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  • The Rolling Stones, May 4th 1963

    May the force be with you: The Rolling Stones sixty years ago.

    On May 4th 1963 photographer Philip Townsend took the first official photographs of the Rolling Stones. His brief was to make them the opposite of the Beatles. He told them to wear their normal clothes and walked them around the…

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  • Brighton Festival, 1969.

    Brighton Festival And All That Jazz…

    ‘You never know what you’ll find’ is an excellent way to sum up book collecting and, indeed, collecting in general. Walking into a book fair is like a new adventure every time. I buy stock to sell at book fairs…

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  • These shelves are now practically empty.

    The Book Fairs Have Started, And I Need To Buy Books!

    I sell a lot of old books at book fairs and need to buy old books in Sussex.

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  • Flyers are free tickets!

    Look out for a flyer – it’s your free ticket to the Brighton Book Fair.

    The flyers and posters have arrived! I’ll be putting them around Sussex this month so look out for one. Each flyer is a FREE ticket to the fair. You can also find a free ticket here on facebook. Book-lovers love…

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  • Off To The Brighton Book Fair

    We’re off to the Brighton Book Fair, Saturday October 22nd 2022.

    Off To Brighton! This image is from 1862 and shows Brighton’s crowded seafront. As you can see there’s no room to move on the pavements, everyone is wearing the latest fashions, wheeled vehicles are fighting for space on the roads…

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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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