Bibliophilia
More bibliophilic delights in these two short vids -
An American Bookman in England
Michael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic who writes for the Washington Post, and has written a number of books about books, authors, and book collecting. On the 9th and 10th October 2017 he met up with Mark Valentine and Iain Smith and we followed him around a few bookshops with our cameras.
On the first day, we visited George Ramsden's Stone Trough Books, a haven of calm and culture in the busy city of York (sadly, George recently passed away). We then visited Fossgate Books and Ken Spelman's. On the second day, we travelled to Carlisle to the vast and labyrinthine Bookcase.
A Mild Case of Bibliomania
Raymond Russell tells the story of his bibliomania, how his book collection has grown and changed over the years, and how it led to the founding of the Tartarus Press, which has published rare work by some of the writers he collects, including Arthur Machen, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Edward Heron-Allen (Christopher Blayre.)
www.tartaruspress.com
ENJOY
An American Bookman in England
Click to viewMichael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic who writes for the Washington Post, and has written a number of books about books, authors, and book collecting. On the 9th and 10th October 2017 he met up with Mark Valentine and Iain Smith and we followed him around a few bookshops with our cameras.
On the first day, we visited George Ramsden's Stone Trough Books, a haven of calm and culture in the busy city of York (sadly, George recently passed away). We then visited Fossgate Books and Ken Spelman's. On the second day, we travelled to Carlisle to the vast and labyrinthine Bookcase.
A Mild Case of Bibliomania
Raymond Russell tells the story of his bibliomania, how his book collection has grown and changed over the years, and how it led to the founding of the Tartarus Press, which has published rare work by some of the writers he collects, including Arthur Machen, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Edward Heron-Allen (Christopher Blayre.)
www.tartaruspress.com
ENJOY