Well, here it is, the first catalogue of 2016…
Fifty items, including uncommon anarchist periodicals, pamphlets on housing and equal pay, two unrecorded eighteenth century poll books and a libellous ‘destroyed’ biography of Bradlaugh
Catalogue VI
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Happy New Year – One Year Old
Well it’s one year since this chapter of my book selling life started, the last fair of the year in Market Harborough was on the 29th of December – picture of the stand below – and the first one of this year is in York on the 9th January
Happy New Year to all of my customers; past, present and future!
Jolabokaflod
Christmas Book Flood – sounds like a good idea to me…
Catalogue V Available
Despite general indifference we persevere with posting on the blog and indeed producing catalogues! Link to Catalogue V – Anti-War Pamphlets – sixty-eight items, or just visit the Catalogue link on the top bar of the website and scroll down to the bottom…
Is there still any point collecting books…?
Howard Jacobson thinks so, and I agree, but I suspect we are in a dwindling minority…
See the article here
Circulating Library
An attractively illustrated post about Circulating Libraries – link below
Not Old Spice, but old spines
A rare excursion into the world of perfumes for this blog, I’m not convinced it will catch on…
Book Fairs
We have now added a ‘Book Fair’ page with links to the forthcoming book fairs that we will be attending.
If there are items of stock that you would like to see ‘in the flesh’ from the website, let us know (a week in advance if possible) and we will try to bring them along for you.
We also usually attend the monthly Etc fair (usually held on the second Sunday of each month) at the Royal National hotel if that is more convenient.
PBFA and FPBA Fair
The excellent PBFA/FPBA Fine Press Fair is this weekend at Brookes in Oxford. Always worth a visit, (especially for those of us who like decorated papers), and only a fiver!
Decorated Papers
Those of you, (anyone?!), who have looked at the ‘Gallery’ link on this website would know that I like decorated papers. A new book published by Thames and Hudson is given the ‘Ten of the Best’ treatment by The Guardian
(Having ordered and now received the book, I must say it is a very attractively produced and informative work)
Interesting dos-a-dos binding
Quite an old video this one, but a fascinating look at a six-way dos-a-dos binding, the only example I have ever seen. The link is below
Catalogue II
In a burst of Stakhanovite production, Catalogue II – Politics and some economics – is now available.
