The periodically controversial signs which sometimes adorns the bookshop door
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Book covers. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. c.1926. Via: @moonsbookshop #duille #duilledesign #art #design #architecture #artnouveau #artdeco #artsandcrafts #modernism #book #chelsea #charlesrenniemackintosh #pattern #london #glasgow #scotland #scottish #celtic #northampton #jewellery #mackintosh — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/37LkK7R
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Magic? or Coincidence?
Yes we sold a book online to a customer who lives hundreds of miles away - upon reciept she dropped us a line to say it was not only the same edition as one she had previously purchased but in fact it was the very same copy she had gifted to her father amost forty years before with her gift inscription.
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The Sun June 28th 1838
Produced in a new experimental gold hue ink for the Coronation of Queen Victoria it became a phenomenal success running to 20 printings and some 250,000 copies were printed. Unfortnately it was reported that the printers became violently ill due to exposure to the experimental ink.
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20 volume + index Dutch history 1749-59
Vaderlandsche historie, vervattende de geschiedenissen der nu Vereenigde Nederlanden. Inzonderheid die van Holland, van de vroegste tyden af: uit de geloofwaardigste schryvers en egte gedenkstukken samengesteld. Met plaaten en kaarten.
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Amsterdam Tirion 1749-59
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The Lord of the Rings trilogy
J R R Tolkien first editions 8/7/6th impressions
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The little white bird by J M Barrie
Contains the first appearance of Peter Pan
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