From grand bookcases in home libraries to casual stacks artfully arrayed on chairs, House Beautiful presents countless eye-catching ideas for displaying and arranging your hardbacks, paperbacks, encyclopedias and even valuable first editions. Useful tips shed light on how to organise a large collection; situate bookcases in the room for the best effect; and make the most of books' appealing visual and tactile qualities. From traditional interpretations to contemporary visions - such as putting a book on a pedestal as an objet d'art - these concepts write a new page in design.