Paul Collins 52602

Sixpence House. Lost in a town of books

Bloomsbury USA, 2003. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 246. A bibliophile's pilgrimage to where book lovers go when they die-Hay-on-Wye. Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside-to move, in fact, to the little cobblestone village of Hay-on-Wye, the 'Town of Books' that boasts fifteen hundress inhabitants-and forty bookstores. Antiquarian bookstores, no less. Hay's newest citizens accordingly take up residence in a sixteenth-century apartment over a bookstore, meeting the village's large population of misfits and bibliomaniacs by working for world-class eccentric Richard Booth-the self-declared King of Hay, owner of the local castle, and proprietor of the world's largest and most chaotic used book warren. A useless clerk, Paul delights in shifting dusty stacks of books around and sifting them for ancient gems likeRobinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable, Confessions of an Author's Wife,andI Was Hitler's Maid. He also duly fulfills his new duty as a citizen by simultaneously applying to be a Peer in the House of Lords and attempting to buy Sixpence House, a beautiful and neglected old tumbledown pub for sale in the town's center. Taking readers into a secluded sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding us through the creation of his own book,Sixpence Housebecomes a meditation on what books means to us, and how their meaning can still resonate long after they have been abandoned by their public. Even as he's writing, the knowledge of where his work will eventually end up-rubbing bindings with the rest of the books that time forgot-is a curious kind of comfort. ISBN: 9781582342849. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Paul Collins 52602

The Trouble with Tom

Bloomsbury, 2006. Paperback. Pp: 278. A radical on the run from the law in London, a founding father of the United States of America, a senator of revolutionary France, Thomas Paine alone claims a key role in the development of three modern democracies. He was a walking revolution in human form - the most dangerous man alive. But in death Paine's story turns truly bizarre - his bones were taken from New York to London and eventually disappeared. In Paris, London and New York, in bars, grocers, shops and national libraries, crossing paths along the way with, among others, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, William Cobbett, Walt Whitman, Charles Darwin and even Lord Bryon, Paul Collins sets himself the challenge of finding out what happened to Paine's bones, and ends up telling one of the most extraordinary stories of modern history. ISBN: 9780747577683. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Bailey, Peter, B.J. Mason, Paul COllins, Alex Poinsett, and other contributors

Ebony (June, 1973)

Chicago, Johnson Publishing, 1973. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Cover photograph of Gladys Knight and the Pips by Moneta Sleet, Jr. Very good in original wrappers with small corner creases. Very Good.

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BENSON, ALLAN L.; COLLINS, JOSEPH; WELLIVER, J.C.; BARTON, WILLIAM E.; CAMERON, CHARLES D.; FINGER, CHARLES J.; BOWYER, HELEN; MACDONALD, PAUL; BARKER, S. OMAR; HOWE, J. OLIN; FARIS, J.T.

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, August (Aug. ) 21, 1926 - the Women of Mexico Awake

Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Publishing Co, 1926. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Fitzgerald, W.O.; Honore, Paul;. 32 pages. Features: The Loneliest Man in New York - an intimate study of Frank A. Munsey by one of his former newspaper executives; Through the colored glasses of Freudism the doctor looks at Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady - and decides that Freud should be repudiated; Building Good Roads by Gasoline - income from tolls, gas tax and licenses pays for U.S. roads; America's Scattered Children - the American flag flies in Alaska and more than halfway across the Pacific on thousands of islands; 'Bad English' is a Heritage from Olden Times - much of the grammar now classed as incorrect has come down to us by word of mouth from the time of Chaucer and before; Henry Ford's Page - understanding how the public mind moves from interest to disinterest; Editorials - the defeat of Mrs. Ferguson in Texas was actually a repudiation of her husband, Jim Ferguson, corn is a huge commodity, taxes hurt the British whisky-making industry; Voyage of the Victoria - The Passage of the Strait (part 9); The Women of Mexico Awake - they claim freedom which their American sisters enjoy; Pity the Poor Baseball Scout! - he deals in human ivory; Phoning in the Woods - photo-illustrated article on phone lines serving fire-fighting Forest Rangers in Montana; Chats with Office Callers - New Yorker article explains how for three times in a row the writer attended church, only to witness the uplifting of those of another religion; Rare Americana in a Unique Setting - the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Some Vanished Towns of Kansas - cities that died before they had lived/State Capital which could not be found; Interesting tree photos inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, August (Aug.) 21, 1926 - The Women of Mexico Awake Magellan The Loneliest Man in New York - an intimate study of Frank A. Munsey by one of his former newspaper executives; Through the colored. Good .

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COLLINS Paul -

Al paese dei libri.

Milano, Adelphi, 2010, 8vo (cm. 22 x 14) brossura editoriale con alette, copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 216 (Fabula, 220). In condizioni eccellenti.

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COLLINS, PAUL

Banvard's Folly - Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity,Famous Anonymity and Rotten Luck

London, Picador. 2001. (ISBN: 0330486888). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket. John Banvard was a famous and prolific Victorian painter who became a millionaire, yet 35 years later he was buried in a pauper's grave in a frontier town in the Dakota territory. His most famous works destroyed and with no mention of him in reference books his name has been obliterated from history. This was the result of various calamities that befell him in his life. His story and 12 other equally fascinating ones make up this odd, funny and factual account proving that real life is stranger than fiction. B2B. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Keywords: John Banvard, Victorian Painter 0330486888

COLLINS, Paul

Banvard's Folly: thirteen tales of renowned obscurity, famous anonymity, and rotten luck

Picador, 2001. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket 1st edition. Undated later printing. A bright, tidy copy Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_10153_jpg.jpg. ISBN: 0330486888

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Book number: BOOKS234704I

COLLINS, Paul

Birmingham Corporation transport, 1904-39

Ian Allan Publishing, 1999. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket First Edition. 1999 publication in tight binding with numerous B&W illustrations; dust jacket not price-clipped; a clean, tidy copy. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_75761_jpg.jpg. ISBN: 0711026270

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Book number: BOOKS298156I

COLLINS, Paul

Birmingham Corporation transport, 1939-69

Ian Allan Publishing, 1999. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket First Edition. 1999 publication in tight binding with numerous B&W illustrations; dust jacket not price-clipped; spine faded; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_75760_jpg.jpg. ISBN: 0711026564

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Book number: BOOKS298158I

Collins, Paul

Black portrait of an African journey

Gebonden, hardcover, inclusief stofomslag; 1971; William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan; 126pp.; Conditie: Redelijk

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Book number: 037577

Catalogue: Topografie/Afrika

Keywords: Afrika

PAUL COLLINS

Black Country Canals

Sutton Publishing, 2001. 0750920319. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0750920319. Very faint creamy discolouring to leaf edges. ; 245x170mm; 128 pages. Very Good .

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Collins, Paul

The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World

NY: Bloomsbury, 2009. us, A clean fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, The First Folio not only compiled some of Shakespeare's greatest works, but also led a changing life story from falling to relative obscurity to become one of the most most after work in the book collecting world; 26 pages.

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Book number: 2020586

Catalogue: Books on books

Keywords: 9781596911956

Collins, Paul

The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World

Bloomsbury USA 2010, Reprint, Paperback. . 1596911964 . Near Fine.

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Book number: 58651

Catalogue: Theater

COLLINS, Paul

The Book of William. How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World.

Bloomsburry, Bloomsburry. 2009, viii,246pp. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. A popular narrative history of the bard's competitively pursued First Folio traces the author's travels from the site of a Sotheby auction to regions in Asia, throughout which he investigated the roles played by twentieth century oilmen and the electronic age. By the best-selling author of The Trouble with Tom.

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Book number: 64686

COLLINS, PAUL

The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World

NY, Bloomsbury. 2009, First U.S. Edition/ 1st Printing. (ISBN: 9781596911956). Boards, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover, Textblock very clean and tight; Binding and dust jacket lightly edge and corner bumped and rubbed. 292p. Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar).

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Catalogue: Literary Collections & Poetry

Keywords: William Shakespeare, English Literature, Classic English Literature Books on Books 9781596911956