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Wool House Books will, in future be concentrating heavily in the area of manuscript material. Some general stock will continue to be shown but the emphsais will be on letters, documents, diaries, photo albums etc. I am always interested in buying in any of these areas so please contact me if you have anything |
Wool House Books Member of the PBFA Rare and unusual books on all subjects |
Welcome to Wool House Books (specialising in Manuscript Material) If like me you are fascinated by catalogues, and read them with the avidity of a good novel then please enter the site and browse at your leisure. Entering a website like this should be like entering a good second hand book shop; you never know what you might stumble across. I can't promise you that title you are looking for, but I think I can promise there is a good chance you will find something interesting, something that you haven't seen before; something that might take you down a path that you had no idea existed. Maybe an author will be new to you; maybe an odd take on a familiar subject will draw your attention. I have a particular interest in manuscript material; diaries, letters, etc; material which opens a window onto the past. It is the kind of material which I hope will appeal especially to historians, who represent the ideal destination for such items. |
"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?" Henry Ward Beecher, social reformer |
The Wool House - Main Street - Beckley - East Sussex - TN31 6RJ |
I shall be writing a regular blog on various aspects of bookselling, and the books that I am selling, and I would be grateful for any comments you might have. Click on the tab upper right for the blog. For Book Fairs at which I will be exhibiting, events and latest news, see What's New. |
"Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books?" William Targ (Book Editor and Private Press Publisher) |
General Stock |
"Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an additiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby.Those who do it must do it". Jeanette Winterson (novelist) |
RARE BOOKS |
Coming soon An Officer's letter being an eye witness account of Sebastopol during the Crimean Campaign |
Polar and Crimean war interest Signed cabinet card of Admirals Keppel and Stephenson |