This is a great time for reading

The dark season here in Northern Europe is a great time for reading ... :-)

The 1977 Folio Society edition of The Lord of the Rings

The 1977 Folio Society edition of J.R.R. Tolkien´s fantasy novel "The Lord of the Rings" is in my opinion unsurpassed in beauty. I hope you like the photos I shot this morning. One of the pics also includes "The Simillarion", which is not a part of the ring trilogy.

The Name of the Rose

Here is a "literary" Avalanche rose:

Another Maritime Drawing

Here is another nice drawing from the book "Svensk sjöfart" (Swedish shipping), published in 1921. The drawing was made by artist and architect Eduard Heurlin, who died in 1947:

(Colouring and processing by me)