I have this beautiful set of The Lord of the Rings that caught my eye as I was looking around the apartment for something to shoot. I wanted to surround it with objects that felt like they were a part of the story and luckily I have a couple of prop replicas from the movies. I set the objects on a pillow covered with a black blanket for a neutral base. For the backdrop I put a picture of this painterly landscape on my TV and pushed the objects right up in front of it. Unfortunately it was very difficult to get everything in the shot without showing the frame of the TV.
I tried to frame the books at the center and make it clear that they were the focal point of the image. I had an old timey wooden chest in the frame but removed it because it pulled focus. I think with better lighting and a larger screen you could actually create a really cool effect this way!