Simon French
@simonfrenchbooks.bsky.social
Librarian, and a book collector with an interest in fine press books and ephemera.
Spotted in a toilet in Hay on Wye. This is weirdly specific, very British, and poorly written!
April 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Spotted in a toilet in Hay on Wye. This is weirdly specific, very British, and poorly written!
From the library of C.H. St. John Hornby.
March 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
From the library of C.H. St. John Hornby.
A beautiful inscription in a copy of: Dorothy A Harrop. A History of the Gregynog Press. Pinner, Private Libraries Association, 1980.
February 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A beautiful inscription in a copy of: Dorothy A Harrop. A History of the Gregynog Press. Pinner, Private Libraries Association, 1980.
Today I’m taking a look at some of my Golden Cockerel Press ephemera.
January 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today I’m taking a look at some of my Golden Cockerel Press ephemera.
Cataloguing my own collection of ephemera published by The Fleece Press. This is from 2005 and is FPE146 in the bibliography.
January 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Cataloguing my own collection of ephemera published by The Fleece Press. This is from 2005 and is FPE146 in the bibliography.
An astonishing story, brilliantly told.
January 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
An astonishing story, brilliantly told.
Today’s reading.
December 31, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Today’s reading.
Marginalia from the Sermons of Bernard of Clairvaux printed by Peter Schoeffer in 1475.
December 30, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Marginalia from the Sermons of Bernard of Clairvaux printed by Peter Schoeffer in 1475.
Two new pamphlets from Incline Press. Very nice they are too!
November 22, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Two new pamphlets from Incline Press. Very nice they are too!
Everyone’s a critic! #MondayMarginalia
November 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Everyone’s a critic! #MondayMarginalia
It was the wood engravings of Howard Phipps that first got me started on collecting fine press books. This splendid example is the frontispiece to: David Garnett. Never Be A Bookseller. Denby Dale, The Fleece Press, 1995. The marbled paper wrappers (by Ann Muir) are pretty fab too!
November 17, 2024 at 11:27 AM
It was the wood engravings of Howard Phipps that first got me started on collecting fine press books. This splendid example is the frontispiece to: David Garnett. Never Be A Bookseller. Denby Dale, The Fleece Press, 1995. The marbled paper wrappers (by Ann Muir) are pretty fab too!
And here is the title page.
November 16, 2024 at 11:22 AM
And here is the title page.
My most recent purchase. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books printed at The Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV - MCMXXXV. I’m broke now, but it’s worth it!
November 16, 2024 at 11:13 AM
My most recent purchase. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books printed at The Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV - MCMXXXV. I’m broke now, but it’s worth it!