Tuesday, October 4, 2016

The Spring Song - Centenary

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Forrest Reid's novel The Spring Song was published in October 1916 and so this month marks its centenary. Reid's delicate, subtle ...
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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Colonial Edition of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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Twelve months ago I picked up a Ward, Lock colonial edition of A Study In Scarlet at the Lifeline bookfair for $20.  This time around I...
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Thursday, September 22, 2016

My Bones and My Flute - Edgar Mittelholzer

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The village of Aldborough, Yorkshire, is on the site of an old Roman town. A century or so ago, old ladies in the local cottages would disp...
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Friday, September 16, 2016

R.A. Brimmell, vintage book catalogues, M.R. James and J.S. le Fanu, etc etc

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Browsing old book catalogues is a victimless crime, and while in Melbourne this week I picked up twenty-odd R.A. Brimmell catalogues from th...
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Saturday, September 3, 2016

The Romance of Shortwave Radio Number Stations

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The Romance of Shortwave Radio Number Stations (Persepolis) by R.B. Russell creates an atmosphere of mystery and melancholy using austere ...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

The Detective Story Club for Connoisseurs

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The Detective Story Club was launched in 1929, with the expressed purpose of publishing the best detective and mystery novels as selected by...
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Monday, August 29, 2016

The Allison & Busby Fantasic Fiction Library

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In October 1986, three books appeared in trade paperback in the UK, inaugurating the "Allison & Busby Fantastic Fiction Library....
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Friday, August 26, 2016

Indian Talking Machine

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Robert Millis describes his book Indian Talking Machine as "photographs and notes" about ""78 rpm record and gramophon...
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