Housed in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, the PBFA Dublin Book Fair offers a wide selection of rare, antiquarian, secondhand books, mss. & ephemera
@liamsims@theUL I’m always amazed by how people both over and under estimate quantities of books.
‘Can you come round and see, I’ve been left a house full of books’ - 24 books is the record low
���We have one or two books we’d like to sell’ - 2600 is the record high
Register now for the 43rd Annual Conference on Book Trade History.
This year we discuss family business in the trade since 15thC. Join us at @StationersHall from 13 Nov.
Read more and book your place: https://t.co/hcNbVaJwzp
#rarebooks#booktrade#librarian#bibliophile
Today, 15 October, marks 175 years since a young Bernard Quaritch established first opened the doors of his shop at 16 Castle Street, off Charing Cross Road, London, in 1847. #OTD
Booksellers from England & Scotland come to @royalmarine in Dublin next weekend with their Irish #bookselling colleagues. This is a once a year event where you can see & buy beautiful #rarebooks like this #Joyce from @MaggsBros
So we heard you like peep shows 👀 This gorgeous glimpse into Les Jardin des Tuileries in the 1830s is a vibrant example of a peepshow book – an accordion-shaped book that creates a sense of depth.
I’ve seen a confidential document from Lynton Crosby’s lobbying firm which advises Boris Johnson to ride roughshod over every convention and standard of propriety to pack the House of Lords.
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WB #yeats finished 1st draft of novel 'John Sherman' #otd in 1888, his vivid 1st-person account of Sligo nostalgia, with Innisfree memories triggered by the Thames at Chiswick. Come along on Sun 20 Oct (see https://t.co/fJ3DaIp87R) + discover the places that prompted the poetry!
So that’s us done for another year.
Many thanks to all of the exhibitors and visitors.
Go raibh maith agat, Dia a bheannaigh, agus a fheiceann tú arís. #Dublin