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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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  • 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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  • 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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