this pleasurable book, calling readers to understand the importance of the library’s role preserving humanity’s history and why libraries are still relevant today." ―Publishers Weekly "If you think you know what a library is, this marvellously idiosyncratic book will make you think again." ―The Sydney Morning Herald "The Library charts the transition between formats such as papyrus scrolls, parchment codices, moveable type, and ebooks. There are many whimsical detours along the way, and Kells even devotes a chapter to fantasy libraries . . . Kells translates his stunning depth of research into breezy digestibility." ―Big Issue "There is so much to learn and enjoy in this book, with the impressive amount of research never weighing down the accessible writing . . . Kells makes an elegant plea for the future library―one that will resonate with most book lovers." ―Good Reading "Kells’s tale is an homage to libraries everywhere. It will delight all bibliomaniacs and those who still appreciate the tactile connection with the book, its smell, watermarks, and imperfections, and who relish in walking through stacks and library halls where many minds, illustrious or not, have wandered before them." ―EuropeNow "Rich with gossipy tales of the inspired, crazy, brilliant, and terrible people who have founded or encountered libraries through history . . . Kells’s reflections are wonderfully romantic, wryly funny." ―The Australian "The Library is a treasure trove and reaching the last page simply prompts an impassioned cry for more of the same." ―Otago Daily Times “The Library is ultimately an engaging and well-written volume by a knowledgeable expert and passionate fan of the subject matter. The result is almost like poetry, a rich ode to all things books and everything we love about them. The enjoyment and engagement is so palpable you can almost taste it and Kells proves to be the perfect guide through the subject matter and history, which ironically could have been lost were it not recorded in this faithful tome. You could consider The Library the good book, except that that one was already taken…†―The Australian Review “Brimming with strange anecdotes about a small handful of books owned by a small handful of people; lost books yielding strange surprises, from discarded condoms to misplaced dental appointment slips . . . Kells’s The Library is at its best when it recounts the stories of . . . ancient libraries, charting the accidental trails of books, and therefore ideas, through processes of translating, pirating and appropriation.†―The Conversation Praise for Penguin and the Lane Brothers: The Untold Story of a Publishing Revolution Winner of the Ashurst Business Literature Prize "A delight to read – informative and entertaining at the same time." ―Alan Cameron AO, Chair of the judging panel, Ashurst Business Literature Prize "Kells' story is informative and entertaining and will appeal to anyone with the slightest interest in the world of books. In more than 30 years at Penguin Australia, I never got this close to the truth about Penguin." ―The Sydney Morning Herald "Penguin and the Lane Brothers is written in a conversational style, wearing the enormous amount of Kells' research lightly. It will be essential reading for all those fascinated by "books about books" and about the foundation stories of great businesses." ―Books+Publishing Magazine "Kells unearthed a vast array of sources to reveal that the lesser-known Lane brothers, Richard and John (who were co-founders with Allen and held equal ownership), were not only instrumental in the hatching of Penguin but also the wings that made this flightless bird soar… It's not a hyperbole to describe Stuart Kells's dedication to providing a detailed historical report of Penguin Books and the Lane brothers as extraordinary… an immersive reading experience." ―BoldFace, the official blog of Editors Toronto "In Penguin and the Lane Brothers, bibliophile and business consultant Stuart Kells debunks many of the Lane myths and reveals a rather different and thoroughly fascinating story of the development of the company… Kells' story is informative and entertaining and will appeal to anyone with the slightest interest in the world of books. In more than 30 years at Penguin Australia, I never got this close to the truth about Penguin." ―Robert Sessions, former publishing director of Penguin Australia "Kells's new book, Penguin and the Lane Brothers, is a revisionist early history of the firm via a biography of its founding brothers―Allen, Richard, and John. Kells persuasively corrects the imbalance in the extant biographies and histories, which focus on Allen, and presents the neglected but vital contribution of his younger siblings." ―Australian Book Review Praise for Rare "Stuart Kells's life of Melbourne bookseller Kay Craddock is a shibboleth of sorts, a story password-protected for bibliophiles… The drama of Kells's account arises from a young woman's effort to bring her own eye (that combination of aesthetic tingle and contextual knowledge that true booksellers and collectors possess) into alignment with the exigencies of the marketplace. It turns out Craddock's success has always relied on making the beautiful profitable." ―The Australian "The story of Kay Craddock Antiquarian Booksellers is a wonderful tale of a great partnership (between mother and daughter); of a small business that forged its way into Melbourne's glorious history on Collins Street; and of a world that embraces change but has been a constant in the lives of readers from all corners of the globe." ―Mary Dalmau, The Age "An excellent book by Stuart Kells on the history of antiquarian bookselling in Australia through the lens of the personal and business lives of Kay and Muriel Craddock." ―International League of Antiquarian Booksellers "If… you are one of those whose steps slow to a shuffle while passing second-hand booksellers' windows, who chase dust spiders from charity shop shelves in search of treasure or who even (like some of my former customers) divert rare book purchases to an address less likely to raise a spouse's ire, welcome in: here is a book trade tale to relish." ―Geordie Williamson, The Australian Praise for Outback Penguin "The eponymous Penguin is Richard Lane, one of the three Lane brothers who founded Penguin Books. In 1922 the 17-year-old Lane set off from his native Bristol in search of adventure and wound up in Renmark, South Australia, as a "Barwell Boy"… The diary he kept is classic archival material, the writing strikingly mature for someone so young." ―Steven Carroll, The Sydney Morning Herald
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About the Author
STUART KELLS is an author and book-trade historian. His 2015 history of Penguin Books, Penguin and the Lane Brothers, won the prestigious Ashurst Business Literature Prize. Rare, his critically acclaimed biography of Kay Craddock―the first female president of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers―was published in 2011. An authority on rare books, Kells has written and published on many aspects of print culture and the book world.
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Product details
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Counterpoint (April 10, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781640090200
ISBN-13: 978-1640090200
ASIN: 1640090207
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6.5 x 1 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
3.9 out of 5 stars
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Among the most intriguing gems in this work are occasional observations that this reviewer has never seen elsewhere. We have been exposed before to such points as how the direction of writing has varied from left to right and vice-versa. But how many of us knew that “the rate of [library] shelf-sag occurs proportionally to the shelf’s length, to the power of four.†The modern library designer Melvil Dewey calculated from this that optimal shelf length was thus one meter: beyond that, sagging was inevitable without reinforcement.A serious inconvenience, if not outright shortcoming, of this book is its lack of an index. The richness of the text is made less accessible not only by this oversight but also by less than intuitive titles such as “A damned sewerful of men: Renaissance Rediscoveries†(Chapter 4).
This is an engaging, wide-ranging, sometimes repetitive collection of thoughts, observations, and personal opinions regarding books, book making, libraries, book collecting, printing, paper manufacture, fictional libraries, shelving, and, especially, private libraries through the ages. If you might give some thought to dropping by on a Friday night at McCosh 10 to catch a lecture by that old slightly muddled but interesting professor from the English Department, then this could be the book for you.We start with the Great Library at Alexandria, and I more or less expected a chronological walk through the history of libraries, ending up with the usual discussion of what libraries mean now in this digital age. That is not what you get. Rather, you get a bit more than that and a bit less. Like a Dr. Who of libraries we travel around in time and place; so you might walk out of the Bodleian and into the Folger, only to then turn around and find yourself in the Vatican on your way to Pushkin's private apartment library.While the organization of the book is chaotic, and the author's sense of what's worthy of note is unique, (the Vatican's erotica collection, first web porn videoed in a library, odd things found in returned library books, number of people killed by falling over shelves), there are a few topics that we meet repeatedly. These include - descriptions of private libraries and sketches of private collectors, short histories of numerous monastic libraries, stories about famous books and manuscripts, fictional libraries, private libraries of writers, bookmaking and adornment tools and materials, and attitudes toward books over time.I enjoyed this book because it was so personal and unpredictable, but also because it is remarkably free of that creepy, maudlin, syrupy romanticism and fetishism that so often infects books about books. This Book by Kells, (not to be confused with "The Book of Kells"), is cheerful, and upbeat and inviting, and that has made all the difference.(Please note that I received a free advance ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
Call me simple, but I was hoping for pictures of beautiful libraries. There are no pictures in this book.
We are forgetting how important our free libraries are and have been. They have their own stories to tell. They have shaped our intelligence and housed our imagination.
Well-written and fascinating read. A potted history of books in all their forms, and wonderful detail about the evolution of libraries and the people who amassed libraries of books. Couldn't put it down.
Read several reviews that bemoaned the lack of footnotes. Could they be librarians? The book is mostly anecdotes re: Historical libraries which interesting information. It’s not a term paper or journal. ‘Nuff said. It’s a pleasant, informative read, if you love books and their collection you will enjoy The Library. As I’m sure you already do.
My own love affair with libraries started well over half a century ago. The libraries of my youth were places of magic, of possibilities to be explored. They were also places of refuge. But what are libraries, and how have they evolved over the centuries? In this book, Stuart Kells writes about libraries (both fictitious and real) and their influence on individuals, on literature and on culture more generally.‘If a library can be something as simple as an organised collection of texts, then libraries massively pre-date books in the history of culture. Every country has a tradition of legends, parables, riddles, myths and chants that existed long before they were written down.’I remember the folk tales of my childhood. Many of them appeared in print, but some of them were part of the storytelling that is part of my Gaelic-speaking ancestry. I remember, too, reading ‘The Name of the Rose’ by Umberto Eco, and wondering exactly which books were in it. Or in Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s Cemetery of Forgotten Books.This book is full of interesting anecdotes. One of my favourites was this :‘Sir Robert Cotton was at his tailor’s shop when he saw by chance an ancient document that the tailor was about to cut up and use as a tape measure. On examination, the sheepskin parchment turned out to be an original Magna Carta—one of as few as four that King John had signed in 1215—still with ‘all its appendages of seals and signatures’ attached.’I was marginally disappointed to read, a few pages later that:‘Some of these stories of book discovery are surely apocryphal. There is considerable doubt, for example, as to whether Cotton really did find an original Magna Carta at his tailor’s shop.’But the point isn’t really whether an original Magna Carta was treated in this way, the point is that it’s possible. Sometimes the margins between fact and fiction can be blurred in a most satisfying way.Aside from the anecdotes, there’s information about the many libraries Stuart Kells has visited. There’s information about the history of recording information and its storage, including the use of tablets, papyrus and animal skins. And, eventually, mass scale printing.Like many other readers, I read both print and electronic material. I prefer print, but electronic material is often easier to access and requires less physical storage. But does the digital age pose a threat to traditional physical books, or is it simply an additional delivery mode? In the library I now use, there’s a mixture of physical and digital material. And the library has plenty of patrons.I liked this quote:‘Reading a book on screen or in microfilm was an unsatisfactory experience, like kissing a girl through a windowpane.’While I don’t know about kissing through a windowpane, I do know that books that I love are books that I want to hold. That, for me and for many others, reading is a tactile experience as well as a visual one. There’s something about the smell of books (old or new), something about the heft of a physical volume that digital copies just don’t have.I loved this book.Jennifer Cameron-Smith
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