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Author Archives: G. A. Michael Sims
Georgette Heyer’s ‘An Infamous Army’
In the original 1937 edition of Georgette Heyer’s ‘An Infamous Army’ there is an ‘author’s note’ in which she refers to the bibliography at the end of the book listing over fifty accounts, collections of letters, autobiographies, etc. of Wellington … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Books, Georgette Heyer
Tagged Authors, battlefield, georgette heyer, infamous army, map, plan, waterloo, wellington
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Brexit and the Electoral Commission
As one who had voted to remain I was disappointed with the result in June of the UK referendum to leave the European Union (Brexit) but was philosophical enough to accept the opinion of the majority and was prepared to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal rant
Tagged Brexit, europe, european, leave, referendum, remain, union
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Lowestoft’s life-saving ‘Cuckoo’ alarm in WW2
The 1st February 2017 will be the 75th anniversary of a tragic incident which took place in Victoria Road, Lowestoft in 1942 during WW2, when a mother and her two children were killed by a German bomb. Their deaths, however, … Continue reading
Posted in East Anglia, Genealogy, Lowestoft & District, Military History, Navy, R.I.P., Royal Naval Patrol Service, World War 2
Tagged air raid, alarm, alert, cuckoo, destructor, immediate danger, labour unrest, Lowestoft, shelter, shipyards, WW2
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Let’s abolish stock images
The older I get the more grumpy I become about ‘stock images’. When buying second-hand books on the internet I like to be able to read an accurate description, which includes details of all the faults, and also view an … Continue reading
Posted in Book stock, Books, Bookselling, Cataloguing, Images, Personal rant
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Historical Lowestoft lithograph
I was very tempted with this today. Lot no. 2 in Key’s auction of East Anglian Art at Aylsham was described as a mid-19th Century hand-coloured lithograph, after J. Reid and engraved by F. Jones, a ‘View of the New … Continue reading
Posted in Bookselling, East Anglia, Ephemera, Illustrators, Lowestoft & District
Tagged 19th century, Keys Aylsham, lithograph, Lowestoft, Reid
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Lost in transit – to track or not to track?
Richard Moffatt, of Poor Richard’s Books just ‘down the road’ from me at Felixstowe writes in this week’s Sheppard’s Confidential: “I recently sent, by surface mail, two modern first editions, signed, and collectable, to a buyer in China. They never … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookselling, Customers, Insurance, Personal rant, Shipping
Tagged felixstowe, lost in post, poor richards, richard moffatt, royal mail, tracking
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Edward Seago and Pegasus
Recently I was privileged to be able to visit the Dutch House, the home and studio of the artist Edward Seago at Ludham in Norfolk. For those unfamiliar with him Edward Seago was born in Norwich, the younger son of … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Book stock, Books, East Anglia, Illustrators, Lowestoft & District, Military History, World War 2
Tagged Airborne, artist, dutch house, east anglia, Lowestoft, norwich, pegasus, seago, WW2
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Kitchener AGM 2014
Another year has gone by and the Annual General Meeting of the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre at Lowestoft – colloquially “Kitchener’s” – has come round again being held last Friday evening at the Centre in Kirkley Cliff. Once again … Continue reading
Royal Mail – Visible economy shipping please!
Booksellers (and book-buyers), do you have customers (or relations) in Iraq, Iran, India or Pakistan? If so when you agree to ship using Royal Mail’s ‘International Economy’ (the old Surface mail), look up the rates on Royal Mail’s ‘Price-finder’ and … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, india, iran, iraq, mail, pakistan, royal mail, Shipping, surface
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Riding the Old Front Line
A stalwart band of battlefield guides from Anglia Tours Limited and their friends and supporters have recently travelled the entire length of the WW1 Western Front from the Belgian coast to Switzerland raising funds for two charities. The main team … Continue reading