Frost Rare Books @FrostRareBooks
Based in Liverpool, north-west England. Once described as ‘The archetypal maverick book dealer’ (not a compliment). Books and manuscripts bought and sold. frostrarebooks.com Liverpool, England Joined June 2019-
Tweets4K
-
Followers2K
-
Following354
-
Likes9K
Me, buying an old book with deckle edges: “Nice!” Me, collating an old book with deckle edges: 🤬
IT’S GREY TUESDAY!!! Use the following code for a whopping 25% off everything on the website: 78um5n2m #books
rip to as byatt about whom I have always taken a tone of offensive familiarity I must assume she would not have liked. but it couldn't be helped, I understand her & there's nothing to be done about it stringing together some past byatt thoughts & notions, to remember I had them--
oh my god she sent him one only a velvet ribbon but ordered him to wear it always "and whenever you see or feel the collar you will remember that I am your mistress and you will have to do what I order you to do for ever and ever" anyway this man invented some famous bombs
Literally just bought a first edition of this for my shelf because it was so formative in my reading
Literally just bought a first edition of this for my shelf because it was so formative in my reading
It is as important to know what you aren't collecting as what you are. A collection without defined boundaries becomes an accumulation or a hoard. That's fine of course. Accumulate away, be a hoader, have at it... but don't call yourself a collector.
I was charmed by this quite sentimental pen and ink WWI themed illustration, which has an attribution to a “J.W. Jeens”. The addition of the little Scottie dog adds to the tension I think. I’ve not been able to find out anything about the artist (*puts on begging face)
do you think there is a sketchy curator version of classic teen shoplifting tumblr somewhere, where they trade tricks & tips & stealer ethics codes on how it’s obvs ok to knock over like the british museum or the bible museum but v uncool to steal from independents
People: “trust your judgement” Me: (after 2 days packing & moving 170 18kg boxes of books 3 times & no sleep) “I absolutely can hurdle that that wet 3 foot high wall without breaking stride…”
google books......thank you you didn't have to choose this particular copy of emerson venable's The Hamlet Problem and Its Solution (1912) for preservation. yet you did
Of all the Victorian ads to come across unprepared Monkey Brand are the worst!
This modest pocket sized hymn book, printed in 1838, once sat in Liverpool’s pro-cathedral, St. Peter’s, which was demolished in 1922 but whose site is still marked. Might obtain some Victorian clothes, go and stand with the book on the spot like a ghost & belt out a few hymns…
Part of a lovely collection of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp posters and ephemera I’ve just picked up, as well as other political and anarchist ephemera from the period. Will post more in the next few days
The Haynes Manual of Motor Lawnmowers was so popular they released a sequel.
Annoying when an auction house breaks up a group of connected material, & you leave low bids on the 2 out of 3 lots you’re most interested in, not expecting to win, but do, then see that the lot you were least interested in, but now are as part of the other 2, also sold cheaply.
Half the pages in this book appear to have turned back into the rags they were made from.
Some pre-weekend browsing material: frostrarebooks.com/catalogues/boo…
Rebecca Baumann @arkhamlibrarian
13K Followers 6K Following rare book librarian, book junkie, devotee of the weird, angry queer, friend to all monsters. nonbinary. she/they
Allie Alvis (on 💙s.. @book_historia
9K Followers 1K Following Pink-haired book historian, medieval manuscript liker. Curator of Special Collections @winterthurmuse. She/they. Views my own. book-historia on B’sky
Patrick’s Rare Book.. @patricksrarebks
3K Followers 1K Following Forensic pathologist who buys/sells rare & collectible books. Specializing in medicine & theology. IOBA Member. Instagram: @patricks_rarebooks
Rebecca Romney @rebeccaromney
53K Followers 2K Following Rare book dealer @typepunchmatrix, the book specialist @PawnStars, co-founder, Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize. “A cockeyed optimist of bibliophilia” -VARIETY
typepunchmatrix @typepunchmatrix
4K Followers 253 Following A rare book firm by @rebeccaromney & @briancassidy. Buy/sell: [email protected]. Mailing List: https://t.co/3y0T6XOENb
Petersfield Bookshop @The_PBS
23K Followers 5K Following We buy and sell antiquarian and second-hand books, antique maps and prints.
J. E. Kearns @BiblioDeviant
4K Followers 3K Following Bookseller at Kearns Rare Books & Curiosities. Interests include books, being a bookdealer for as long as possible and not awakening the Elder Gods. He/Him
Blackwell's Rare Book.. @blackwellrare
10K Followers 1K Following Blackwell's Rare Books buys and sells rare books of all kinds, since 1879. Purveyor of #badlydrawnanimals. Follow us on Instagram: https://t.co/DQduzfjEjr
Liam Sims @liamsims
8K Followers 6K Following Rare Books Specialist @theUL | PhD student @UoLEnglish on C18 antiquarian networks @sg_soc | Fellow @SocAntiquaries | Venetophile | Bellringer | 🏳️🌈
Beinecke Library @BeineckeLibrary
58K Followers 48K Following "An inspiration to all who enter" @Yale @Yalelibrary :: visit to engage the past in the present for the future. Home of @WindhamCampbell Prizes
Henry Sotheran Ltd @Sotherans
43K Followers 984 Following Antiquarian booksellers in business since 1761. We sell old books. Rare books. Unusual books. Books with mysterious pasts. Tweets by Oliver (he/him).
The Second Shelf @secondshelfbks
30K Followers 8K Following Rare books by and about women and non-binary writers. Shop by appointment from our office near Hampsted Heath or shop online! Email: [email protected]
Zubairul Islam @GuyWithTheBooks
844 Followers 179 Following Toronto based antiquarian bookseller, Specialist in Early Printed Books and Manuscripts.
Neglected Books @neglectedbooks
9K Followers 1K Following https://t.co/ii6aiYMP2N: Where you'll find articles on hundreds of long-forgotten and out of print books and authors. Brad Bigelow, editor and evangelist.
Jarndyce Books @JarndyceBooks
2K Followers 937 Following Leading specialists in 18th and, particularly, 19th century English Literature & History. Our shop, opposite the British Museum, is open between 11 & 5.30.
Skionar @Skionar
13K Followers 7K Following A Natural History of Ghosts (2012) Film Critic and Feature-Writer The Independent Newspaper (1994-2008)
Bernard Quaritch Ltd @Quaritch
5K Followers 2K Following 175 years selling rare books & manuscripts, since 1847. Visitors welcome 10-6 daily; catalogues issued regularly. Bluesky: quaritch1847.
Tamar Evangelestia-Do.. @evangelestia
12K Followers 6K Following Director of the @SILibraries & @SmithsonianArch📚| Faculty @CalRBS | @SimmonsSLIS Alum | Native Chicagoan🌆 | Birder 🐦🪶| Cultural Heritage| Book Arts📘
Broadhursts Bookshop @BroadhurstBooks
11K Followers 4K Following Indie bookshop in Southport, selling new & secondhand books. Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 9am-5pm. Email [email protected]. Tweets by Joanne & Jo.
Visio Smaragdina @SmaragdinaVisio
34K Followers 4K Following ancient philosophy, mystery and magic. weird fiction, occulture, art & the imaginal. bibliophile. flâneur. bohemian holy heretic. he/him
E Roberts @bebes49
44 Followers 787 Following
BUN of Avalon @Bunofavalon
16 Followers 250 Following Prisoner of Kali Yuga / / / Navigating the endtimes.
David Scrivener @skiddy1972005
80 Followers 422 Following
Andy Block @AndyBlock13
353 Followers 3K Following Edtech, education, and nonprofit digital marketing content strategist, writer, semantic SEO. Covering the future of work at https://t.co/tvBEFDMmtb
socalgirl73 @socalgirl80
4 Followers 136 Following
SquidAttic @AtticSquid
60 Followers 341 Following Vintage, Retro, Recycled. Photography, Art, Hidden Treasure. Stuff in my attic.
Woodwose Productions @WoodwoseProd
1K Followers 4K Following Storytellers and frolickers. Otherwise known as @rebekahannking and Lucia Deyi (@RadishHQ).
The Unravelling @unravellingAI
792 Followers 5K Following A fresh new futuristic thriller where a global conspiracy fuelled by AI failures threatens the entire fabric of humanity. BUY NOW!
Dr Dominic Bridge @dominicjrbridge
296 Followers 558 Following Research associate, Book Forgery project, Newcastle Uni. PhD from Britishlibrary and LivUni on the cultural impact of music publishing in the long 18th century.
Talitha Cosima ♱ @ancientgreek06
48 Followers 205 Following Studying Latin, Classical Greek, English literature & History of Art. Obsessed with antiquarian books. London/East Sussex
Harlan Wheeler @HarlanWheeler9
279 Followers 697 Following Christian, Husband, Father, Hospice Chaplain, Music Lover, Reader, Author in progress, Border Collie fan, Optavia works, BODi rocks!!
Jim Mackinnon @JimMackinnonABJ
1K Followers 2K Following Former newspaper reporter and editor on to new adventures. Cat herder. Retweets mean I think they are worth your time.
Stephen @semilanoeptx
12 Followers 191 Following I'm a #creativewriter living in the high desert of North-Juarez (I mean #ElPaso #Texas)
Jane Matthews @janemarriarti
131 Followers 255 Following Loves Illustration & printmaking. Slowly (really slowly), making a garden from scratch 🦔 Handprinted lino prints: https://t.co/thYJSFduMa
Susan @susanlibris
69 Followers 72 Following
Grosvenor Prints @grosvenorprints
810 Followers 989 Following London's Largest Stock of Antique Prints - 17th to Early 20th Century.
The BHF Book of Horro.. @BHF_books
655 Followers 1K Following A paperback series of original horror fiction, edited by Ian Talbot Taylor and Andrew Llewellyn
QcSpeaks @qc_speakstruth
630 Followers 3K Following
Shwetika @shwetika
765 Followers 1K Following Now: Campaigns @ppfa @ppact Before: @CoryBooker, @50p1, @caam Always: Californian, Immigrant, @BU_Tweets, She/her, My opinions, Film/TV buff
Matthew’s Books @matthews_books
23 Followers 17 Following
Gramofun @Gramofun78
405 Followers 994 Following Gramophone DJs, sharing the joy of gramophones through public performance and display. Advice given and repairs undertaken.
Jst Bir @sabbir888499
167 Followers 92 Following T L at D L C #amazon #walmart #CPA Promoter #Digital_Marketer #SEO #giftcard 🗣️Wants to be a good person. ❤️ ❤️
Playmaken @playmaken
0 Followers 4K Following
Heidi N. Moore @moorehn
111K Followers 10K Following Slowwwly backing away from this place I liked. Ex-WSJ, Marketplace, Guardian. moorehn on Bsky. I followed u for pics of your pet. She/her. Hi.
Chaotic @chaoticroberto
344 Followers 1K Following Just that guy you can call at 2 am. M. Ed // stay at home trophy husband // book nerd // taco eater and beer drinker // FWB please apply w/ wife
Leanne Zhang @zhang_leanne
6 Followers 305 Following
Hetty Chalmers @HettyChalmers
118 Followers 1K Following Woman, mother, JK Rowling fan, living in Scotland
Bath and West Books @BathWestBooks
195 Followers 164 Following Bath is my home and books are my passion.
Finding Folklore 🌾.. @FindingFolklore
1K Followers 4K Following 🌾NEW STORYTELLING PODCAST, June 2024💀 — unearth the deep roots of folktale, myth and legend that lurk unseen beneath the humdrum veneer of modern England 👑
Sizan @Sizan20371107
118 Followers 785 Following
Jeffrey Howell @JeffreyHow82501
1K Followers 5K Following retired rentmployee gangster of love fly high freebird yeah.liam Gallagher fan Italian American,no gift cards uget blocked if u ask
RubysBooks @RubysBook
9 Followers 57 Following Author by day, book collector and student of the rare book trade by night.
Rebecca S @Rebecca95624
258 Followers 3K Following
WayneTN @WayneTenn
54 Followers 1K Following
Benedict Wilson Books @BenWBooks
56 Followers 190 Following Fine, rare and interesting books in all fields. Set up in 2022 by Benedict Wilson, based in Tonbridge, Kent.
Jimbob @jimhrvy
2 Followers 250 Following
Finecopy Ltd @finecopy
214 Followers 272 Following Rare and Collectable works on paper, especially 20th century Literature, Private Presses and Art. Member ABA ILAB PBFA
Degerli Kitaplar - Ra.. @Degerli_Kitap
55 Followers 610 Following ■ Rare and valuable books for collectors, ■ The books are as seen in the photos, ■ Delivery is made by hand or by cargo, ■ Contact: + 90 530 159 29 38.
AntiquarianAuctions.c.. @RareBookAuction
2K Followers 3K Following Online auction for collectors and dealers of: rare books, documents, letters, ephemera, maps & prints, and vintage photography and albums
David Bowring @DavidBowring11
2 Followers 29 Following
Mitos Eternos @mitos_eternos
32 Followers 166 Following Cazadores de terrores antiguos, futuros pasados y otros mundos fantásticos. Adoradores de dioses primigenios. Textos insólitos.
Jack Aldisert @JackAldisert
57 Followers 491 Following
Rebecca Baumann @arkhamlibrarian
13K Followers 6K Following rare book librarian, book junkie, devotee of the weird, angry queer, friend to all monsters. nonbinary. she/they
Allie Alvis (on 💙s.. @book_historia
9K Followers 1K Following Pink-haired book historian, medieval manuscript liker. Curator of Special Collections @winterthurmuse. She/they. Views my own. book-historia on B’sky
Rebecca Romney @rebeccaromney
53K Followers 2K Following Rare book dealer @typepunchmatrix, the book specialist @PawnStars, co-founder, Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize. “A cockeyed optimist of bibliophilia” -VARIETY
typepunchmatrix @typepunchmatrix
4K Followers 253 Following A rare book firm by @rebeccaromney & @briancassidy. Buy/sell: [email protected]. Mailing List: https://t.co/3y0T6XOENb
Petersfield Bookshop @The_PBS
23K Followers 5K Following We buy and sell antiquarian and second-hand books, antique maps and prints.
J. E. Kearns @BiblioDeviant
4K Followers 3K Following Bookseller at Kearns Rare Books & Curiosities. Interests include books, being a bookdealer for as long as possible and not awakening the Elder Gods. He/Him
Blackwell's Rare Book.. @blackwellrare
10K Followers 1K Following Blackwell's Rare Books buys and sells rare books of all kinds, since 1879. Purveyor of #badlydrawnanimals. Follow us on Instagram: https://t.co/DQduzfjEjr
Liam Sims @liamsims
8K Followers 6K Following Rare Books Specialist @theUL | PhD student @UoLEnglish on C18 antiquarian networks @sg_soc | Fellow @SocAntiquaries | Venetophile | Bellringer | 🏳️🌈
Beinecke Library @BeineckeLibrary
58K Followers 48K Following "An inspiration to all who enter" @Yale @Yalelibrary :: visit to engage the past in the present for the future. Home of @WindhamCampbell Prizes
Incunabula @incunabula
105K Followers 398 Following Bibliophile. The history of writing and of the book - across ALL cultures - from cuneiform tablet to papyrus scroll to codex to Kindle. Слава Україні! 🌻
Henry Sotheran Ltd @Sotherans
43K Followers 984 Following Antiquarian booksellers in business since 1761. We sell old books. Rare books. Unusual books. Books with mysterious pasts. Tweets by Oliver (he/him).
Simon Beattie @simon_beattie
4K Followers 2K Following Antiquarian bookseller, literary translator, choral composer. Things to listen to here: https://t.co/8hoghiIsb0
The Second Shelf @secondshelfbks
30K Followers 8K Following Rare books by and about women and non-binary writers. Shop by appointment from our office near Hampsted Heath or shop online! Email: [email protected]
Zubairul Islam @GuyWithTheBooks
844 Followers 179 Following Toronto based antiquarian bookseller, Specialist in Early Printed Books and Manuscripts.
Jarndyce Books @JarndyceBooks
2K Followers 937 Following Leading specialists in 18th and, particularly, 19th century English Literature & History. Our shop, opposite the British Museum, is open between 11 & 5.30.
Bernard Quaritch Ltd @Quaritch
5K Followers 2K Following 175 years selling rare books & manuscripts, since 1847. Visitors welcome 10-6 daily; catalogues issued regularly. Bluesky: quaritch1847.
Tamar Evangelestia-Do.. @evangelestia
12K Followers 6K Following Director of the @SILibraries & @SmithsonianArch📚| Faculty @CalRBS | @SimmonsSLIS Alum | Native Chicagoan🌆 | Birder 🐦🪶| Cultural Heritage| Book Arts📘
Broadhursts Bookshop @BroadhurstBooks
11K Followers 4K Following Indie bookshop in Southport, selling new & secondhand books. Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 9am-5pm. Email [email protected]. Tweets by Joanne & Jo.
Andrew Nette @Pulpcurry
7K Followers 2K Following “It’s worse than death in the mines. you want them to sing opera as well?” Award winning author, pulp scholar, bibliophile & lover of all things noir.
Stephen Foster @fostersbookshop
2K Followers 171 Following Over 50 years of selling lovely rare & secondhand #books from our 18th century #bookshop in #Chiswick West London #W4
Jenny Kenyon @jenny_kenyon
359 Followers 812 Following 20th century literature & sound 📚 📻 plus Patrick Hamilton appreciation society.
Emily Brand @EJBrand
31K Followers 6K Following Historian, author & genealogist. Biographer of the Byron family. ✍️ Marie Antoinette’s ladies 📚 https://t.co/hEI6olKHtZ Mainly on bluesky @ emilybrand these days
@sortalazysusan.bsky... @sortalazysusan
149 Followers 215 Following Susan, she/her | Bookdealer, photographer/catalogue designer and social media layabout at @blackwellrare | #ActuallyAutistic
Dr Jane MainleyPiddoc.. @DrJMainPidd
20K Followers 20K Following Occasional academic/poet Books: Casting The Runes: The Letters of M R James with Unbounders poetry: Chiaroscuro with Alien Bhudda
GEORGE HANCOCK RARE B.. @HancockRare
132 Followers 339 Following George Hancock Rare Books (PBFA) specialises in selling rare and collectible books and works of paper in a range of collecting fields.
Ekaterina Shatalova @lechatelle
979 Followers 2K Following IntM in Children’s Literature, Media & Culture 👩🏻🎓 MSt in Victorian Lit, Oxon 🎓Book Scout & Translator💡Co-editor of #RussianKidLit blog 📚 Waterstones📍
Alexander Lock @bl_magnacarta
3K Followers 3K Following Curator of Modern Archives and Manuscripts @britishlibrary. Oral history interviewer @HistParl.
Fiona McLees ACR @mclees_fiona
2K Followers 2K Following Senior Paper Conservator @amgueddfacymru. Artists’ materials, studios, relics. St Andrews & UAL alumni. Opinions my own. Also on Bluesky.
Adam Douglas @AdamDouglasBook
37 Followers 49 Following Rare bookseller, writer, reader, tofu-eating cyclist
USTC 📖🔍 @universalstc
3K Followers 606 Following The Universal Short Title Catalogue is the most comprehensive catalogue of the early modern print world. Tweets by @ernestjeb
Colin Harker @LordSteerpike
3K Followers 2K Following THE FEAST OF THE INNOCENTS (2022) / bylines: @QuillandCrow, @NoSleepPodcast, @FANGORIA / William Godwin and Charles Maturin are my patron saints
Mhairi @oldbooksandwine
968 Followers 873 Following Interested in Scottish libraries, nonjurors, & obsessed with provenance & marginalia. Researcher @bookowners
Seven Stories @7Stories
23K Followers 3K Following The National Centre for Children’s Books 📚Visitor centre, bookshop, coffee shop, events hire, national archive & museum. FREE ENTRY 📖
Hayley Draws Churches @HayleyFern4
6K Followers 755 Following I am travelling around drawing every Leicester Diocese Church 🎨😁⛪ There are 310 of them! Follow my arty pilgrimage here 🙏 #leicesterdiocese
Dean Cooke @invisibl_inks
334 Followers 338 Following Dealer in manuscripts and rare books. https://t.co/wJ42ab0Xnl Artist, printmaker.
Hanna Polasky @HannaPolasky
936 Followers 832 Following A paleopathologist who works with archival works older than some of the bones she loves most. I write about medicine and fashion on insta @pox_and_frocks
Dr Alexandra Loske @Saschaloske
4K Followers 3K Following Curator of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton @Brightonmuseums Colour historian. Accidental writer. Tortoise owner. German/British. 🇪🇺 Views my own.
cracabond books @cracabond
283 Followers 309 Following Book collector and seller especially vintage paperback books https://t.co/jmlIBqPXAf https://t.co/E2FOodZtiP Also @clairedonlan #Libraries
Laura Gray Blair @lauragrayblair
2K Followers 2K Following Research Manager @sciencemuseum • rare book cataloguer @nationaltrust • @WellcomeTrust PhD @QMUL, #bibliotherapy in C19th asylums (@AsylumLibraries) • views own
Malcolm Lowry @malcolmlowry
2K Followers 414 Following Novelist. Short-story writer. Poet. Alcoholic.
Erin C Alexander @LiveNudeGuitars
620 Followers 439 Following Book collector, collagist, cat enthusiast (she/her)
Nympho Librarian @LibrarianNympho
276 Followers 72 Following Alt account for a real life rare book librarian. Smut, sleaze, sex books. 🔞🍑🍆💦 Read for pleasure and read for filth.
Boxes I have known @BoxesIHaveKnown
74 Followers 65 Following Have you seen a really good (or a really bad) cardboard box lately? I want to know! Sharing the boxes @sortalazysusan has known at @blackwellrare and beyond
Westwood Books @westwood_books
2K Followers 2K Following Independent bookshop in Sedbergh (England's official book town). Over 70,000 titles new and old! Tweets mostly by Heather
Colleen is in the pro.. @LibColleen
5K Followers 3K Following She/her mastodon - https://t.co/xr32pCKaed bluesky - librarycolleen https://t.co/6vlgiD937k… tiktok - historyb00ks
Daily Clinch 📚 @ArtOfTheClinch
6K Followers 471 Following Vintage romance covers. Advocate for romance in personal & institutional collections & in the rare book trade
Steve Ammidown @stegan
5K Followers 2K Following Mostly not here now. Same name at blue place. Archivist-For-Hire, freelancer. IG: romancehistorian. 2019 Cathie Linz Librarian of the Year. He/him/his.
Bunny Bardot @BunnyBardot
2K Followers 1K Following Writer of pulp erotica. Retro queen. The last niche-bender. Pulp princess. Re-writing pulp. #eroticauthors #eroticwriters #pulpwriters #pulpsters 🏳️🌈
How The Email Found M.. @theemailfoundme
2K Followers 75 Following Apologies for the late reply, I was fleeing from ice mummies with Bev in Accounts.
Shelf Love: Taking Ro.. @ShelfLovePod
4K Followers 898 Following A podcast about romance novels, and how they reflect, explore, challenge, and shape desire. Host: Andrea Martucci (she/her)
Beaux Books @BeauxBooks
408 Followers 274 Following Rare Book Dealer specialising in the Art & Culture of 20th & 21st Centuries Online Shop. International Shipping. Buy Better Books
Furrowed Middlebrow @FurrowedMiddle
1K Followers 557 Following Blogger, obsessive researcher of British women writers 1910-1960, and co-publisher of Furrowed Middlebrow books in collaboration with @DeanStPress.
Garrett Scott @billybakkus
654 Followers 513 Following The antiquarian bookseller locked out of @bibliophagist who still considers Theophilus Gates the thinking man’s Lorenzo Dow.
The International Spy.. @IntlSpyMuseum
34K Followers 3K Following International Spy Museum is the only public museum in the U.S. dedicated to the tradecraft, history & contemporary role of espionage. @INTLSpyCast @SpyMuseumEd
Neil Ewart @neil_ewart
413 Followers 334 Following Rare Bookseller for work. DJ & Poker for fun. NUFC for life.
Tash Kindred @tashkindred
4K Followers 4K Following Problems merchant: international shipping • Poet in triumphant distress • World’s worst Catholic probably.
seansexton58 @seansexton58
1K Followers 1K Following Criminal lawyer. Liverpool . Would like to write like David Lodge. Likes are used to bookmark tweets for future reference. Retweets do not imply approval.
Chris Otto @Papergreat
1K Followers 3K Following Twitter feed of Papergreat, a blog devoted to books, history, postcards & ephemera. Fan, researcher of author Ruth Manning-Sanders. Loves Japanese films. Peace.
The Edinburgh Book Fair is now open! Two floors, dozens of booksellers with rare, collectible, secondhand, and interesting books, prints, ephemera, and other fascinating objects. Find us at the Radisson Blu on the Royal Mile until 7pm today and 10am to 4pm on Saturday.
Me, buying an old book with deckle edges: “Nice!” Me, collating an old book with deckle edges: 🤬
Good things come to those who wait! Nine years ago I tried to buy the first edition of Tim Munby’s ghost stories (1949) which he inscribed to John Hayward (Editor of The Book Collector) but it had already sold. A bookseller friend offered it to me last week & now it’s mine! (1/2)
I couldn't tweet at the weekend, so I am going to tweet three advent items in a row. I will eat three chocolates in a row in penance. This is Saturday's and it is lovely: The Infant’s Library, published by John Marshall. Complete in 16 vols, together with 2 variant vols. 1800/01
Two feminist, sci-fi, vampire novels by Jody Scott, published mid-80s by the Women's Press, and featuring Virginia Woolf (but is it really her?) #WomensPress
Excerpt from a contemporary review of Vincent Virga’s GAYWYCK (1980)—known as the first openly gay gothic romance. Found the clipping in a first edition. The critic, Robert Taylor, pans the book. But his argument is having the opposite effect: my response to it is SIGN ME UP
IT’S GREY TUESDAY!!! Use the following code for a whopping 25% off everything on the website: 78um5n2m #books
Last call to get on the mailing list for festive treats. That might not be that festive unless you know anyone called Sue, Cops, or Beefcake models...
remember when a.s. byatt saw some hobbits next to "this rather good restaurant" "As we arrived...all these people got out in cloaks and swords and things. They were all dressed as different people out of Tolkien and they just vanished into the bushes! It is immensely powerful."
rip to as byatt about whom I have always taken a tone of offensive familiarity I must assume she would not have liked. but it couldn't be helped, I understand her & there's nothing to be done about it stringing together some past byatt thoughts & notions, to remember I had them--
One of my favourite parts of the job is 'show and tell' where we talk about our wonderful purchases from various recent book fairs.
On the cataloguing table this morning: Anaïs Nin's House of Incest with photomontages by Val Telberg (Swallow Paperbacks, 1961). Inscribed: "For Sandra from Anaïs" #surreal #modernist #signedbooks #BookTwitter
I bought a lot of candles at Woolworths and now the lamp only takes half an hour or so to light. It's just a matter of the right screw at the right time. Like everything.
oh my god she sent him one only a velvet ribbon but ordered him to wear it always "and whenever you see or feel the collar you will remember that I am your mistress and you will have to do what I order you to do for ever and ever" anyway this man invented some famous bombs
"if the Liberals come back that awful man Winston Churchill is a bigger opponent of Rigid Airships" your airships are on the way OUT barnes wallis!! everyone knows it but you
I stumbled on these ceramic nursery wall tile pictures by W.B. Simpson at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital this afternoon. They were made in 1910 for a new children’s ward at the old hospital which was demolished in 1992, and from a series of 16 which are hung in three staircases
Nothing quite like ending a book fair Day 2 with buying one of the rarest occult works of the 19th century. It's been a good day.
Antique tissue stereoviews are such a fucking DELIGHT! They were popular in the 1860s-70s and are made from an altered albumen print with a layer of tissue behind. The tinting shows when held to the light.
A woman had a crap in front of the shop last night after her night out, then sat in our doorway and did her makeup. How’s you day going? #shopkeepinglife #happytohelp #nowwashyourhands
Trends for United States
You might like
