Archives: Books
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Britain Needs Books?
‘A noble declaration of the importance of books to the community and to the future of civilisation’ reads the strap line on this thin little book published in 1942. At the time Britain was at war and paper for books…
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A Book About Brighton’s Dyke Road Museum, 1876.
I bought this book recently from a house in Patcham, Brighton. I have had it before, and sold it, so I was particularly pleased to find another copy. It is by E. T. Booth and is ‘A Catalogue of the…
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From Lewes To Littlehampton – With Tent And Boat!
Here’s a photograph album from 1904. It records what looks like An Awfully Big Adventure: the hand painted title reads ‘With Tent & Boat From Lewes to Littlehampton.’ The journey was made in September 1904 but unfortunately there are no…
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Maps old and new – from Sussex to Cambridgefhire
Here’s a very brief post to say that our next book fair is in Cambridge – tomorrow, the 20th February. Last week we were in Tunbridge Wells and I have been so busy I have not had a lot of…
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Shelf Improvement: A Talk about Book Collecting.
I have just taken part in a talk titled ‘Shelf Improvement.’ The title says it all: it was aimed at young book collectors who wanted to win a prize for their book collection. It was a joint venture between The…
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