Our Latest Catalog-

It’s June and the Book Elves have discovered the local neighborhood “anyone can play” soccer team. They've become quite dedicated, although some of us believe that their sudden enthusiasm for team sports has more to do with the après-game beer & pizza parties than a love for the great outdoors & athleticism.

But before they went up on Netflix and rented “Soccer Hooliganism For Dummies”, the Book Elves finished our latest catalog-

"Catalog 324 – Recent Acquisitions for July, 2009” , contains 110 books and catalogs on the decorative and fine arts, architecture, trades, design, and related topics.

It is now posted on our website.

Home Again-

A week at the beach was a welcome break, even if the early June weather was a bit chilly, but it all left me with one burning, unanswered question- what's the difference between flotsam and jetsam, and can you have one without the other?

Oh. Well, That's innocent Enough.

Here's a rather frightening series of illustrations from a 19th century French inventor's magazine I just bought-

Now, I'm not sure what this looks like to you,
but I know what it looks like to me-

ok, yeah, this is what I thought the next step would be...

please please please please don't show what comes next.

oops. Oh.

It's just a roll of paper advertisements
to be read by passersby.

I'm not sure whether this makes me happy or sad...

Pedal to the grindstone...

We're back, back home again from the long weekend, refreshed, rejuvenated and ready to rock n' roll! Now, nose to the grindstone! Pedal to the metal!

Um... is it lunchtime yet?

Adelaide Alsop Robineau-

Our Book of the Day is an interesting, beautiful folio-sized magazine from an important American art potter -

Featured Book-

Please visit our new Featured Book, a charming 1849 French watercolorist's guide with hand-colored plates.

May 15 in History-

Today in History-

May 15, 1565 Henrick de Keyser, architect and master builder of Amsterdam, was born.
May 15, 1856 L. Frank Baum, American Author
May 15, 1923 Richard Avedon, photographer, was born.
May 15, 1930 –Jasper Johns, American Abstract Expressionst is born.
May 15, 1936 Ralph Steadman, British Artist/Cartoonist, was born.

It's a Cat's World-

The beauty of being a cat is that you can sit anywhere you want.

How long 'till dinner?

Our Latest Catalog-

The anguished cry could be heard from one end of town to the other. It disturbed the cows down at the dairy 3 miles away and annoyed the crows as they finished their nests in the tall pine trees-

OHMYGODTHEBOOKELVESHAVEDISCOVEREDTWITTER!!!!!!!

Yes, it was true- the Book Elves signed themselves up with a Twitter account.

There were positive sides to the ghastly news- it quickly became evident that, with the Book Elves solidly planted down at their computer screens twitting away the day, the chaos & mayhem level in the Cataloging Cave decreased remarkably, and we actually went an entire week without getting a single visit from the police or FBI.

So, despite my initial horror, there may actually be a positive side to the whole thing. And hey, now I get to call them “twits”.

But before they accumulated 32,511 “followers” on Twitter, the Book Elves finished our latest catalog-

RECENT ACQUISITIONS FOR MAY, 2009

which features 112 books and catalogs on decorative and fine arts, design, and related subjects. You may see the catalog on our website.

Printed copies are also available. Please remember to send us your postal address if you would like one.

And, if you’d like to follow to Book Elves on Twitter, don’t say you weren’t warned...