Cracked & Spineless

The weird and wonderful reincarnation of The Imperial Bookshop, Tasmania's largest second hand bookstore. But now we do new books, too!

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@arkhamlibrarian In fact....
See what I wore to work??

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@arkhamlibrarian Congratulations!!! It’s my grail book, too!!

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Phew! It's been a really hectic day in the bookshop. But in between all the customers, I've been corresponding with an amazing new publisher, based in Croatia (!!!) called Amaranthine Books!
So far, they have... https://t.co/kYCRsMqz0k

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We've got an awful lot of Star Wars stuff at the moment...and so I thought I'd have a look at some of the books that have been hanging round a while.
Case in point: this Star Wars cookbook, which came out... https://t.co/vlUkTxcDga

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Got a nice secondhand thing to show you now...
This is a Folio Society edition of the classic story, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"....
It's the translation by Simon Armitage, and there are also pretty... https://t.co/qE2eepnHzU

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Could be the wrong time to be posting this....but so many of you miss out on stuff I post throughout the day, so I thought I’d give you fellow night owls a chance to pick up one of the biggest releases we’re... https://t.co/xorLkLjbJD

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Ok folks!!!
Every year an enormous amount of fantasy artwork is produced.
But only the absolute best - the BEST of the best - will be found within these “Spectrum” books, which have appeared each year for the... https://t.co/csdniVLVQa

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Who fancies a box set of classics (including “Little Women”, which we’re getting asked about nearly every day!)
It came in secondhand, but hardly looks used.
$25 if you’d like it!
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Have you seen this????
He's retiring!!!
(Probably wants to smoke a few more fat blunts,... https://t.co/XMKfUo1DPQ

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Also got a copy of this lovely "interactive" hardcover edition of "Peter Pan" to sell secondhand.
Throughout you find all these pull-out illustrations, maps, objects etc, which add to the reading experience!... https://t.co/CaVPxGfc46

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I can tell it's gonna be a stellar retail Monday.
One of our first customers came racing into the shop, wanting a particular book for her daughter.
We had said book.
Secondhand.
In near mint condition.
For... https://t.co/K6d5Qjbuy8

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Damn!
Look what just came in secondhand?
It's a near-mint copy of that fantastic technical retrospective of Doctor Who, which came out a couple of years ago: "Impossible Worlds"
It's big; it's beautiful; and... https://t.co/RJdqGnZ7OI

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I'm really loving all these lovely illustrated collections of myths and fables from different countries around the world.
They're being put out by Tuttle Publishing, and so far we've had collections from... https://t.co/edwaFx2ETF

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Ok. Apologies to people who are not drinking wine in a bookshop on a Friday night....
But I have stuff to do.
And this book has pissed me off!
I mean, I LOVE it...
But I'm annoyed!
You see, this guide to... https://t.co/2Oyshza60X

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This is pretty damn cool!
Came in secondhand this morning.
It’s an atlas of all the world’s most dangerous, frightful and cursed places!
Each place is described, and is accompanied by a vintage map of the area.
It’s a nice hardcover...
$20 if you’d like it!
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Like, oh my God!
Had a real-life "Valley Girl" come in the bookshop
So I put on the Zappa song to make her feel at home!
But sadly she just talked loudly on her phone the whole time, so I feel she probably missed my joke.
Didn't even buy any bitchin' books.
;) ;) ;)

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Alright people...
It's time to show you something pretty special.
I don't imagine many of you would be familiar with the work of the author Frederic Brown.
But you should be. You really should.
In a career... https://t.co/KsovXjSqK6

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Ok people!
I've been looking for more obscure stuff to offer you...
And I've come up with a humdinger!
"Paddle Steamers of Australasia" is a very strangely-bound, tall paperback volume, which came out in 1973... https://t.co/A8l3ncrxNT

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Just before Christmas we got in a couple of copies of this absolutely exquisite book on the costumes seen in the live-action Disney movies!
Quite a few of these movies were not Disney's finest moments...but... https://t.co/witnAC6U1r

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Alright people...
I've been showing you some pretty obscure stuff recently...
But this would have to be one of THE most obscure things!
"Lion Rugs From Fars" is a big paperback volume that looks at all these... https://t.co/jIZnJTR1s7