Has anyone on here got a book curator?

[Monty Pigeon]

All the rage, apparently.

Just what we need in the 21st century, or a sign of the end times?

Gwyneth Paltrow Hired a Personal Book Curator—Here's What He Chose For Her Shelves

Thatcher Wine, celebrity bibliophile, shares his tips on collecting (and decorating) with books.

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Thatcher Wine, a long-time bibliophile and collector, tapped into this concept in 2001, sourcing rare, out-of-print books to build beautiful libraries based on interest, author, and even color for his clients. Since then, Wine has curated the bookshelves of Gwyneth Paltrow and New York’s NoMad hotel; fans include Laura Dern and Shonda Rhimes.

The bloke even offers customised covers.

My invention for the book jacket means that someone can have the complete works of Jane Austen, but in a certain Pantone chip color that matches the rest of the room.

 

[woollyback]

All the rage, apparently.

Just what we need in the 21st century, or a sign of the end times?

Gwyneth Paltrow Hired a Personal Book Curator—Here's What He Chose For Her Shelves

Thatcher Wine, celebrity bibliophile, shares his tips on collecting (and decorating) with books.

www.townandcountrymag.com

Thatcher Wine, a long-time bibliophile and collector, tapped into this concept in 2001, sourcing rare, out-of-print books to build beautiful libraries based on interest, author, and even color for his clients. Since then, Wine has curated the bookshelves of Gwyneth Paltrow and New York’s NoMad hotel; fans include Laura Dern and Shonda Rhimes.

The bloke even offers customised covers.

My invention for the book jacket means that someone can have the complete works of Jane Austen, but in a certain Pantone chip color that matches the rest of the room.

What a load of pretentious shite.

 

[Monty Pigeon]

What a load of pretentious shite.

One thing's for sure, anyone who hires someone to curate their books doesn't actually like books.

 

[Some Random Guy]

A rich twat having a library is the sign of end times?

Give your head a shake OP.

 

[errant]

One thing's for sure, anyone who hires someone to curate their books doesn't actually like books.

nor reads them...

 

[becs]

"My philosophy is that the books we keep on our shelves reflect who we are. "

Not sure what battered old paperbacks, mismatched and hoyed on shelves in any old random order says about me mind

 

[Monty Pigeon]

A rich twat having a library is the sign of end times?

Give your head a shake OP.

It's not the having of a library that's the issue. It's the employing someone to make it look like this:

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[Some Random Guy]

It's not the having of a library that's the issue. It's the employing someone to make it look like this:

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"sign of end times"

 

[Harry Angstrom]

Love a seeing other people's bookshelves.

 

[Monty Pigeon]

"sign of end times"

"humour"

 

[Some Random Guy]

Love a seeing other people's bookshelves.

Same, wish I'd more space to show mine off, got boxes of old books in the loft. Tend to just use my kindle now.

 

[West_Winger]

A rich twat having a library is the sign of end times?

Give your head a shake OP.

Ah but the books aren’t there to be read, just to look pretty on the shelves and to give the impression of intelligence to whoever their visitors are.

 

[Space Hopper]

There is a book club which has been stuck on the same book for years. It's called The Church.

 

[Monty Pigeon]

Ah but the books aren’t there to be read, just to look pretty on the shelves and to give the impression of intelligence to whoever their visitors are.

You can do both. This is the author Nicholas Royle's library. No curator for him, just years of scouring the shelves of secondhand bookshops and charity shops.

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[West_Winger]

You can do both. This is the author Nicholas Royle's library. No curator for him, just years of scouring the shelves of secondhand bookshops and charity shops.

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I was talking about the people like Gwyneth Paltrow using a “book curator”. I doubt she’s ever read Jane Eyre in her f***ing life.

I’d love bookshelves like that. We’re running out of space for all my books here!

 

[Jon Dough]

Havent got a personal book curator but I used to have a girlfriend whose sister had a degree in library science.

 

[Monty Pigeon]

I was talking about the people like Gwyneth Paltrow using a “book curator”. I doubt she’s ever read Jane Eyre in her f***ing life.

I’d love bookshelves like that. We’re running out of space for all my books here!

That's also my ideal. But I'd never dream of getting someone to do it for me. Half the pleasure is in tracking the books down and assembling the collection.

 

[Some Random Guy]

Ah but the books aren’t there to be read, just to look pretty on the shelves and to give the impression of intelligence to whoever their visitors are.

I think that's always been the case with personal libraries marra. Or it's posh hoarding.

I'm a big reader but let's say I am minted and do nowt but read books I would probably be dead before I could read everything in a large private collection.

 

[LondonBlackCat]

Gwenyth Paltrow is a f***ing loon, I think that explains it all really.

 

[becs]

Gwenyth Paltrow is a f***ing loon, I think that explains it all really.

She advocated steam cleaning your vag and several women have burned theirs. Not me.