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  • 1891 August Weather

    August, 1891 : A Remarkably Wet Month, With Very Little Sunshine.

    When is a book not a book? When it’s a manuscript! The book fairs have started again and at the very first one I bought a wonderful leather-bound notebook with a record for the weather on every single day between…

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  • Brighton Book Fair In The News

    Brighton Book Fair in The News – Antiques Trade Gazette

    This is just a short post to let you know that the PBFA Brighton Book Fair is in the news! The image shows the full page article from the May 15th Antiques Trade Gazette. The ATG is essential reading for…

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  • PBFA Book Fair

    Follow the PBFA Brighton Book Fair on Facebook!

    I have set up a facebook group for the PBFA Brighton Book Fair. I’ll be posting all sorts of interesting material on the group page as well as the latest news and details about the fair. There has not been…

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  • Brighton In Books

    A Book Fair Comes To Brighton – October 30th, 2021

    Here is some good news! I am very pleased to announce that on Saturday October 30th there will be a PBFA Book Fair in Brighton at the Racecourse. A book fair is like a huge second-hand bookshop coming to town…

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  • Shoreham Bungalow Town

    Shoreham on Sea: Lights! Camera! Glamour!

    The story of Shoreham’s bohemian seaside village is well known but still remarkable. In the 1880s the shingle spit between the River Adur and the sea was used by fishermen, some working from old railway carriages bought from Brighton. One…

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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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