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I'm not sure why I keep my GNB with these others, possibly because of the colours but possibly also to stop them getting faded by the sun.
Ths Guiness Book of Records is from 1930-something & I found it in a charity shop, it's odd to think how much has changed since then.
The Sprauve Library had a a decent number of computers - some of which were donated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
LSC bookstacks are over 30 feet tall, and require the use of a hydraulic lift by LSC staff. The lights in this area are kept low, and lighting is tied to motion sensors to further reduce exposure (and energy consumption).
Stack of books in a black chair.
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Long rows of books hold thousands of books....
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An amazing book store in Halifax. We wandered in becasue the site of piles and towers of books stacked in the windows made us curious. There were towers up to the ceiling, windows cut out through books, stairs lined w/ books. There were narrow corridors and twists and turns - some you could not even get through.
EXTERIOR: principal elevations to north and east, of Basinghall Street; other elevations hidden by Guildhall (to west) and Guildhall Art Gallery (to south). Irregular east elevation with gabled bay to south with canted bay window: ten-light mullion and transom window to ground floor, fifteen-light window to upper floor with trefoil-headed arches at top; crenellated parapet above. Coped gable with carved animal finials; similar carving to hopper head. Lower entrance bay with moulded arched entrance, flanked by paired shafts and bestial label-stops. Outer arch bears painted inscription in Lombardic letters 'THE FREE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON'. Arched window above with pair of cusped lights. North-facing recessed eturn with cusped lights set beneath hood-moulds at ground and first floor level. East elevation continues, behind low stone wall, with a pair of cusped four-light windows to each floor; next to these is a projecting ten-light mullion and transom window to each floor with crenellation at mid- and upper-height, beneath a parapet faced with blind tracery. Pair of mansard louvres at attic height, beneath lead-covered roof with cast iron cresting to ridge. Tall stone chimney with crenellated top behind. Next section to north comprises a three-bay, three-stage elevation with buttresses. Triple lights to lower floor set within four centres arched hood-mould. Central section sports three arched recesses with cusped arches, flanking columns and crocketed finials over: inside each, standing on an octagonal plinth with foliate capital, is a statue of a queen, representing Elizabeth I, Anne, Victoria. Arched windows above with triple Perpendicular lights. Recessed upper stage with triforium lights to former library. Two-storey projection in angle of return with single light windows to upper floor; angle buttress adjoins. North elevation with triple window to upper chamber of two orders, with triple cusped lights to centre, paired lights to sides, with crenellated transom, set below depressed arched hood-moulds; similar lights to lower chamber. Crenellated parapet rising to centre, with frieze band of blind tracery; recessed gable end to upper stage with moulded stone chimney to centre. Recessed link to west adjoins post-war extension...
Corporation of London set up a committee to consider a new library and museum in 1869. Building work started in 1870 and the new premises were opened in November 1872 by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Selborne. The contractors were Trollope & Sons; the stained glass was by Ward and Hughes, and the carving by J.W. Seale. The sides of the library were formerly lined with bookstacks, and the long chamber to the south served as the reading room. The library suffered from bomb damage in 1940-41: Sir George Gilbert Scott oversaw the restoration.
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in recent months, i've not read as much usual, and my bedsite book stacks show it: they're an odd mix of things i finished months ago, books borrowed from j. and christmas presents. i'm too tired at night and spend the long hours on various trains every other weekend either sleeping or working. that's my two main acitivities right now, anyway.
however, these past three weeks, i've read two books, somehow, between the sleeping and the working: barack obamas "the audacity of hope" and "dreams from my father". and they've strengthened both my crush and my belief that he'd make a fanastic president for the united states.
i wish we had politicians this awesome round here.
go obama!
The Long Room, Old Library, Trinity College, Dublin. Built in 1712-1732 as a single-level reading room. In 1860, the roof was raised to allow the barrel-vaulted ceiling and upper-level stacks to be constructed. The collection of busts of literary and philosophic figures began in 1743.
The bookstacks, arranged in bays, are called Stalls and are lettered. A type of fixed location notation. Single letter Stalls are on the North side, double letters on the South side.
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