We all know his musical tastes, his favorite recipes, favorite narcotics etc.. nevertheless this guy is an avid reader, any comments about his books of preference?

We know, from that accident he had in his library, that he was reaching for a book about Leonardo da Vinci.
He's very interrested in war history, and WW II in particular.
He reads A LOT!
And he watches the box a lot. Tennis matches (I'm sure he's going to watch the Australian Open!), The History Channel, National Geographic, lots of news.

Keith has this one ....'cause he mentions it in an interview ......

OPEN WITH CAUTION

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ROCKMAN

There was a thread concerning this and I remember schillid posting a list
of books as seen in the shelves of Keith library.

I've seen picture of book about worlds cigarette brands.It's on the table and keith keeping some other book in his hands.

1992
Weston, Connecticut


Photo by Annie Leibovitz

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OBSESSIVE MINDS WANT TO KNOW... Here's what I was able to read. There are many books that I could hardly make out at all... Hence lots of "???" and "----"

From the top...

SIDE L

Shelf L1
"Enter Talking" J----
"Alexander I"
"... Something Of Courage" -----
"Shadow Warrior"
".... Answers Reported Sightings" ---
Len Deighton "Mamista"
"Marilyn" Norman Mailer
?
?

Shelf L2
?
?
?
?
?
"Feel Like ....." ----
David Morrell "The League Of Night And Fog"
"Red Horizons" Ion Mihai Pacepa
"Sir Richard Burton" Michael Hastings
"Last Tears" (??)

Shelf L3
"Chuck Berry"
Dictionary (??)
"The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" Dominick Dunne
?
?
?
?
?
?

Shelf L4
[Assorted leather volumes... can't read any]

Shelf L5
"1984 Professional Criminals Of America"
"Yallah" Paul Bowles
Beaton
"Cigarette Pack Art"
"The Apartment Book"
?
?
".... Women ......" (??)
"The Arts Of Persia"

Shelf L6
????

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SIDE R

Shelf R1
can't read except:
"Roman Naval Warfare"

Shelf R2
"J Edgar Hoover"
"Inside The KGB"
?
?
?
Bernard Cornwell (??)
Len Deighton "???"
"First Wine" Jack Dunphy
"Goodbye Darkness" William Manchester
"The B????" ------- & --------
"Charles I"
"Aubrey Beardsley"
"????" Cecil Beaton (??)
?
?
"Child Care Encyclopedia"
Thesaurus
"Famous Quotations" John ????
Diego Giacametti
"Pub Signs" Paul Corballis
"One Moment, Sir!: Cartoons From the Saturday Evening Post" Marione R. Nickle

Shelf R3
"If You Really Found Me"(???) Alan??? ????
?
?
Chagall
Dali
Picasso
Miro
Matisse
?
"Popular Mexican Prints"
Corto Maltese (???) Memories (???)
?
James H. Webb "Country Such As This" (?)
"Moby Dick" Herman Melville
"The Scarlet Letter" Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Out Of Africa" Isak Dinesen
"West With The Night" Beryl Markham
"The Key To Rebecca" ??? Ken Follett (??)

Shelf R4
?
?
Jack Lawson "Endorphins"
"Doctor Dealer" Mark Bowden
?
?
?
?
?
?
"A Tale Of Two Cities" Charles Dickens
"Twenty thousand Leagues Under The Sea" Jules Verne
"The Fifth Column" Ernest Hemingway
"The Garden Of Eden" Ernest Hemingway
"The Old Man and The Sea" Ernest Hemingway
"In Our Time" Ernest Hemingway
"For Whom The Bell Tolls" Ernest Hemingway
"Green Hills Of Africa" Ernest Hemingway

Shelf R5
"Science Year"
The ??
"Simple Ani----" (??)
"The Hunters"
"On The Edge"
"Afghanistan"
"Afghanistan"
?
?
?
?
?
?

Shelf R6
World Book Encyclopedia (x22)
World Book Dictionary

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Does anyone know anything interesting about any of these books or authors? I happen to own a copy of "The Apartment Book," which I see on shelf L5.

I didn't play around with Photoshop this time...
I did scan the large book in sections and used Photoshop to piece it together.)

Not this one eh?

The Bible ( "but it bores me to death" )

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (several times over, apparently)

Patrick O'Brian's long series of seafaring novels.

A very old Physician's Desk Reference book (from the days when you could buy hard drugs over the chemist's counter). Essential information.

According to Charlie, Keith likes long books - the thicker the better.

Christ - no wonder he never finds time to play anymore.

Rockman -- Your link doesn't seem to work. When I try to open it, I get the message below:

Looking for something?

We're sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site

Go to Amazon.com's Home Page

Greetings from the Jersey Shore.

Whats in the bag on the thrid shelf on the right? Might be a stash

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schillid
1992
Weston, Connecticut


Photo by Annie Leibovitz

---

OBSESSIVE MINDS WANT TO KNOW... Here's what I was able to read. There are many books that I could hardly make out at all... Hence lots of "???" and "----"

From the top...

SIDE L

Shelf L1
"Enter Talking" J----
"Alexander I"
"... Something Of Courage" -----
"Shadow Warrior"
".... Answers Reported Sightings" ---
Len Deighton "Mamista"
"Marilyn" Norman Mailer
?
?

Shelf L2
?
?
?
?
?
"Feel Like ....." ----
David Morrell "The League Of Night And Fog"
"Red Horizons" Ion Mihai Pacepa
"Sir Richard Burton" Michael Hastings
"Last Tears" (??)

Shelf L3
"Chuck Berry"
Dictionary (??)
"The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" Dominick Dunne
?
?
?
?
?
?

Shelf L4
[Assorted leather volumes... can't read any]

Shelf L5
"1984 Professional Criminals Of America"
"Yallah" Paul Bowles
Beaton
"Cigarette Pack Art"
"The Apartment Book"
?
?
".... Women ......" (??)
"The Arts Of Persia"

Shelf L6
????

---

SIDE R

Shelf R1
can't read except:
"Roman Naval Warfare"

Shelf R2
"J Edgar Hoover"
"Inside The KGB"
?
?
?
Bernard Cornwell (??)
Len Deighton "???"
"First Wine" Jack Dunphy
"Goodbye Darkness" William Manchester
"The B????" ------- & --------
"Charles I"
"Aubrey Beardsley"
"????" Cecil Beaton (??)
?
?
"Child Care Encyclopedia"
Thesaurus
"Famous Quotations" John ????
Diego Giacametti
"Pub Signs" Paul Corballis
"One Moment, Sir!: Cartoons From the Saturday Evening Post" Marione R. Nickle

Shelf R3
"If You Really Found Me"(???) Alan??? ????
?
?
Chagall
Dali
Picasso
Miro
Matisse
?
"Popular Mexican Prints"
Corto Maltese (???) Memories (???)
?
James H. Webb "Country Such As This" (?)
"Moby Dick" Herman Melville
"The Scarlet Letter" Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Out Of Africa" Isak Dinesen
"West With The Night" Beryl Markham
"The Key To Rebecca" ??? Ken Follett (??)

Shelf R4
?
?
Jack Lawson "Endorphins"
"Doctor Dealer" Mark Bowden
?
?
?
?
?
?
"A Tale Of Two Cities" Charles Dickens
"Twenty thousand Leagues Under The Sea" Jules Verne
"The Fifth Column" Ernest Hemingway
"The Garden Of Eden" Ernest Hemingway
"The Old Man and The Sea" Ernest Hemingway
"In Our Time" Ernest Hemingway
"For Whom The Bell Tolls" Ernest Hemingway
"Green Hills Of Africa" Ernest Hemingway

Shelf R5
"Science Year"
The ??
"Simple Ani----" (??)
"The Hunters"
"On The Edge"
"Afghanistan"
"Afghanistan"
?
?
?
?
?
?

Shelf R6
World Book Encyclopedia (x22)
World Book Dictionary

---

Does anyone know anything interesting about any of these books or authors? I happen to own a copy of "The Apartment Book," which I see on shelf L5.

I didn't play around with Photoshop this time...
I did scan the large book in sections and used Photoshop to piece it together.)

I bet Rockman is talking about the so called "C" book that Marlon gave him. Apparently is a book with photos of baginas.

I read somewhere that Keef was reading "from dawn to decadence" 1500 to present. by Jacques Barzun. I checked it out from the library and it is a TOME but interesting. I mean. I can't get through it. Its 875 pages long.

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CindyC
I bet Rockman is talking about the so called "C" book that Marlon gave him. Apparently is a book with photos of baginas.

The coloring book? Haha! It's back in print.

OKAY lets try again ............YES Cindy knew ....

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ROCKMAN

The only one I own at present is the Marilyn by Mailer book. It's very well-regarded.

Try the amazon link below for the book: "At home with books: How booklovers live with and care for their libraries "
[www.amazon.com]
Pages 209ff about Keith and his library.

The things you find on Google!





This is part of "A Brief History Lesson With Keith Richards: as seen in The 27s" - the whole cartoon strip is here:

[www.the27club.net]

and you can flip through the book (all about those rock stars who died at 27, including Brian of course) here:

[www.the27club.net]

looks like fun.

Green Lady ,that's funny !

Great thread Loudei .
I had always though the boks in Keith library were actually arrange for photography purposes .....



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

He once mentioned Gitta Sereny´s book about Albert Speer.

Reading glasses on the open book about 600 pages in.

No Weissbuch?
No Basement News?

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shortfatfanny


There was a thread concerning this and I remember schillid posting a list
of books as seen in the shelves of Keith library.

This photo depicts him as a casual reader, unorganized and no real preferences. But then again he is a musician not a collector.

it's interesting that for such a no-BS guy, he generally likes pompous, old-man type of stuff like war histories.

War generally is "no BS."

Keith's an Englishman...not an airhead. You may have heard of the terrible bombing and destruction in England during World War II when Keith was a small child.

When are the scans of what's in Keith's desk drawer coming?

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stonesrule
War generally is "no BS."

Keith's an Englishman...not an airhead. You may have heard of the terrible bombing and destruction in England during World War II when Keith was a small child.

right--I was talking about war books. You may recognize the difference between a book and what it's about.

go to the "military history" section of the bookstore and you'll find the BS heaped high.

Barzun's Dawn to Decadence (not a work of military history) is a box of hot air.

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cc
it's interesting that for such a no-BS guy, he generally likes pompous, old-man type of stuff like war histories.

Hey, I like that stuff too!

"No Anchovies, Please"

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tumbled
I read somewhere that Keef was reading "from dawn to decadence" 1500 to present. by Jacques Barzun. I checked it out from the library and it is a TOME but interesting. I mean. I can't get through it. Its 875 pages long.

Would appreciate it if you could tell us what that "somewhere" you read is.