A short film about my book collecting, that also goes some way to explaining the genesis of Tartarus Press...
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The Silent House and Other Strange Stories
Tartarus Press is delighted to announce the publication on 18th Septermber of Sophia J. Unsworth's debut collection, The Silent House a...
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I am sure that every biography has its own challenges and rewards. In writing about Robert Aickman’s life and work, I thought that I wou... -
I first came across the books of T. Lobsang Rampa when I was a teenager. His Corgi paperbacks were always in the New Age, Mind/Body/Spi...
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Ben Edair in 1958 (left (from Der Stern ) and today (right) In early February 1958 a drama played out in a house called Ben Edair on Bal...
I too collected books just to collect at one time but am now also only buying books I intend to read. Space, time and finances are my primary drivers. Space is the most serious problem forcing me to store lots of less valuable books in storage boxes. Finding a climate controlled environment to keep them is a challenge.
ReplyDeleteGreat piece on the allure of real books Ray. Makes you wonder what ebook readers will have to look back on in the future.
ReplyDeleteWatching this silently at the mo, will go home and watch properly - but how wonderful to see Miss H in the original cover! I hadn't seen it before.
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