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A lovely early edition of "At The Back of the North Wind" by George MacDonald but this one a little bit special. It was given on her 9th birthday to Eleanor Farjeon who grew up to be a poet and childrens author, best known today for the words of "Morning has Broken".
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A lovely early edition of "At The Back of the North Wind" by George MacDonald but this one a little bit special. It was given on her 9th birthday to Eleanor Farjeon who grew up to be a poet and childrens author, best known today for the words of "Morning has Broken".
Persian Tales from 1919, translated by two Lorimers and illustratated in both b/w & colour by Hilda Roberts.
A desirable book in any form but this one has been bound in full navy blue leather with ornate gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and page edges. Quite the school prize.
A desirable book in any form but this one has been bound in full navy blue leather with ornate gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and page edges. Quite the school prize.
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Persian Tales from 1919, translated by two Lorimers and illustratated in both b/w & colour by Hilda Roberts.
A desirable book in any form but this one has been bound in full navy blue leather with ornate gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and page edges. Quite the school prize.
A desirable book in any form but this one has been bound in full navy blue leather with ornate gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and page edges. Quite the school prize.
What a stunner. "Familiar Garden Flowers" by Shirley Hibberd and illustrated with 160 full colour plates by F. E. Hulme. A common book but not in this extraordinary binding issued about 1880 with hand-painted flowers on the inset gold panels in the binding. Just... wow!
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
What a stunner. "Familiar Garden Flowers" by Shirley Hibberd and illustrated with 160 full colour plates by F. E. Hulme. A common book but not in this extraordinary binding issued about 1880 with hand-painted flowers on the inset gold panels in the binding. Just... wow!
A stunning green leather binding on this copy of The Oxford Book of French Verse from 1908. Leather on the inside of the boards a real sign of quality. Full gilt edges on the pages and inscribed by the editor as well. Has an amazing feel in the hand, tactile like a prayer book.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A stunning green leather binding on this copy of The Oxford Book of French Verse from 1908. Leather on the inside of the boards a real sign of quality. Full gilt edges on the pages and inscribed by the editor as well. Has an amazing feel in the hand, tactile like a prayer book.
Nearly 1200 pages of The Lord of the Rings. All of it. In one volume.
That's the beauty of india paper, sometimes called Bible paper.
This is a really excellent copy of the Deluxe Edition of LOTR from 1985, complete with its two part box.
That's the beauty of india paper, sometimes called Bible paper.
This is a really excellent copy of the Deluxe Edition of LOTR from 1985, complete with its two part box.
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Nearly 1200 pages of The Lord of the Rings. All of it. In one volume.
That's the beauty of india paper, sometimes called Bible paper.
This is a really excellent copy of the Deluxe Edition of LOTR from 1985, complete with its two part box.
That's the beauty of india paper, sometimes called Bible paper.
This is a really excellent copy of the Deluxe Edition of LOTR from 1985, complete with its two part box.
Not the first printing of this cycle of controversial radio plays by Dorothy L. Sayers but nicely signed by her. The Protestant Truth Society got very agitated about these broadcasts and "obligingly did all our publicity for us at considerable expense to themselves"
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Not the first printing of this cycle of controversial radio plays by Dorothy L. Sayers but nicely signed by her. The Protestant Truth Society got very agitated about these broadcasts and "obligingly did all our publicity for us at considerable expense to themselves"
This is a really interesting copy of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy from 1903, in which lots of the blank pages have been covered with articles about Hardy, in particular about the burial of his heart.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is a really interesting copy of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy from 1903, in which lots of the blank pages have been covered with articles about Hardy, in particular about the burial of his heart.
Of course when we think of war poetry we think of Owen & Sassoon and their bitter & pungent poetry of WW1, but it is a much broader field than that. Here is "Some Volunteer Verse" from 1905 from The Inns of Court Rifles: lawyers with guns!
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Of course when we think of war poetry we think of Owen & Sassoon and their bitter & pungent poetry of WW1, but it is a much broader field than that. Here is "Some Volunteer Verse" from 1905 from The Inns of Court Rifles: lawyers with guns!
Are you catering for the equivalent of a country house over Christmas? This is the book you need. From 1813 John Simpson's "System of Cookery", the 3rd ed "with the addition of pickling etc." A bill of fare for every day of the year. Beautiful modern binding by the Abrams Bindery
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Are you catering for the equivalent of a country house over Christmas? This is the book you need. From 1813 John Simpson's "System of Cookery", the 3rd ed "with the addition of pickling etc." A bill of fare for every day of the year. Beautiful modern binding by the Abrams Bindery
Show me a bit of red leather and I'm anybody's!
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Show me a bit of red leather and I'm anybody's!
A Dictionary of the English Language
By Samuel Johnson
This is the 5th edition from 1784 of what some would call THE Dictionary of the English Language... and it is an absolute unit.
By Samuel Johnson
This is the 5th edition from 1784 of what some would call THE Dictionary of the English Language... and it is an absolute unit.
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A Dictionary of the English Language
By Samuel Johnson
This is the 5th edition from 1784 of what some would call THE Dictionary of the English Language... and it is an absolute unit.
By Samuel Johnson
This is the 5th edition from 1784 of what some would call THE Dictionary of the English Language... and it is an absolute unit.
The Twitter Fairy has returned from hols... as is customary you get one post of holiday pics and then it's back to the books!
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Twitter Fairy has returned from hols... as is customary you get one post of holiday pics and then it's back to the books!
Can we just get this straight please... a "full-cast audiobook" is not an audiobook at all, it's a radio drama. Don't at me!
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Can we just get this straight please... a "full-cast audiobook" is not an audiobook at all, it's a radio drama. Don't at me!
During the set up for Halloween it appears some of the pumpkins may have taken on a life of their own!!
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
During the set up for Halloween it appears some of the pumpkins may have taken on a life of their own!!
Just a stab in the dark but I feel like we may have our big halloween thing coming up again!
October 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Just a stab in the dark but I feel like we may have our big halloween thing coming up again!
Pearson's Sixpenny Novels were some of the first steps in publishing towards the paperback format we know today.
Always cheaply produced they rarely survive in good condition.
This is a story by an author with something of a cult following, Richard Marsh.
Always cheaply produced they rarely survive in good condition.
This is a story by an author with something of a cult following, Richard Marsh.
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Pearson's Sixpenny Novels were some of the first steps in publishing towards the paperback format we know today.
Always cheaply produced they rarely survive in good condition.
This is a story by an author with something of a cult following, Richard Marsh.
Always cheaply produced they rarely survive in good condition.
This is a story by an author with something of a cult following, Richard Marsh.
As the storm rages outside we are all ready to host our monthly Dead Poet Salon and Open Mic. Tonight we will be invoking Edmund Spenser, he of the epic "Faerie Queene"
October 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
As the storm rages outside we are all ready to host our monthly Dead Poet Salon and Open Mic. Tonight we will be invoking Edmund Spenser, he of the epic "Faerie Queene"
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Latest additions to my #tolkien collection thanks to @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Latest additions to my #tolkien collection thanks to @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social
No so much a #BrokenBookOfTheDay, more a battered one and a lonely one. One volume only of this series on Ruined Abbeys of Britain from c.1870. Still has all six beautiful chromolithographs of the six ruins it covers.
October 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
No so much a #BrokenBookOfTheDay, more a battered one and a lonely one. One volume only of this series on Ruined Abbeys of Britain from c.1870. Still has all six beautiful chromolithographs of the six ruins it covers.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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If you think you have followers who might appreciate our posting of beautiful and interesting books please do consider reposting this so they can consider giving us a follow.
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A copy of the first edition of The Science of Discworld signed by all three authors, including the Pratchett himself...
October 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A copy of the first edition of The Science of Discworld signed by all three authors, including the Pratchett himself...
"I hope your rabbits die"
Well, thank you Ethel!
Well, thank you Ethel!
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"I hope your rabbits die"
Well, thank you Ethel!
Well, thank you Ethel!
Accquired a great bunch of James Bond vintage Pan paperbacks from the 60s today. No first printings but some great covers and in good nick too!
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Accquired a great bunch of James Bond vintage Pan paperbacks from the 60s today. No first printings but some great covers and in good nick too!
Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" illustrated by Eric Gill and published by the Golden Cockerel Press,1931
Four volumes bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. No. 215 of 500 copies. Largely regarded as one of the masterpieces of this important private press.
Four volumes bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. No. 215 of 500 copies. Largely regarded as one of the masterpieces of this important private press.
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" illustrated by Eric Gill and published by the Golden Cockerel Press,1931
Four volumes bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. No. 215 of 500 copies. Largely regarded as one of the masterpieces of this important private press.
Four volumes bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. No. 215 of 500 copies. Largely regarded as one of the masterpieces of this important private press.
Very often the back of old postcards is more interesting than the front. These two both mention "The Comet" .. "Have you seen the comet yet?" .. "just been to a glorious lecture by Professor Ball on the comet" It's early 1910 so this is Halley's Comet the time before last!
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Very often the back of old postcards is more interesting than the front. These two both mention "The Comet" .. "Have you seen the comet yet?" .. "just been to a glorious lecture by Professor Ball on the comet" It's early 1910 so this is Halley's Comet the time before last!