Now online @bibsoc.bsky.social a gallop through my research on the incunabula & early printed books of John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870): rare books collector, savant, scholar, slave owner.
I emphasise attention to the social circumstances routinely elided in #bookhistory
youtu.be/JdXfbqTvsKI?...
I emphasise attention to the social circumstances routinely elided in #bookhistory
youtu.be/JdXfbqTvsKI?...
Bibliographical Society - Panel for Grant Recipients
YouTube video by The Bibliographical Society
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January 13, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Now online @bibsoc.bsky.social a gallop through my research on the incunabula & early printed books of John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870): rare books collector, savant, scholar, slave owner.
I emphasise attention to the social circumstances routinely elided in #bookhistory
youtu.be/JdXfbqTvsKI?...
I emphasise attention to the social circumstances routinely elided in #bookhistory
youtu.be/JdXfbqTvsKI?...
The illustrated letter heads of H. & B.J. Stevens, American book dealers and bibliographers based in London in the mid to late 19th-century is gloriously camp!
May 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The illustrated letter heads of H. & B.J. Stevens, American book dealers and bibliographers based in London in the mid to late 19th-century is gloriously camp!
Reposted
The relaunch of ESTC: bibsoc.org.uk/relaunch-of-...
Relaunch of the English Short-Title Catalogue - Bibliographical Society
The Bibliographical Society is pleased to welcome the announcement of the relaunch of the English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC), now accessible on the servers of the Consortium of European Research Lib...
bibsoc.org.uk
May 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The relaunch of ESTC: bibsoc.org.uk/relaunch-of-...
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Our Flag Means Books! ☠️📚🏴☠️
Wrote a little thing about books and pirates, popular culture, love, and nerding out in the library...
Ahoy, @david-jenkins.bsky.social! It's for @globalmarhist.bsky.social:
globalmaritimehistory.com/our-flag-mea...
#ofmd #OurFlagMeansBooks
Wrote a little thing about books and pirates, popular culture, love, and nerding out in the library...
Ahoy, @david-jenkins.bsky.social! It's for @globalmarhist.bsky.social:
globalmaritimehistory.com/our-flag-mea...
#ofmd #OurFlagMeansBooks
a man with a beard is holding a book next to another man who is laughing and saying yeah that 's
Alt: Gif of Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet, with Bonnet being reprimanded for replacing the books with ones he's already read. Blackbeard, customarily dour in black leather, takes a book from the ever-excited Stede, wearing blue with a lacy cravat and cuffs, and says "Yeah, that's... That's not how looting works, mate."
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April 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Our Flag Means Books! ☠️📚🏴☠️
Wrote a little thing about books and pirates, popular culture, love, and nerding out in the library...
Ahoy, @david-jenkins.bsky.social! It's for @globalmarhist.bsky.social:
globalmaritimehistory.com/our-flag-mea...
#ofmd #OurFlagMeansBooks
Wrote a little thing about books and pirates, popular culture, love, and nerding out in the library...
Ahoy, @david-jenkins.bsky.social! It's for @globalmarhist.bsky.social:
globalmaritimehistory.com/our-flag-mea...
#ofmd #OurFlagMeansBooks
German Beer Day.
April 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
German Beer Day.
And how is it you come about having all these books ..?
This made me look up who is the patron saint of cleaners.
#rarebooks
This made me look up who is the patron saint of cleaners.
#rarebooks
April 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
And how is it you come about having all these books ..?
This made me look up who is the patron saint of cleaners.
#rarebooks
This made me look up who is the patron saint of cleaners.
#rarebooks
Rolling 🖤
A 17th-century emblem book from the Palatinate still making people dream of finer shores
A 17th-century emblem book from the Palatinate still making people dream of finer shores
April 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Rolling 🖤
A 17th-century emblem book from the Palatinate still making people dream of finer shores
A 17th-century emblem book from the Palatinate still making people dream of finer shores