Books

NL-5719586

Flying books

Sent by Sammy from Buitenpost. The Netherlands

 

Books

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lost World

Cover by Peter Goodfellow 1981

Sent by Jessica on 13 Dec, 2022 from North Carolina, U.S.A.

Books and flowers

sent by Olena on 25 Jun, 2021 from Ukraine

Books

Sent by Lia on 2 Jul, 2020 from The Netherlands

 

Books

Sent by Robin on 11 Feb, 2021 from California , U.S.A.

A pile of books

Sent by Cootje on 11 May, 2020 from Spijk, The Netherlands

Books sent by Kristine on 17 Mar, 2023 from Seattle, U.S.A. 

 

Books

Book  shop

Sent by Anna on 21 Aug, 2020 from St. Petersburg, Russia

Time of Books 10-20  October, 1997, France

Sent by Sent by Fanny on  Oct, 2018   from Grand Est, France 

Paper books

Sent by Ute on 9 Oct, 2015 from Bocham, Germany

 

Mailbox Today

Kracow, Poland

Sent by Basia on 27 Sep, 2022 from Kracow

Have You seen this wizard ? 

Sent by Grit on 27 Sep, 2022 from Leipzig, Germany

Coffee ♥ and Book ♥

Sent by Silvia on 7 Sep, from  2022 from North Carolina, U.S.A.

 

Polish art

PL-1235026 

 Lilla Veneda. Paper, engraving by Wojciech Grabowski. Polish painter (1850-1885)

 Lilla Veneda is a tragedy of the conquered nation of the Wends by Juliusz Slowacki

Sent by Natalie on 24 Jul, 2016 from Wroclaw, Poland 

PL-1036292

Polish Folk Art - paper cut-out

Sent by Joanne on 12 May, 2015  

Book and libraries

DE-11826361

Old bookshop

Photo Francesca Phillips

Sent by Martina on 29 May, 2022 from Schwrinfurt, Germany

 

NO-231471

Deichman Bjørvika central library, Oslo

Sent by Marit on 30 May, 2022 from Oslo, Norway

US-2471275

The Illumnated Manuscript 

Sent by Ellen on  28 May, 2022 from Massachusetts, USA

RO-169181

General Library of University of Coimbra, Portugal

Sent by Ildi on 3 Mar, 2020 from Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania

DE-9923772

The Library of the German Bundestag

Library that serves the Members of the Bundestag (Germany parliament), the parliamentary groups and the Bundestag Administration

Sent by Lorraine on 15 Sep, 2030 from Hirschfeld, Germany

 

Movie Night

RU-8862840

Greetings from Ron, Harry and Hermione

Sent by Evgenia on 17  Dec, 2021 from Moscow

Travel time 29 days

 

RU-8375204

Hedwig and Seven Books

Sent by Polya on 12 Mar, 2021 from Yaroslav, Russia

Travel time 27 days 

Books

CA-1180489

"Emily Climbs" 1925

By L.M. Montgomery 

Emily Climbs is the second in a series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. 

Sent by Jill on 17 Jan, 2022 from Prince Edward Island, Canada

Keep Calm - read a book

RU-5353618

"Turn To Page 394" is a line used by Alan Rickman's character, Severus Snape in the film series, Harry Potter, where the phrase features frequently in a particular scene.

Received on 23 Jul, 2017

Sent by Masha (Moscow, Russia)

RU-2870629

Red apple, photo Magdalena

Received on 16 Jul, 2014

Sent by Olga (Psikov, Russia)

RU-5975808

Library of Strahov Monastery, Prague, Czech Republic

Received on 9 Oct, 2017

Sent by Tanya (Moscow,Russia )

 

How to survive November? Read a book♥

 

DE-39196666

Keep Calm

Received on 13 Ju, 2020

Sent by Steffen ( Regensburg, Germany )

KR-148269

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Wo0lf

Received on 2 Feb, 2016

Sent by  Kim ( Geochang-Gun, South-Korea )

US-6987862

Anton Chekhov, Plays, 

Cover art  The Muses (1893)  bt Maurice Denis ( Frech)

Received on 4 Oct, 2020

Sent by Sarach, ( Michigan, U.S.A. ) 

US-7009215

Penguin books, Quatermass and the Pit by Nigel Kneale

Received on 8 Oct, 2020

Sent by Edgar ( Alabama, U.S.A. )

Fb-swap "Random October"

Coffee and Books ♥ by Art Unlimited

Received Oct, 2021

Sent by Tuula (Tavastkenkä, Finland) 

Mailbox Today

Verboot Rottum

sent by Rineke in Barneveld, The Netherlands 

on 16 Sep, 2020

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,520 km

 Dutch Front Doors

sent by Nienke in Almere Stad, The Netherlands

on 16 Sep, 2020

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,513 

Illustration von "Ich bleibe immer bei dir" von Sjoerd Kuijper

Illustration by Marit Törmqvist

sent by Xaphy in Bilthoven, The Netherlands

 on 17 Sep, 2020

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 1,535 km

Facebook swap "Illustrated birds"

"The Cornet" by David Hurrel

Sent by Päivi in Lahti, Finland 

Silver fir - Abies alba

sent by Hartmut in  Hennigsdorf, Germany

on 15 Sep, 2020

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 1,230 km

Science and Fairy Tales

Pulsar 2 (1979)

 An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Science Futures edited by George Hay, with book cover art by Adrian Chesterman

Sent by Marz, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
 on 19 Aug, 2019
travel time 17 days
distance travelled 7,073 km
received on 5 Sep, 2019



Beatrix Potter. The Tale of  Benjamin Bunny, 1904

Seny by Olga in Kostroma, Russia
on 7 Aug, 2018
travel time 72 days
distance travelled 1,174 km
 received on 18 Oct, 2018

Mailbox today

DE-9392106.

Reading room of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris sent by Holger in Sibbesse

NL-4686412. 

Dutch books sent by Lia in Grave

CZ-1706466 

Saint Sigismund church (Králova Lhota) cultural monument of the Czech Republic sent by Milan in Králova Lhota

NL-4685409. 

Walk with  Me in Moonlight sent by Wendy in Ammerzoden

Also Helmi and Ilmi received postcards. click here

April virtual art tour day 14.

Since all museums are closed I decided to start a virtual art tour  ♥ welcome, and enjoy  today's tour with Carl, Giuseppe and Jean-Etienne  ♥

Books

 Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1885)

The Bookworm (Der Bücherwurm), 1850

Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt, Germany

Sent by Diane in Marnach, Luxemburg

sent on 27 Sep, 2019

travel time 12 days

distance travelled 1,702 km

received on 9 Oct, 2019 

Made by the sketches of the Italian artist Giuseppe Dzokki in the 1750s.

Mosaic picture The Sense of Eyesight.

St. Petersburg. Russia. Catherine Palace. Amber Room. 

Sent by Milya- Emilya

on 24 Jul, 2019

travel time 47 days

distance travelled 538 km

 received on 9 Sep, 2019

Jean- Etienne Liotard (Swiss 1702-1789). 

Portrait of Maria Adelaide (1732-1800) of France in Turkish Costumes, 1753

Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Sent by Annette in Hassfurt, Germany

 on 25 May, 2017

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 1,573 km

 received on 2 Jun, 2017

Mailbox Today

 Tausendschön, Göttingen, Germany 

Sent by Ingeborg in Göttingen

 on 2 Dec, 2019

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,432 km

 Family and Christmas Tree

Illustrations by Ilya Shapovalov Russia

sent by Valentina in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

 on 2 Nov, 2019

travel time 37 days

distance travelled 1,419 km

Roald Dahl, Kiss Kiss, 1970

Penguin Book Cover illustration Derek Birdsall

sent by Carmen in Port Moody, British Columbia

on 2 Nov, 2019

travel time 37 days

distance travelled 7,184 km

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Books from my bookshelf,  Greek author Alki Zei. 

Petros' War/Ο μεγάλος περίπατος του Πέτρου/Tämä on sotaa Petros (1971),
Wildcat Under Glass / Το Καπλάνι της Βιτρίνας / Villikissa katsoo lasin takaa (1963)