Archived Gallery - The Book

I like books. I read a lot and I like the feel of a book. The image the book interests me and it is amazing how often the image of the book can be seen.

Barcode and ISBN

Essential book jacket items

Page Numbers

Where should they be? Top, bottom, left or right? Crucial to know where you are, but also used in the index and contents pages.

Paper

The edge of the book

Antiquarian sign

On my way to an antiquarian book show.

Spines of Children's books

If the the book is thin then the spine is hard to rad.

Spine with Gold embossed Lettering

This is my copy of 'Robinson Crusoe', Cassell.

Text on a Page with Dappled light

Light is important for comfortable reading. I find it difficult in bright sunshine.

Bible

The worlds best seller apparently. Here is a German priest holding his copy of the New Testament during a christening I went to.

Lovely print on the page.

Actually very 3D when it was done with real letterpress. The lead type actually presses into the paper.

Bookmarks

I like this book. It has a ribbon bookmark. Very rare these days.

Harry Who?

Blatant product placement.

Image of Library in Stone

This carving seen high up just below the roof. Near to Pembroke Street. Campion Hall Chaplaincy

Frankfurt 2006

Big Books. Big Bookfair!

Books need to be touched

Keeping the book open by pressing between the pages.

Book Shelf

I always like to look in my friends' bookshelves. Sometimes I take a picture.

First letter of the chapter

An often used device.

Bookshop arrangements

Bookshops are often trying to push the latest. Here is a shot taken at Borders.

The book carved

This was found in a church pew.

Famous Books

This is a detail of a statue of Newton at the Unversity Museum in Oxford.

Book Detail

This shows the flexible binding on a hardback book.

Books in a Hamlet Illustration

This is an engraving of a part of the Hamlet play. I used this book image in my PageToScreen header.

Old favourite. Kidnapped

Ancient Books. Bodleian Library

This was taken by my old friend Jon Davison. I hope he doesn't mind me putting it in here.

Book shop. Wooden Books

Taken by one of my students - Serah Kok.

Just William Re-born

2/6 = 2 Shillings and 6 pence. Borders display.

Library Collection

A few books in the University special collection,

Reading Man

Friend and colleague Adrian Bullock.

Cologne Cathedral

Statue on the outside. Probably a Saint with a bible.

Dummies

The series of books that calls you stupid and expects you to buy!

From HTML to Ajax

How can we keep up with all this? Books on HTML 4.0 in Borders next to the latest on Ajax. can there be such a broad market need?

Bonhoeffer on Westminster Cathedral

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism.