1.0ALSC Bloghttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blogAngela Reynoldshttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/author/angelans/Beauty and the Bookrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ybe0umdlRy"><a href="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2017/05/beauty-and-the-book/">Beauty and the Book</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2017/05/beauty-and-the-book/embed/#?secret=ybe0umdlRy" width="600" height="338" title="“Beauty and the Book” — ALSC Blog" data-secret="ybe0umdlRy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_8233.jpg640480Spending a month looking at old books, in a library that could be part of a Harry Potter movie set: priceless. Appreciating the book as an object is easy to do when said books are such items of beauty that they demand you stop, hold them delicately, and breathe in their history.