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Category Archives: Book stock
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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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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Primary Source Edition
I recently bought a book on Ebay which the seller had described as a ‘primary source edition’. In the area of military history it was a well-known title, ‘The Secret War 1939-1945’ by Gerald Pawle, an account of a department … Continue reading
Posted in Book stock, Books, Bookselling, Personal rant
Tagged demand, edition, on, Primary, print, print-on-demand, source
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Cataloguing ‘The Time of My Life’
I didn’t set out to read this autobiography, subtitled ‘A Frontier Doctor in Alaska’, from cover to cover but in cataloguing it I just got hooked. First published in 1943 the author, Harry C. de Vighne, presented a collection of … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Book stock, Books, Bookselling
Tagged Alaska, Cuba, frontier, hobo, New York, railroad, Travel, USA
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May we please have our description back?
Did anyone spot Jim Hinck’s article on his ViaLibrian blog in June? I am afraid I only came across it a month or so later but it’s well worth reading, about the plagiarism of book catalogue descriptions. I rather like … Continue reading
Dunkirk anniversary
To coincide with the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk we have nearly 60 items containing accounts of the progress of the withdrawal or the experiences of the soldiers, sailors and airmen involved.
Posted in Book stock, Navy, World War 2
Tagged Air Force, Army, Bookselling, Dunkirk, Navy, WW2
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