Books as Gifts

September 22, 2011

I love giving a book as a gift. There is something very intimate about giving a book. It seems to cross paths of the giver and the recipient of the book. I always give a book I like, and my hope is that I match it up to the likes of the person I am giving it to.

20110922-085914.jpg Vanity Fair’s Proust Questionnaire is one such book. It is one of my favorite parts of the magazine, and I like how this book brings many of them together. We just got this in, and I know it will be book I will give often.

20110922-090309.jpg This book is beyond. It will make you dream of Provence. I love to have an oversized book opened on a coffee table. It will make a great, very special gift.