Think Luxury, Think Books
They had always been exclusive and invaluable the ancient scripts handwritten on the bhurja patra and the papyrus. Then came Gutenberg and his movable type, democratising publishing as never before. Now that the Internet has thrown the world of books wide open and e books abound, the old school printed texts should have died much like telegrams. Instead, they have turned into collectors' items, symbols of high culture or a girl's best accessory, as designer Olympia Le Tan will tell you. (She stitches book covers
