Tony Fothergill | Ken Spelman Rare Books, York
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Ken Spelman Rare Books, ABA. ILAB. PBFA.
books | birds | baking | photography | travelling | guitars ~ Art, gardening, women & science, Italian Grand Tour, manuscripts, the unusual.
www.kenspelman.com kenspelmanbooks@gmail.com
books | birds | baking | photography | travelling | guitars ~ Art, gardening, women & science, Italian Grand Tour, manuscripts, the unusual.
www.kenspelman.com kenspelmanbooks@gmail.com
Coming soon, our next catalogue - all things butterflies, moths. Identifying, catching, collecting, displaying… 19th century books, manuscripts and objects. #butterflies #moths #insects - message to get your copy.
May 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Coming soon, our next catalogue - all things butterflies, moths. Identifying, catching, collecting, displaying… 19th century books, manuscripts and objects. #butterflies #moths #insects - message to get your copy.
Our next catalogue features over 200 19th century guide and view books - all from one private collection. Out in April, please message to receive a copy.
March 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Our next catalogue features over 200 19th century guide and view books - all from one private collection. Out in April, please message to receive a copy.
March 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Morning mud bath in the Kruger
March 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Morning mud bath in the Kruger
A pale Wahlberg eagle - KNP- one of over 100 eagles of various types, gathered for an eruption of termites.
February 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A pale Wahlberg eagle - KNP- one of over 100 eagles of various types, gathered for an eruption of termites.
Today is International Zebra Day. Taking advantage of hot ashes in a controlled burn in Kruger in October. #kruger #zebra #safari #southafrica
January 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Today is International Zebra Day. Taking advantage of hot ashes in a controlled burn in Kruger in October. #kruger #zebra #safari #southafrica
Just purchased a good lot of birding guides and reference material. Currently for sale. #birds #ornithology
January 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Just purchased a good lot of birding guides and reference material. Currently for sale. #birds #ornithology
January 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
January 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
African swallow #kruger #southafrica
January 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
African swallow #kruger #southafrica
Young moorhen in the reedbed. #birds #naturephotography
January 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Young moorhen in the reedbed. #birds #naturephotography
January 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Under a week until the York One Day Book Fair. We will be there, will you? Free ticket attached to this post. #rarebooks #york
January 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Under a week until the York One Day Book Fair. We will be there, will you? Free ticket attached to this post. #rarebooks #york
This was the first English dictionary published in folio. It was though not strictly ‘new’ as the author pirated some earlier works. Just sold from our latest list. #dictionary #rarebooks
January 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This was the first English dictionary published in folio. It was though not strictly ‘new’ as the author pirated some earlier works. Just sold from our latest list. #dictionary #rarebooks
1663 Cambridge Bible in our new January list of recent acquisitions. #bible #rarebooks
January 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
1663 Cambridge Bible in our new January list of recent acquisitions. #bible #rarebooks
Happy New Year. Wishing you the very best for 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Happy New Year. Wishing you the very best for 2025.
Wishing you a peaceful Christmas and a very happy New Year.
With many thanks to all our customers and colleagues for their support this year.
Tony & Nicki Fothergill
With many thanks to all our customers and colleagues for their support this year.
Tony & Nicki Fothergill
December 20, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Wishing you a peaceful Christmas and a very happy New Year.
With many thanks to all our customers and colleagues for their support this year.
Tony & Nicki Fothergill
With many thanks to all our customers and colleagues for their support this year.
Tony & Nicki Fothergill
December 10, 2024 at 7:53 PM
War Horses. An interesting record of troop horses during the 1st World War. Now found a good institutional home to join with other military medical documents. #warhorse #horses #WW1 #manuscript #military
November 29, 2024 at 9:31 AM
War Horses. An interesting record of troop horses during the 1st World War. Now found a good institutional home to join with other military medical documents. #warhorse #horses #WW1 #manuscript #military
Orange breasted bush-shrike in South Africa. - very easy song to mimic - and confuse others who look for something that isn’t there! #birds #ornithology
November 28, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Orange breasted bush-shrike in South Africa. - very easy song to mimic - and confuse others who look for something that isn’t there! #birds #ornithology
November 28, 2024 at 9:46 AM
17th century treatise on comets - divine judgement or scientific occurrence was a hot topic. One of a number of works in our next catalogue on #astronomy #comets #theology #rarebooks #science #17thcentury
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 PM
17th century treatise on comets - divine judgement or scientific occurrence was a hot topic. One of a number of works in our next catalogue on #astronomy #comets #theology #rarebooks #science #17thcentury
Lion emerging from the bush by high river Sabie bridge in October. #lion #africa #safari #photography #wildlife
November 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Lion emerging from the bush by high river Sabie bridge in October. #lion #africa #safari #photography #wildlife