Ideas for Father's Day

Father's Day is fast approaching and we have some ideas for gifts for your pop here in the shop.

Pictured above is a limited edition Nonesuch Press leather set of Montaigne's Essays, originally translated into English by John Florio in 1632 (the third edition). This is a handsome set and would be a fine addition to any father's bookshelf; it is beautifully printed, and has a nice heft to it. The essays include "On the Affection of Fathers to their Children," "Of Bookes," "Of Glory," "Of the Worthiest and Most Excellent Men," "Of Friendship," "By Divers Meanes Men Come to a Like End," "Of Solitarinesse," and a multitude of others, rendered in Florio's elegant English.

We also have several nice gift editions of Henry David Thoreau's Walden; an oversize Limited Editions Club issue of Walton's The Compleat Angler with engravings by Douglas W. Gorsline; sets of Shakespeare, Byron, Pepys, The Spectator, and the Legal papers of John Adams; nineteenth century Japanese wood block print books; contact us and we'll help you choose. And don't forget to visit the Boston Book Annex for more. Please note - only the Annex on Beacon Street is open on Sunday (from noon to 8 pm). We will reopen in Jamaica Plain on Monday at 9. Happy Father's Day!