Comments on the style saloniste: For the Love of Books and Reading: A Journey Around My Library

Such a fabulous post! A great glimpse inside your ...

2016-02-22T18:52:51.154-08:00

Such a fabulous post! A great glimpse inside your library and resource of wonderful shops. Thanks for sharing.

Delicious. And although I might have written this ...

2016-02-06T14:32:08.510-08:00

Delicious. And although I might have written this in an earlier comment, I wanted to let you know that your book, Jean-Louis Denoit, is truly one of my favorites in my library and I find it endlessly inspirational.

Dear Friends- I love hearing from you. Here'...

2016-01-26T17:34:08.563-08:00

Dear Friends-

I love hearing from you.

Here's an email from a dear reader in Canada:

Thank you so much for sharing your posting. Absolutely wonderful so much information.
Very inspiring and new destinations are on my list of places to visit.
Ellen de Man
Vancouver
Canada

hello, Michael- How wonderful to hear from you. ...

2016-01-25T17:11:03.708-08:00

hello, Michael-

How wonderful to hear from you.

Yes…I jump from a favorite topic--INDIA FOR EXAMPLE--to another--ENGLISH LITERATURE--and travel and style and obscure artists and designers. I most likely…well I do…buy at least one book a day…so this collection presented this week is a …corner…shall we say.
I did not show my own produced books…except SEASIDE STYLE…and have a serious collection of design books in other shelves…
books--BEST COMPANY EVER--all best DIANE OH…AND…START READING THE LEOPARD…you will thank me.

Dear Super Dilettante- You were one of the very ...

2016-01-25T17:08:19.261-08:00

Dear Super Dilettante-

You were one of the very first of the first readers of THE STYLE SALONISTE…almost 7 years ago.

It is a great pleasure to hear from you.

I wish you well…and love your personal blog.

I wish you happiness--and happy reading. Please pick up THE LEOPARD…which is exceptionally beautiful, rich, emotional and surprising in every word. BEST--DIANE

Dearest Diane, Thank you for providing us with a ...

2016-01-25T16:07:25.116-08:00

Dearest Diane,

Thank you for providing us with a another glimpse into your extraordinary library! It makes mine seem almost minuscule in comparison! I could easily make myself right at home! You mentioned many of my cherished book stores and so many that I had not heard of before.

Cheers!

Michael

My dear Diane, Here I am sitting down with a cup ...

2016-01-25T13:04:14.479-08:00

My dear Diane,

Here I am sitting down with a cup of tea and relishing every moment of this post and admiring all the books in your personal library. I feel very privileged and honoured to be invited to browse the superb collection of the books. The books tell so much about us and our individual taste and personality far more than any other objects in the house. I know and love all the bookshops (in England) that you mention and they are on my top priority list whenever I go to visit London. The ones that are based in America, I shall note them down for future references.

I love all the books (extremely erudite and eclectic collection you have, Diane) in this post. One book that particularly draws my attention is the last image before "Longitude Books". You have "First Love and other stories" by Ivan Turgenev exactly the same copy I have on my shelf. How delightful it is to discover when one's friend likes to read the same sort of books! Turgenev's "First Love" is one of my all time favourite stories. I have two copies (one from Modern Library and the other one is a gorgeous Folio edition) of this selection of short stories at home.

Happy new year to you too, Diane and thank you once again for giving us a taste of your literary world. For a book lover, it's simply intoxicating experience by reading this post. It's just like entering The Bodleian Library for the first time.

With best wishes,
G xx