Newlyn Books
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Retired book shop owner who still seems to have all the books
Keen to read but a little terrified as signed first that needs to keep in good condition. Despite having been in book trade for so many years anything I get my hands on shows a clear history of several days meals etc #firsteditions #mickherron
September 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Keen to read but a little terrified as signed first that needs to keep in good condition. Despite having been in book trade for so many years anything I get my hands on shows a clear history of several days meals etc #firsteditions #mickherron
Another quandary. Love to look at Ithell Colquhoun pack but if I open value drops by half ! Offers ? #IthellColquhoun #OldBooks #Tate
July 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Another quandary. Love to look at Ithell Colquhoun pack but if I open value drops by half ! Offers ? #IthellColquhoun #OldBooks #Tate
1862 Workshop Companion. Perfect gift for those who hope to be in bunker post world war 3 ? #OldBooks #MechanicalScience
July 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
1862 Workshop Companion. Perfect gift for those who hope to be in bunker post world war 3 ? #OldBooks #MechanicalScience
1647 book left over from shop. No binding so quandary is should I bother to get bound ? #OldBooks #Bookshops
July 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
1647 book left over from shop. No binding so quandary is should I bother to get bound ? #OldBooks #Bookshops
1893 1st of Rip Van Winkle a nice find today #oldbooks #WashingtonIrving
June 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
1893 1st of Rip Van Winkle a nice find today #oldbooks #WashingtonIrving
June 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Very unassuming book that I am searching for & when I say searching I mean 10 years & customer not given up on me yet !
May 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Very unassuming book that I am searching for & when I say searching I mean 10 years & customer not given up on me yet !
Rereading Carl Hiaasen as so very pleased that a new novel out shortly ! #CarlHiaasen #CrimeFiction
April 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Rereading Carl Hiaasen as so very pleased that a new novel out shortly ! #CarlHiaasen #CrimeFiction
Picked up a couple of Kurt Jackson Thames project books c2006. If you happen to be in St Just (and who wouldn’t) strongly recommend popping into his lovely gallery just of the square #Thames #KurtJackson
March 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Picked up a couple of Kurt Jackson Thames project books c2006. If you happen to be in St Just (and who wouldn’t) strongly recommend popping into his lovely gallery just of the square #Thames #KurtJackson
Took advantage of locals offer to visit Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens. Second homes get everywhere 😁 #Penzance #Cornwall #Sculpture
March 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Took advantage of locals offer to visit Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens. Second homes get everywhere 😁 #Penzance #Cornwall #Sculpture
March 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Been a bit quiet on here as recovering from minor operation but back to normal almost. Hard to be a book enthusiast when not allowed to pick up more than one at a time & no big ones
February 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Been a bit quiet on here as recovering from minor operation but back to normal almost. Hard to be a book enthusiast when not allowed to pick up more than one at a time & no big ones
Typical of book I am left with after closing shop though to be honest the odds on someone interested in Urals Metal Work spotting it now it’s in my loft not much different #OldBooks #Books #MetalWork #Urals
February 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Typical of book I am left with after closing shop though to be honest the odds on someone interested in Urals Metal Work spotting it now it’s in my loft not much different #OldBooks #Books #MetalWork #Urals
Surely these reviews are fake unless a really good medium out there ? #cremation
February 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Surely these reviews are fake unless a really good medium out there ? #cremation
Susan Bill & The Wolf Dog by Malcolm Saville 1st 1954. I loved Malcolm Saville as a child & can remember reading this on bus back from library #MalcolmSaville #ChildrensBooks #OldBooks
January 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Susan Bill & The Wolf Dog by Malcolm Saville 1st 1954. I loved Malcolm Saville as a child & can remember reading this on bus back from library #MalcolmSaville #ChildrensBooks #OldBooks
Needing some light reading while recovering from recent operation I thought would give this a go. Struggling to get past first chapter but to be fair to Simon Mason might be the pain rather than the book #Books #SimonMason
January 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Needing some light reading while recovering from recent operation I thought would give this a go. Struggling to get past first chapter but to be fair to Simon Mason might be the pain rather than the book #Books #SimonMason
COVID was in full flow when my lease ended & failed to clear the general book stock .. haunts every inch of storage I have. So hard to dump books ! Yes they are saleable but estimated having to live to about a 1000 to achieve clearance #OldBooks #Books #Bookshops
January 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
COVID was in full flow when my lease ended & failed to clear the general book stock .. haunts every inch of storage I have. So hard to dump books ! Yes they are saleable but estimated having to live to about a 1000 to achieve clearance #OldBooks #Books #Bookshops
Big Ithell Colquhoun exhibition due soon at Tate St Ives. I bought a number of her paintings 30 years ago for next to nothing & sold them cheaply. Pleased I hung onto this one #StIves #Tate #Cornwall #Art #IthellColquhoun
January 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Big Ithell Colquhoun exhibition due soon at Tate St Ives. I bought a number of her paintings 30 years ago for next to nothing & sold them cheaply. Pleased I hung onto this one #StIves #Tate #Cornwall #Art #IthellColquhoun
Selections from Irish Poetry by Kuno Meyer has been reprinted but nice to have the 1928 1st edition. #IrishPoetry #OldBooks #Poetry
January 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Selections from Irish Poetry by Kuno Meyer has been reprinted but nice to have the 1928 1st edition. #IrishPoetry #OldBooks #Poetry
Researching family who started out as travellers in woods of Penn Buckinghamshire turning chair legs & went on to own biggest chair makers in country. 7 brothers & think probably I am descended from brother who was left behind working out how to put wood on the lathe ? #Chairmaking #Buckinghamshire
January 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Researching family who started out as travellers in woods of Penn Buckinghamshire turning chair legs & went on to own biggest chair makers in country. 7 brothers & think probably I am descended from brother who was left behind working out how to put wood on the lathe ? #Chairmaking #Buckinghamshire