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  • Cambridge PBFA Book Fair.

    I Need Books For Book Fairs!

    It’s one book fair after another at this time of year. In the photo you can (just!) see my stand at Cambridge, which this year was in a new venue. It’s always been popular with younger customers and this year…

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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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  • Book Collecting

    Helping To Find A New Home For Your Old Books

    15th August 2026

    My photograph shows a selection of books about the delights of books. For many people a sight like this is a pleasure, but for others it is a problem. Lots of people get in touch with me to solve that…

  • Focus on Brighton and Hove

    Focus on Brighton and Hove In The Sunshine

    4th July 2026

    The sunshine looks set to stay, so here’s a sunny little guide book to our glorious city. First published in 1952, the beautiful front cover shows the sun focussing on Brighton and Hove in Regency times. My first thought, of…

  • Britain Needs Books - and so do I!

    Britain Needs Books?

    19th May 2026

    ‘A noble declaration of the importance of books to the community and to the future of civilisation’ reads the strap line on this thin little book published in 1942. At the time Britain was at war and paper for books…

  • Booth Museum, Dyke Road, Brighton.

    A Book About Brighton’s Dyke Road Museum, 1876.

    23rd April 2026

    I bought this book recently from a house in Patcham, Brighton. I have had it before, and sold it, so I was particularly pleased to find another copy. It is by E. T. Booth and is ‘A Catalogue of the…

  • Lewes to Littlehampton

    From Lewes To Littlehampton – With Tent And Boat!

    12th March 2026

    Here’s a photograph album from 1904. It records what looks like An Awfully Big Adventure: the hand painted title reads ‘With Tent & Boat From Lewes to Littlehampton.’ The journey was made in September 1904 but unfortunately there are no…

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