Rare books, manuscripts, music, ephemera…

5th July 2019
As some of you have already gleaned from social media, we have been actively indulging our love of brocade paper with the hashtag #giltypleasures and encouraging others to do the same…
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5th June 2019
As readers of this blog and members of We Love Endpapers know, Simon is always on the lookout for new and unusual decorated papers. Recently, he came across a fantastic example of Italian block-printed endpapers on a little Armenian book…
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22nd February 2018
As many of you many know, I have an interest in endpapers (unusual or attractive ones, anyway), as my recent piece for the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America, and my creation of the Facebook group We Love Endpapers will show. I am currently preparing to exhibit at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair the […]
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10th September 2015
Sometimes, as a bookseller, you come across a book you just can’t find anywhere. You check the title, make sure you’re spelling it right, and still the online databases are silent. But to find two copies of that otherwise apparently unknown book? Well… It took a bit of sleuthing to work out exactly what the […]
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