I really wish I could stay here forever.
There's a little bookshop nestled next to Ye Olde Smuggler's Inne at the center of the village called Much Ado Books which has the most delightful selection of collector's books a bibliophile could hope for. I highly recommend it, considering I emerged with three huge volumes: a Folio Society fascimile edition of William Blake's "Songs of Innocence & of Experience", another gorgeous Folio Society collection of Women's 19th century stories titled "The Lifted Veil" and a leatherbound Oxford Library of World's Great Books (grey with gold embossing) of Don Quixote de la Mancha.
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| My beauties |
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| Don Quixote de la Mancha |
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| Songs of Innocence & of Experience |
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| The Lifted Veil: Women's 19th Century Stories |
Some othere pretty books accumulated here: facsimile copies of "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll from an Alice in Wonderland specialty store in the North Laines in Brighton and "Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson from a tourist shop at the Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh.
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I visited Bath the two weekends ago and found this stall that sold leather journals for a really reasonable price and the owner embosses your initials for free. It was the most amazing thing ever. I purchased a journal there, and may have to purchase another one when I go back in December. Here is a photo documenting the embossing process (but not my journal, the one seen in the picture is actually my friend's who couldn't resist getting one either after watching me get one).
In summary, I do not think I could ever get tired of this place in all honesty. The only thing I really miss is the selection of Asian foods at home.
