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  • Shelf Improvement

    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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  • Buying old books in Hove

    Buying Books in Brighton and Hove, Actually…

    The new year is here and I am already buying old books. My first two house calls were in Hove, very close to home in Brighton. I bought a large and expensive collection of travel books in one house and…

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  • Brighton Aquarium Invitation

    A Request For The Honour Of Your Company…

    This is just a short post to invite you the fifth PBFA Brighton book fair! We’ll be in the main hall up at the Racecourse this Saturday the 25th October. You can get a free ticket at eventbrite, here, or…

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  • Free Ticket

    Free Tickets For The 2025 Brighton Book Fair

    Good news – the Brighton Book Fair is back. The south coast’s biggest and best second-hand book fair will be held in the main hall at Brighton Racecourse on Saturday 25th October. There are links to FREE TICKETS below. But…

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  • PBFA Hay Book Fair 2025

    PBFA Hay-On-Wye Book Fair – Bringing Books to the Book Town.

    Hay-On-Wye is the world’s first ‘book town,’ and a focal point for book lovers from all over the world. It all started in 1962 when Richard Booth realised that an otherwise ordinary town could be rejuvenated if it became a…

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  • The ultimate bibliomystery title, a first edition from 1937

    The Library Of Death

    28th September 2017

    I’ve been working on my website and have made a whole new section devoted to one of the loves of my life. Me and bibliomysteries have been together for over 20 years now and we’re still going strong. We’ve had…

  • Aubrey Beardsley

    9th September 2017

    When is a Beardsley not a Beardsley? Fans of the decadent artist will find little they recognise in this slim pamphlet privately printed in Brighton, almost certainly in 1889. The cover carries the statement ‘Reprinted from the 1888 Xmas Entertainment…

  • Books As They Were Bought Part Ten, the 1880s, in yellow.

    Books As They Were Bought by Mavis Eggle

    7th September 2017

    Books As They Were Bought is the very best guide to publishers’ bindings and I’m proud to sell copies at book fairs. Many people collect books in their original paper or cloth bindings and more and more universities are displaying…

  • Ye Ancient Tome

    6th September 2017

    This wonderful ancient vellum tome will quicken the pulse of any antiquarian seeing it on my shelf. Usually the pleasure is short lived as books like these often turn out to be very dull inside, such as a boring religious…

  • Oh dear, he’s at it again…

    5th September 2017

    Well I can’t resist them. And neither can you. You know you can’t. Go on look at them look at them… Ahem. Where was I? Oh yes. So, if wayward wives, dangerous dames and ruthless rogues are your bag, I’ve…

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