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| 1950 Dust Jacket from New Directions |
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Books: Physical Perfection
I'll never become a Kindle kind of reader, an electronic-books user, because I love to touch and look at books. Sometimes they can be perfect in every way, even in size, such as this 4-1/2 X 6-1/2" edition of an essay on Baudelaire by Sartre. And perfect graphically too ... pre-Elvis pink and black!
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Particularly like the fine pink line...opening such books ..rather like lifting the lid on a treasure chest...the surprise of the font..the layout...'n the crime when there be no publishing date..OH THE CRIME..a woman brought a beautiful book to our sewing group..over 100 years old..'twas her mother's..
ReplyDeleteI understand the practicality of the electronic stuff...however..ain't the same..that flipping back to look at the picture of the author..looking and thinking "YOU thought THAT sentence!"..sheer joy sheer joy..that's all..I imagine a dress ..a Baudelaire/Jean-Paul Sartre dress..swirls of pink and black..type here and there..
worn and beautiful book