We recently shared our thoughts with you about how and why physical books matter, both for personal enrichment and communal, cultural coherence. So to follow up that theme we asked you, our readers, to share a picture (just one!) of their bookshelf/ves which hold some tangible, legible and lovable Classical titles.
It was a thrill to receive replies from all around the world, and we host below a gallery of some 50 photographs from over a dozen countries. We share with you the pain of having to select one image to give a feel of your collection and its interests. If you aren’t represented below and would like to add your own picture to this evolving gallery, please by all means send over your shot – along with your name and location in the world – to us via books@antigonejournal.com.
So, in no particular order at all, here’s what you sent us!
Enrico Emanuele Prodi, Cagliari, Italy.
Elizabeth Manning, Malvern, England.
Gavin McCormick, Helmdon, England.
Dorothea Shaw, Oxford, England.
The “Ugly Shelf” of Jaspreet Singh Boparai, London, England.
Robert Brancatelli, San Jose, CA, USA.
David Gress, Horsens, Denmark.
Timothy Sandefur, Chandler, AZ, USA.
Anita Blair, Bulverde, TX, USA.
Eli, Toronto, Canada.
Anthony Ruggier, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Dwight Knoll, Durham, NC, USA.
Diane Rayor, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Dominique Nightingale, Felixstowe, England.
Amelia R. Brown, Malta.
Gregory McNamee, Tucson, AZ, USA.
John Isles, Richland, MI, USA.
Brian Fitzgerald, Melbourne, Australia.
Colin Gough, Grafham, England.
Ron Atchison, Pensacola, Florida, USA
Florian Warg, Berlin, Germany.
Emma Hawkey, London, England.
Gabriel Cubillo, Madrid, Spain.
Sylvie Roura, Houilles, France.
Andy Perratt, Falkirk, Scotland.
Fabio de Oliveira Ribeiro, Osasco, Brazil.
Douglas Mytton Reith, Loches, France.
Elon Musk, Boca Chica, TX, USA.
Terry Marsh, Bremen, ME, USA.
Gustavo Maroni, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Nigel Morgans, Cardiff, Wales.
Bernard O’Sullivan, London, England.
Kurt Peniket, Stourbridge, England.
Nic Fields, Charente-Maritime, France.
Stephen Lavelle, Berlin, Germany.
Kathy Jones, St Louis, MO, USA.
Sir John Jenkins, Matfield, Tonbridge, England.
Philip Taylor, Toronto, Canada.
Matt McCormick, St Louis, MO, USA.
Arlene Blade, Mason Hall, Tobago.
Christopher Mills, Norwell, MA, USA.
Anne Bradley, Bristol, England.
Mark Haworth, New York, USA.
John Godwin, Shrewsbury, England.
Paul McKenna, Eastbourne, England.
Michael McGill, USA.
Harbricht, Hamburg, Germany.
Julia Marchenko, Evanston, IL, USA.
Mark Glanville, Nayland, Suffolk, England.
Thank you to all of you for sharing these pictures of books which you, just like us, treasure and enjoy and protect for future ages.
