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Leather Bound Penguin Classics

As Christmas is coming up I thought I'd give you another idea following the lovely diary of yesterday. These Penguin books, however, are a little more expensive being as they are leather bound. You can find them at Bill Amberg.

The collection consists of The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Room With A View, The Great Gatsby, The Big Sleep, Brideshead Revisited and Breakfast At Tiffany's.

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Book Diary 2009

I love, love, love the idea of this diary.

The Book Diary is a fabulous looking diary but with an added extra. It is, as the title suggests, "book themed". Included are reviews, booklists, reading suggestions, photographs, literary quotations and prizes plus space for your own thoughts and records of your own reading.

You can purchase it from Wise Dog Books.

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House of books!

No, I wouldn't want to live there, but sculptor Livio de Marchi's house made entirely of books - or wood shaped to look like books - is pretty cool, don't you think?

See more pictures of the project - Casa di Libri No. 1 - here. [via Jezebel]
 

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Emma Bridgewater Mug

So Christmas is coming up.

Boyfriend/husband/family asking you what you would like yet? (no? Mine aren't either.) I have found this however, which you may want to put on your list.

Happiness is a cup of coffee and a really good book. Quite. The mug that says it all can be found on Emma Bridgewater's website.

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Library Book Bag

Looking for something slightly different, practical and maybe even environmentally friendly for a bookish friend for Christmas? Or maybe for yourself?

Look no further. This book bag from The Bodleian Library is available from Museum Selection. A cotton bag, decorated with brightly illustrated children's book covers from the 19th and 20th century. What more could you want?

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Can you tell what this is yet?

This is one of the cutest book products I've seen for ages.

But can you tell what it is? (I'm making you work today, aren't I?)

Answer - and more pics - over the cut.

 

Yes, it's a camera! Imported from Japan, it costs $55 from Fred Flare.

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Ladybird Mugs

I was just wandering around town doing some Christmas shopping (don't hate me!) when I saw some fabulous mugs by Spode. They are the same design as the Ladybird notebooks we reported on earlier this year and would make a fabulous present for a book lover. They are available online from John Lewis.

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Framed book pages

I've written before about framing book covers *and* about book pages as wallpaper, but what about framing the pages?

I think it looks quite good and I've actually got some signed title pages that I've been wanting to frame for a little while, but was thinking of framing separately. What about you? Would you do it? Do you know what book you'd want to rip apart? (I'm thinking you'd need to buy a second copy...)

[via Apartment Therapy]

Would you like a book mobile?

Not a book mobeel, i.e. a van full of books. No, a book mobile that you hang from your ceiling.

Why? Why not? They were available from ShopHouse, but they're currently sold out, but I guess you could make your own fairly easily.

[via Apartment Therapy]

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Framed book covers

I saw this on Apartment Therapy and, although I don't like the chosen covers, I do like the idea.

The pictures above are from Urban Outfitters, but Apartment Therapy suggests you might like to try DIY: "Depending on your craft skills and equipment, you could scan in your favorite book cover yourself and print it out as tiles, or you could get to printed out professionally at a standard poster-size."

What do you think? Would you be interested? And what book cover would you choose?

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