News
News and happenings from the book collecting world.
The Cecil Beaton List
23rd April, 2024
We like the sound of the Cecil Beaton catalogue Beaux Books are launching at Firsts London this year and have talked to Clare Trimming about it. Please tell us…
Interview with Q at Cambridge University Library
9th April, 2024
We are excited to have started our Librarian interviews again – if you would like to be interviewed, please get in touch! Technically, this month’s interview is not with a…
Timothy D’arch Smith
27th March, 2024
I derive my bookishness from my mother’s side of the family, the Frankau gang, as I call them. They originated in the German town of Frankenau and came to this…
The Pelster Collection – Illustrated books on birds
27th February, 2024
This week Silke Lohmann spoke with Bernard Shapero of Shapero Rare Books, about the upcoming catalogue ‘The Pelster Collection’ of approximately 50 illustrated books on birds, specifically parrots, including highlights such as Edward Lear’s ‘Illustrations of the…
The Custodian of Dimbola House
14th February, 2024
Technicolour Dickens: The Living Image of Charles Dickens just opened at Dimbola House on the Isle of Wight and will be open until the 19th May. The exhibition presents Dickens’ story through the medium of…
Libraries Under Attack
7th December, 2023
By now, all of our readers will be aware that the British Library was attacked by cybercriminals in late October 2023, and that at the time of writing (early December), almost no…
The Importance of Books in Politics
20th June, 2023
The last few years have been rather tumultuous in UK politics. A far too regular change of prime ministers culminating in recent resignations and even the brief arrest of the…
70 Years of Bond
12th April, 2023
The 13th April 2023 marks the 70th anniversary of the first 007 novel. Casino Royale started it all when it was published on this day in 1953. It was the daddy of…
The Kelmscott Chaucer Press and Manor
28th March, 2023
Last week, London Art Week organised a talk as part of its Art History in Focus series about the Kelmscott Chaucer, Press and Manor with Dr Philip Errington of Peter Harrington’s in…
Louder Than Words – Women Who Changed The World
7th March, 2023
As the follow up to Peter Harrington’s first women’s catalogue, Louder Than Words is really a celebration of achievements by women in all fields. It is difficult to pick out favourites or…
Book Collecting & Artifice in the Digital Age of Zoom
21st February, 2023
The recent pandemic seems to have changed the way people think about book collections, so many having been forced to use internet platforms like Skype and Zoom for work. This…
Catalogue Interview: Gothic Imagination
7th February, 2023
This week, we talked to Bonny Beaumont about her recent Gothic catalogue for Maggs Bros. ‘The Gothic Imagination’ is a collection of Gothic and Romantic literature from the library of Richard Franklin, supplemented with…