This site is dedicated to men of mystery, women of intrigue—those who seek adventure even in the books they read. So to those who love strong bindings, first editions, leather bound boards, original illustrations, gilt and marble edges, and fanciful end papers; to those who own magnificent libraries—and those who hope to one day—here’s to you. May you never lack in bookish treasure; may you always sense the thrill of the chase.
"I am a product [...of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them. There were books in the study, books in the drawing room, books in the cloakroom, books (two deep) in the great bookcase on the landing, books in a bedroom, books piled as high as my shoulder in the cistern attic, books of all kinds reflecting every transient stage of my parents' interest, books readable and unreadable, books suitable for a child and books most emphatically not. Nothing was forbidden me. In the seemingly endless rainy afternoons I took volume after volume from the shelves. I had always the same certainty of finding a book that was new to me as a man who walks into a field has of finding a new blade of grass."
~C. S. Lewis
