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Sense of Smell and Book purchase

Chris Lozos

Last year, when the first Taschen book "A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles, Vol. 1" popped up on an Amazon ad, I bought it immediately. After coveting it in close proximity, pouring over beautiful pages, I knew I was smitten. Shortly thereafter, the second volume appeared for preorder and I could not resist temptation. Yesterday, volume 2 arrived and did not dissapoint.

I opened the book and that wonderful smell that says "Book" tickled my nasal passages. I felt like I had just sat down at the rare book section of the New York Public Library in Manhattan. It doesn't smell like book as in "Barnes & Noble store at the Mall", it smells like loved and cared for printing and typography with lucious plates of books gone by.

If you are the typical person who visits Typophile, you will surely love these two volumes as visual, verbal, and olfactory treasure troves.

ChrisL

www.amazon.com/Type-Visual-History-Typefaces-Graphic/dp/3836511010/ref=p...
http://www.amazon.com/Visual-History-Typefaces-Graphic-1901-1938/dp/3836...

Don McCahill

We should hire you for the ad agency, Chris. :)

I have also noted the new edition, and covet it too. Nice to know that if I buy them (I don't have the first volume yet) they won't stink up my place!

Thanks for the recommendation.

Chris Lozos

"We should hire you for the ad agency"

As a book reviewer? ;-)

Alex Pankratov

Ordered :)

Chris Lozos

Alex sniffed out a purchase, I see :-)

Alex Pankratov

Chris, you are on hook for the book smelling right or the deal is off :)

Chris Lozos

Eau de Livre Grande :-)

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