Collecting Books and New Finds

<p>Not many know, but I collect books. Of course, I especially love signed first editions. In three places across several countries, I have several bookshelves. It's impossible to stop buying.</p>
<p>Despite the fact that this blog has mostly been about AI lately, it was originally intended to write about what interests, inspires, and excites me. Books, obviously, take up a significant part. Someday I'll tell you about my particularly valuable copies, but for now, I want to show you what arrived today.</p>
<p>In general, I love to “rescue” books by buying used ones at 2-3 (sometimes 5) times cheaper than the original price. Here in the USA, there is also a culture of putting unused items out on the street, and picking them up is a sign not that you are homeless, but that you are giving a second life to things. So, I often “rescue” unusual copies for my collection this way.</p>
<p>So, from my latest purchases - I saw a book by Jan Frank - Designer-Maniac's Diary in a second-hand store, which I had wanted to buy for a long time. I was super surprised to see a Russian book and immediately grabbed it for $2. The book is interesting, and it has a good section about books she recommends. These are books about illustrations by different artists as a tool for designers for inspiration and visual literacy. In the end, I ordered about 7 from the list, and here’s one of them that arrived.</p>
<p>Having books in the collection with a selection of cool illustrations is always great, but this one, in particular, also feeds my nostalgia for my homeland.</p>
<p>P.S. It would be cool if you could react to show whether you are interested in hearing about what I read and my thoughts around it.</p>
<p>🔥 - interesting<br>🥴 - not interesting</p>
<p>#books #ivan_bilibin #russia</p>
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