Why do I love owning a secondhand bookshop? Because, as happened today, a grandfather bought for £2.00 a copy of Danny, Champion of the World which he is going to read this evening on Skype to his 9 year old…
Author: craig
The last Friday of another year - gulp. I hope everyone had a good Christmas, neither drank nor ate TOO much, and succeeded in keeping on good terms with all family members. The shop has been fairly quiet today but…
Cyril Hall - Blackie & Son Ltd London & Glasgow (undated) Green Cloth. Black & White Photographic plates. Condition VG+. Moderate foxing and some minor corner bumping. £15 free postage and packaging within the UK. [fullstripe_form name="Conquests-of-the-Sea" type="inline_payment"]
Charles Darwin - John Murray, London (1900) First printing of the new impression of the Sixth Edition of 1872, with additions and corrections. Decorative Cloth. Chart included. Edges/corners lightly rubbed. Top and bottom of spine show light wear. Inked signatures…
Thank you to everyone who came to the shop yesterday afternoon to enjoy the fizz and the readings. Thank you to all who contributed - poetry, Dickens, Douglas Adams, a Welsh tradition (complete with a little Welsh rhyme from Val),…
Daniel Defoe - Chatto & Windus (1883) Illustrated buckram lightly marked. Engravings by George Cruickshank. No inscriptions. Some wear to top and bottom of spines and corners lightly bumped. Frontis illustration loose, but tissue guard is intact. 563 pp. First…
Well-Read Books of Wigtown's Inaugural Crime Event A day of fact and fiction Saturday 23rd November 2019 The Print Room, 8 New Road, Wigtown, DG8 9HN Programme: 10:15 - Jayne Baldwin who will talk about her book The Road to…
Andrew Lang - Longmans, Green & Co. (1890) Original red cloth, blocked in gilt with Jack fleeing the Giant motif. Recent minor professional repairs. Corners bumped and a little worn. Spine faded and worn in places. One inked gift inscription…