mcc, 19 days ago to random

My ex had this rule, or sort of a philosophy I guess:

"Never feel bad about spending money on books."

And this made a lot of sense to me, at the time,

but this was before I actually realized

just how much money I am capable of spending on books

bloodravenlib, 3 months ago to news

#News from the world of #books.

>Rare copy of Mao’s Little Red Book expected to fetch more than £30,000 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/27/mao-little-red-book-rare-copy-expected-to-fetch-more-than-30000-pounds-auction

#antiquarian #reading #history

tffmh, 8 months ago to bookstodon

The household I grew up in boasted an extensive collection of the original #Suhrkamp "Phantastische Bibliothek", thanks to my father who studied at #Folkwang when #WillyFleckhaus was teaching there. Tragically, a water leak destroyed most of the books. - I occasionally purchase one of the books I remember reading from #Antiquarian bookstores. Here's one of my latest acquisitions and (re)reads. The titular story still has a strong charm to me. @bookstodon

Light_Journeys, 1 year ago to books

Shout-out to https://www.DoullBooks.com in #Dartmouth #NovaScotia - a great #bookstore with #secondhand, rare, & #antiquarian #books

Their regular bread-&-butter stock is on the main floor, & their rare books are extremely well described on their website

If you don't drive, you can board the # 10 bus in #Halifax (Scotia Square, Dalhousie, etc) & it will take you right to the door, no transfer needed

I esp appreciate in these #Covid times they are still #masking! & ask their customers to, too 👍​

EMFaulds, 1 year ago to random

I found an old clay pipe in the garden a la mudlarking! I'm so thrilled!
These things were apparently so cheap they were more or less disposable. I'm not sure about dates. This is found in the west of Scotland, btw. Anybody know?

#history #mudlarking #archaeology #antiquarian