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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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  • All Roads Lead To York

    4th September 2017

    But the sea, it appears, only gets as near as Robin Hood Bay. Still, this is a truly wonderful map. It is bright, clean and crisp and shows the north coast of England, from Robin Hood’s Bay up to ‘Coket…

  • Bowen Devonshire map

    Holiday Season; or, A Devonshire Map

    20th August 2017

    Off to Devonshire next week, buying some books. I won’t be using this map though – it’s from the 1760s and I’ve just sold it. The Satnav (Prudence) will do the honours as usual and I’ll let you know how…

  • Cocktails and Books

    Cocktails and Books; or, And Other Stories.

    6th March 2017

    Oh dear. Here we are again, always crashing in the same bar…but then books and cocktails have a lot in common. Attractive, stylish, infinitely varied – and no matter how many you have you always want more. They’re both full…

  • Stories of Strange Women

    A Mystery; or, Stories of Strange Women

    25th February 2017

    The art nouveau illustration on this book is simply superb. The woman’s hair merges with the foliage and a snake to become a swirling pattern of curves that frame the subject and the title perfectly. I’ve looked very carefully inside…

  • Progressive Politics; or, The Labour Party in 1895.

    24th February 2017

    It’s not all frivolous stuff here you know. Today’s book is incredibly important. It’s the first ever Labour Annual, subtitled ‘A Year Book of Industrial Progress and Social Welfare.’ It is a very early account of the gradual consolidation of…

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