A Gift For: A Bookworm

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A gift for a bookworm

Most of us only get to read on holiday or for ten minutes on the tube each day, but we all have a friend who devours books like we devour chocolate. If your bookworm buddy has a birthday coming up, here are our favourite gifts they’re bound to appreciate.

Stop them turning over the corners of pages or using last year’s season ticket to keep their place. This silver gilt clip bookmark (pictured left) is the serious reader’s chic marker of choice.

If there’s a teetering pile of books permanently stacked next to their bed, then this bookshelf (pictured right) disguised as a high brow French novel is just the thing. The floating books effect is clever and unique, not to mention tidy.

For the decadent bookworm, how about this clever chrome bath rack (pictured left) with a bookstand?

It even has space for a glass of champagne and a candle. What better way to enjoy a bath and book – two of life’s most simple pleasures.

No true book lover would fail to appreciate a Persephone book (pictured right). The 78 carefully chosen titles (short stories and novels to cooking and lifestyle) are all reprinted with a stunning individual endpaper making the perfect (and affordable) gift.

Finally, if you really want to push the boat out and treat them to something special and meaningful then this red pigskin Smythson hardbound poetry book (pictured left) is bound to impress.

Embossed with gold lettering, it comes in a beautiful presentation box and is one to keep close and treasure forever.

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