Monthly Archives: December 2011

My co-author, Ashley Baynton-Williams, brings to my notice at this quiet time of the year that CNBC (the business channel) has recently been flagging up the buying of maps and books for investment purposes.  Links to these interesting  articles are … Continue reading →

One of the questions I toss in the air to the students at the start of the annual course on Modern First Editions at the London Rare Books School (link to the right) is this:  When a bookseller pencils a … Continue reading →

All work and no play.  Hardly true, this week at least – a seasonal round of partying, beginning with the ABA Christmas party last Wednesday, lunch with booksellers in the north on Friday, local festivities with friends on Saturday, and … Continue reading →

Rather a frenetic week, but a highly enjoyable one.   A flying visit to Jarndyce in Great Russell Street to deliver a book (end up buying two and thus breaking the First Lady’s rule that for every book coming into the house … Continue reading →

Hidden alphorns sounding out from the rooftops of Leicester Square!  Now what is going on?  Quite why the Swiss Ambassador chose to invite me to the Inauguration of the Glockenspiel, now returned to Swiss Court, I have little idea – … Continue reading →