Camden Lock Books. Award winning. ABA, ILAB.
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Award winning rare book dealer/appraiser. Estd. 1979. Miniature book specialism, https://t.co/wbIyA0wuep Co-owner bookshop, https://t.co/zpmYyjNz5u
400 Kingsland Rd London E8 4AA
Joined April 2009
Timeless Treasure, Exploring Miniature Libraries and their Bookcases (1800-1932).
camdenlockbooks.com
24 printed pages. 11 colour photgraphic illustrations. Index and Bibliography. 'Introduction', 'The History of Small Antique Bookcases', 'Caring for Your Mini Bookcases', 'Notable Examples', and...
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Oldest English Book on Cheese: Rare Book of the Week via @finebooks.
finebooksmagazine.com
Held by Cultural Collections at the University of Leeds, the earliest-known English book about cheese has revealed its fascinating - and sometimes nauseating - contents to the public for the first...
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Save Wordsworth’s Home Campaign Backed by Leading Writers and Actors via @finebooks.
finebooksmagazine.com
A campaign to keep the Lake District home of William Wordsworth open to the public rather than being privately sold has been backed by some of the UK's best known creative names.
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Collecting Nineteenth-Century Decorated Miniature Books: The Art and Design of Japonism, 1870s-1880s
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Letter reveals Shakespeare did not abandon his wife.
bbc.co.uk
New analysis of a letter suggests that the couple's relationship was closer than previously thought.
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Gallery: Rare historical Estonian books on display at Tallinn museum. #ERR.
news.err.ee
This Friday, a major new exhibition, "Estonian Book 500: Relics," will open at the Niguliste Museum in Tallinn, where visitors can explore the development of literary culture and printed works from...
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Rare letter from Titanic survivor featuring prophetic lines to go up for auction
independent.ie
A letter card written by one of the most well-known survivors of the Titanic disaster is expected to sell for up to £60,000 (€70,000) at auction.
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300-year-old Shakespeare folios to go on auction expected to fetch up to £4.5 million
lbc.co.uk
William Shakespeare's four folios published more than 300 years ago are to go on auction where they are expected to fetch between £3.5 million and £4.5 million.
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Book collecting - an overview.
irishtimes.com
Poetry, fiction, geography and children’s books among lots at Fonsie Mealy sale
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Queen Camilla and Leading Authors Create Miniature Library to Celebrate Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House Centenary via @finebooks.
finebooksmagazine.com
In an initiative championed by Her Majesty The Queen, 20 tiny manuscripts have been penned and decorated by hand by leading writers and illustrators to establish a modern-day miniature library for...
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On publishing Charlotte Brontë's miniature book of poems for the first time. via @lithub.
lithub.com
Portrait of Charlotte Brontë by John Hunter Thompson © The Brontë Society As Patti Smith writes in her introduction to the first-ever publication of A Book of Ryhmes, the poet, a thirteen-year-old…
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'FREEDOM'. [Anti-Apartheid Poster]. National Committee on Apartheid. [1978].>>Striking unrecorded political silk-screen poster<<
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From May 15th to 17th, at Firsts London, UK's premier bookfair, I will be exhibiting for sale about 600 miniature antique books . Free public admission tickets: - can be used for free unlimited entry to the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the fair.
firsts.artsvp.com
Book for Complimentary Firsts London Tickets by The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
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Library puts rare James Baldwin collection on exhibit
news.cornell.edu
The George Bixby James Baldwin collection, on display through July 25, includes rare and early editions of books by the famed author.
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Rare books covered with seal skin hint at a medieval trade network
sciencenews.org
The furry seal skins may have made their way to French monasteries from as far away as Greenland.
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Ladybird Book Collector Helen Day on the Challenge of Collecting and the Rarest Book of All. via @finebooks.
finebooksmagazine.com
Generations of readers in the UK have grown up reading Ladybird books, highly illustrated pocket-sized hardbacks at pocket-money prices which provided children with an introduction to reading,...
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Rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio sells for record $10M
albanyherald.com
Oscar Holland, CNNA rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio sold for almost $10 million Wednesday, becoming the most expensive work of literature ever to
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How collecting books became the new vinyl
inews.co.uk
The Folio Society was once associated with fusty classics bought by older readers - now the publisher has more younger customers than ever
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