1. 25 Oct


    chicagopubliclibrary: Paper Passion - The Book Perfume Steidl, a print and design company, has created “Paper Passion,” an actual perfume that smells like books!

    chicagopubliclibrary:

    Paper Passion - The Book Perfume

    Steidl, a print and design company, has created “Paper Passion,” an actual perfume that smells like books!

    (Source: geeksaresexy.net)

     

  2. 4 Sep


    chicagopubliclibrary: Something Wilde Taken from Reuters  A Chicago-area woman wanted to return an overdue copy of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” to the Chicago Public Library, but first she wanted to be sure she wouldn’t go to jail. That’s because the book, a rare limited edition of the Oscar Wilde novel, was checked out in 1934. Harlean Hoffman Vision found it in her late mother’s possessions, with a Chicago Public Library stamp. The library is conducting a rare three-week amnesty program for overdue items, and Vision figured this was her chance to return the book, said Ruth Lednicer, the library’s marketing director. The books was returned Thursday. Click here to read the rest of this amazing story.

    chicagopubliclibrary:

    Something Wilde

    Taken from Reuters 

    A Chicago-area woman wanted to return an overdue copy of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” to the Chicago Public Library, but first she wanted to be sure she wouldn’t go to jail.

    That’s because the book, a rare limited edition of the Oscar Wilde novel, was checked out in 1934. Harlean Hoffman Vision found it in her late mother’s possessions, with a Chicago Public Library stamp.

    The library is conducting a rare three-week amnesty program for overdue items, and Vision figured this was her chance to return the book, said Ruth Lednicer, the library’s marketing director. The books was returned Thursday.

    Click here to read the rest of this amazing story.