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  • Tunbridge Wells in 1844.

    A New Look At Tunbridge Wells 180 years ago.

    Here’s a lovely thing which I am going to take to the Tunbridge Wells PBFA Book Fair on Saturday 3rd February. You can find out more about the fair here. It’s just one image from an album of 24 sketches…

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  • The Faery Calendar

    December Sleep; or, My Favourite Book

    As I write this we are just a week or so from the winter solstice and the end of another year. And what a busy year it’s been! According to my diary I have visited over 60 houses to buy…

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  • The Antiquarian Book Club

    The Antiquarian Book Club goes to Worthing!

    I’m proud to be a member of the country’s largest organisation of professional book sellers, the P.B.F.A. The association was established in 1974 to ‘bring books to the people’ and that’s exactly what we do at book fairs across the…

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  • Brighton Book Fair 2023 free ticket

    2023 Brighton Book Fair: Saturday 28th October, Main Hall, Brighton Racecourse.

    The 2023 PBFA Brighton Book Fair is coming up fast. It’s the biggest and best book fair on the south coast and we’re now in our third year. Look out for these flyers around the south – each one is…

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  • Royal Pavilion Map

    The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.

    Brighton has always been synonymous with commuting and railways. This map is taken from ‘The Official Guide to the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway’ and was published by Cassell in 1913. It is the tenth edition and surprisingly difficult…

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  • Perfect Book For A Gift

    ANLAOB Episode 2 : Buying Books as Gifts.

    25th October 2018

    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…

  • ANLAOB Episode 1

    ANLAOB Episode 1: The Pulp and Paperback Book Fair

    10th October 2018

    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…

  • Beatniks and Counter Culture

    How To Spot A Beatnik; or, Digging The Counter Culture

    21st September 2018

    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…

  • Brighton Students

    Brighton Students; or Students of Brighton.

    18th September 2018

    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…

  • The Book of Death! – Starring The Bibliomysteries

    16th July 2018

    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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