That Old Book Smell

Luka, 27, Slovenia

[last-picture-show]

André Kertész, Woman Reading in the Fire Escape Window, Greenwich Village, New York, 1963

[monsiearts]

Finished these for my portfolio~~ 

Characters belong to Scott Lynch!

[scottlynch78]

Wow!

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

Stephen Graham, The Gentle Art of Tramping

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

Slightly Foxed Secondhand Books, Oamaru, New Zealand

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

Literature! (Wellington, New Zealand)

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

Literary West Coast (South Island, New Zealand)

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

Auckland, New Zealand

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

Sava River, Slovenia

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

In many tenement apartments the front door opens directly into the kitchen. This was such an apartment and we were in the kitchen.

William S. Burroughs, Junky

[quotespile]

A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

Jack Kerouac, On the Road (via quotespile)

[dreamwaitinghope]

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

There should never be any need to apologize for handing an author a battered and time-worn book to sign. It's an honor and a pleasure to affirm such an investment of a reader's time and affection.

Scott Lynch on Twitter

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

There was a typical Ankh-Morpork street scene outside, although people were trying to separate them.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

A good bookshop shows you the books that you never knew you wanted. It doesn't merely fulfil your desires, it expands them.

Mark Forsyth

[weasleypottergranger]

Harry Potter.

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

Byre Books bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland

[ohthatoldbooksmell]

A reader in Wigtown, Scotland’s book town.