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A Spooky Bibliomystery: Post Mortem by Guy Cullingford
‘Post Mortem’ by Guy Cullingford is an excellent bibliomystery. Un-likeable author Gilbert Worth is shot dead at point blank range and his death looks very much like suicide. Only his troubled spirit knows he was murdered – but whodunnit? The…
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Hammer Horror Vampire Lesbian Sex Film Keyword Scandal Part 1
The Hammer House of Horror produced dozens of X-certificate horror romps in the sixties and seventies and their vampire movies were their most popular line. This 1971 production was a follow-up to ‘The Vampire Lovers’ and features many of the…
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Concerning Ye Ancient Order of Froth Blowers.
Do You Gollop Your Beer With Zest? If so, ‘You should become a Member of Ye Ancient Order of Froth Blowers!’ claims this small booklet I discovered recently. As it concerns two of my favourite places, Sussex and drunk, I’m…
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Sixteenth Thousand Alice in Wonderland
That ‘Sixteenth Thousand’ means just what it says – the batch of books this one came from completed a run of 16,000 copies. It would be easy to say that this was therefore the 16th edition if we knew that…
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1936 Town Planner Map of London – in a plain brown envelope.
It’s true. Have a look here, on ebay. People collect maps for all sorts of reasons and those red lines are one of them. Finding the territory of London District Surveyors in the thirties cannot be easy, but here it…
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