I started a blog of this name in 2006, which turned into a monthly column in Book and Magazine Collector. As the name suggests it was written to encourage book-lovers to take a different approach to building up a collection. There are millions of old books out there, and many are far more interesting than the same old titles and themes trotted out by established authorities like… well, Book and Magazine Collector, for one.
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A Recipe for Collectors; or The Gentle Art of Cookery
3rd February 2017Trends and fads come and go in the world of book-collecting, just as anywhere else. Authors, subjects and eras rise and fall in price like stocks and shares, but one subject remains legendarily popular – cookery. This beautiful book is…
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Love, The Books: The Art of Kissing
2nd February 2017Is this a serious study of how artists have depicted the kiss over the centuries? No, it’s a saucy ‘how-to’ about snogging, from long before the internet explained it all with a few billion diverting tutorials. Book collecting embraces all…
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A Cocktail For Collectors; or The Right Mix.
1st February 2017February! Time to get stuck in again…I started the first version of ‘A New Look At Old Books’ in January 2009 with this very tome. Eight years on I fancy another round so here it is again, still cool ‘n’…