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jpf-sydney · 3 months

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The cat who saved books

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"Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the second hand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. Then, a talking cat appears with an unusual request. The feline asks for - or rather, demands - the teenager's help in saving books with him. The world is full of lonely books left unread and unloved, and the cat and Rintaro must liberate them from their neglectful owners. Their mission sends this odd couple on an amazing journey, where they enter different mazes to set books free. Through their travels, the cat and Rintaro meet a man who leaves his books to perish on a bookshelf, an unwitting book torturer who cuts the pages of books into snippets to help people speed read, and a publishing drone who only wants to create bestsellers. Their adventures culminate in one final, unforgettable challenge - the last maze that awaits leads Rintaro down a realm only the bravest dare enter …"--Publisher.

Shelf: 913.6 NAT [Hon o mamorō to suru neko no hanashi. English]. The cat who saved books. by Sosuke Natsukawa ; translated by Louise Heal Kawai.

London : Picador, 2021. ISBN: 9781529052107 (paperback)

219 pages ; 20 cm.

#fiction #high school students #books and reading #antiquarian booksellers #first loves #maze puzzles #grand fathers #english translation #fantasy fiction #jcentral #cat

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theselkiesea · 6 months

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Scotts Poetical Works

With a dedication from 1852

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chicago-geniza · 4 days

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I'm gonna move to Warsaw and work at Antykwariat Kwadryga. Rolling up to the function like heyyy Panie Arturze you may recall me from Buying 500 Books Like A Lunatic And Making You Ship Them All To Chicago. Proszę give me a job

#My dream job is truly working at an antiquarian bookstore in Poland #It's so embarrassing but it's true #I love research bookselling and the Polish language #I am trilingual #I am the ideal employee

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ded-and-gonne · 5 months

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humangreenskull · 1 year

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Metroline covers 1991-1992

#one of my favorite work finds!#gay magazine #lgbt history #kate bornstein #leatherfolk #metroline #vintage gay #antiquarian bookseller finds #90s #you can see the bottom left cover in the background of the bottom right cover lmao #lgbt #queer #queer history

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ebookporn · 1 year

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WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES USED BOOKSTORES SO WONDERFUL?

Used bookstores are more than just stores with books

by Keith Roysdon

After I recently lamented on social media about how much I miss used bookstores, a couple of people pointed out that I could get used books here or there. They usually cited those used books superstores like Half Price Books.

I replied that I’m not looking for used books – I’m looking for a used bookstore.

It’s probably an odd distinction, but used bookstores had an aura – yes, probably dust and yellowing paper, but also an aura of possibility. Would you find your new favorite book among 50 copies of some bestseller from 25 years ago?

I was spoiled for great used bookstores when I was younger and didn’t adequately appreciate that fact at the time. I was lucky to grow up in the 1960s and come of age in the 1970s, when anyone who was willing to go to yard sales and estate sales could buy huge numbers of books for next to nothing. Then they could turn those books around and sell them at their own yard sales and garage sales or sell them to used bookstores or use them as fodder for their own used bookstores.

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unrighteousbooks · 10 months

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There is no way to stop the passage of time, and there is no way to prevent a book eventually going the way of all flesh. If you lock it away, and no one ever spends any time appreciating it, it's still going to turn to dust like the rest of us. We do what we do at the bookshop to make sure it survives until it gets to its next owner. All anyone can do is take reasonable precautions. Keep the books away from fire. Don't throw them in a puddle. And remember to take delight in them.

Oliver Darkshire, The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

#oliver darkshire #misadventures of a rare bookseller #books #antiquarian books #old books #quotes about books #wise words

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aneverydaything · 2 years

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Day 1478, 10 July 2022

#shop #book shop #bookshop #bookseller #books #reading #secondhand #antiquarian #Hay-on-Wye #Hay on Wye #Powys #Wales #Cymru #UK #windows #glass #booksellers

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rarebookcellar · 2 years

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THE GEM OF THE SEASON New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1856. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Item #164463 Good, deluxe Mother of Pearl inlay binding. Bound in black lacquered papier mache covers with front cover inlaid with mother of pearl. Has 10 plates called for, but lacks illuminated presentation plate. Chip on edge of rear boards, front hinge tender. The style of deluxe inlaid gift bindings was a short lived phenomenon, ranging from the 1830s through the mid 1850's. The papier mache bindings with the mother of pearl inlays were expensive to produce, and after the public's taste changed in the 1870s, they were rarely produced. Expensive at the outset, and fragile comparatively few examples of this type of binding have survived. #gems #thegemoftheseason #bookcollector #bookcollection #antiquarian #antiquarianbook #antiquarianbooks #bookshelf #bookporn #bibliophile #coolbooks #rarebook #rarebooks #beautifulbook #beautifulbooks #firstedition #personallibrary #rarebookcellar #bookseller #bookcollecting #oldbooks #rarebooksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CgjkZGjLv55/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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midnights-wish · 4 days

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channel: tom ayling title: 'rare book expert reacts to crazy valuation ❦ shakespeare first folio (1623)'

#tom ayling #antiquarian bookseller #rare books #antique books #antiques #1623 #shakespeares folio #shakespeare #youtube video #youtube #youtube videos #Youtube

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jamesgraybooksellerworld · 10 months

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Re-occurring Book dream

For the rest of the week I will be doing a semi- on vacation Blog. I am in my office doing some minor construction, updating the climate control et c. But I can’t stop writing my blog.. I hope you enjoy these , James Another chance….In a dream last night I had a very nice book to offer to my customers. I am pleased to offer, Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454. volume II only . Royal folio,a fine…

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#Antiquarian books #Bookselling #early printed books #Gutenberg #Incunabula

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theselkiesea · 6 months

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T e n n y s o n ' s W o r k s

1887 Edition

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chicago-geniza · 2 years

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Can't wait till I can finally go back to Poland & drop by all my regular Warsaw/Kraków antykwariaty in person and greet the proprietors like "Artur...Joanna...Radek...Zbyszek...it's me, Raya, from the Emails & insane gigantic orders to Chicago every other month..."

#antykwariaty tag #the polish antiquarian booksellers are my friends & i love them

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ded-and-gonne · 7 months

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Courtesy Rob’s IG

#klaus in the garden of death and dead things #gardening #robert sheehan #ded & gonne #the umbrella academy #tua #klaus hargreeves #ded and gonne #books and bones #books and bodies #ded and gonne antiquarian booksellers and supernatural detectors #image bank klaus #image bank short hair klaus #image bank short hair #image bank garden #location garden #costume grey tank #costume baseball hat #ded and gonne booksellers and private dicks

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humangreenskull · 2 years

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Lovely illustrated covers from the King Penguin series published 1939-1959 (79 vol. total)

Full catalogue with photos here

#antiquarian bookseller finds #antiquarian books #vintage #vintage books #illustration #book art #book design

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ebookporn · 20 days

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Treasure Hunt Stories

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A panel discussion with veteran and young ABAA members. They shared their experiences with book scouting, memorable moments as a dealer in the trade, the ups and downs of a book dealer, and much more!

Moderator: Lizzy Young, Lizzyoung Bookseller (member since 2016) Lizzyoung Bookseller sells Rare Books, Ephemera, and Manuscripts with a focus on Food & Drink History, Women's History, Cultural History, Children's Books, and anything else that makes her smile. A former pastry chef, Lizzy caught the bookselling bug when she started working for her father, Roy Young Bookseller. The rest is history.

Panelist: Jim Cummins, James Cummins, Bookseller (member since 1981) A lifelong collector, Jim started James Cummins Bookseller in 1978 after running the rare book department at Brentano's. He is a prominent and well respected figure in the antiquarian book world and a fixture at auctions. His expertise is wide and is reflected in the breadth of stock at his namesake firm. You can see Jim in action in the 2019 documentary, The Booksellers.

Panelist: Megan Bell, Underground Books (member since 2024) Megan Bell is the co-owner, along with Josh Niesse, of Underground Books, ABAA in Carrollton, Georgia. One of the newest members of the ABAA, Megan is also a proud alumna of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, and the ABAA Women's Initiative Mentorship Program. In addition to a rare and collectible online bookstore at UndergroundBooks.net, she also helps run two open brick-and-mortar general bookshops in Carrollton and Serenbe. Megan is passionate about decorative publisher's cloth bindings; fairy tales, folklore, and mythology; popular science and natural history; the intersection of all of the above (as seen in her monthly rare book newsletter and her 2022 catalogue, The Fairy-Land of Science); and, most recently, fine press books (catalogue coming soon!).

Panelist: Greg Gibson, Ten Pound Book Company (member since 1986) Greg Gibson received his BA from Swarthmore College in 1967. Greg enlisted in the United States Navy and worked as a shipfitter until 1971. After his discharge, he moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts, and was variously employed as a house painter, cab driver, and construction worker. In 1976, he opened Ten Pound Island Book Company and began his career as an antiquarian book dealer. Greg is also an author and has published several titles.

Panelist: Hélène Golay, Capitol Hill Books (member since 2021) Hélène Golay started working with rare books at the Cushing Memorial Library & Archives at Texas A&M University in 2010. She transitioned to the trade two years later and has been a bookseller in Minnesota, New York, Virginia, and Washington, DC, where she is now the rare book specialist and co-owner of Capitol Hill Books, as well as a member of the ABAA.

#antiquarian books #book scouts #booksellers #antique books #rare books #book lover #bibliophile #librarians #Youtube

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