Archive - Bibliomania

James Joyce's readers

February 2 was the anniversary of James Joyce’s birth (in 1882).

Feb 4 •

January 2025

"The ninth-century Bede, sir . . ."

Meeting Sir Thomas Phillipps

Jan 28 •

On being defeated by some poetry pamphlets

Jan 21 •

Book destruction in fact and fiction

Jan 14 •

Price (sic) and Prejudice

Building a Jane Austen collection

Jan 8 •

December 2024

This be the (palaeographical) verse

Copies are scarce, or are claimed to be: “Limited to fifty-six copies”, the colophon states, “of which forty-eight are for sale”.

Dec 24, 2024 •

Ruskin redeemed

How could anyone collect John Ruskin?

Dec 17, 2024 •

Books about books for Christmas

It’s not been a bad year, I reckon, for trade books about books.

Dec 10, 2024 •

James Fleming (1944–2024)

What does an editor do?

Dec 3, 2024 •

November 2024

May 2024

I do want to go to Chelsea

Glimpses of Firsts: London's rare books fair

May 17, 2024 •

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