Archives: Books
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ANLAOB Episode 2 : Buying Books as Gifts.
In Episode 2 we’re looking at buying books as gifts, and the best guideline here is ‘condition over edition’. I’ll be returning to the wisdom* of obsessing about ‘first editions’ in the new year but if you’re just starting collecting…
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ANLAOB Episode 1: The Pulp and Paperback Book Fair
I have started making short videos about book collecting. This is the first, about the Pulp and Paperback Book Fair. I could quote all sorts of introductions from old books at this point apologising for all the faults in ‘t…
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How To Spot A Beatnik; or, Digging The Counter Culture
I love counter culture material and this apparently home made book is a jewel. How to Spot A Beatnik is set in ‘broadminded’ St. Ives and is a very amusing look at the hypocrisy of mainstream culture and its attitude…
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Brighton Students; or Students of Brighton.
It’s freshers week for Brighton students and thousands of super-cool youngsters are sloping into town. Welcome to the party! Many of you will have suffered the sneers and abuse of the ‘straights’ in whatever provincial backwater you hail from but…
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The Book of Death! – Starring The Bibliomysteries
Lights! Camera! Action! I was trying to find a way to put some of my bibliomysteries on display and realised that showing them one by one on film would be the best idea – quick, modern, and youth-friendly. Then my…
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