26 Apr 2020
Do you like to show off your rare books?


In the middle of this confinement the question can seem a little bit perverse! [}:)] But if your books ever begin to need fresh air, why not have a (virtual) walk with them?

Send us a picture of your favorite book, a couple of lines telling us why it’s favoured, and we will put it online for you.(You can also do it yourself in the blog, if your picture is already online, by inserting in your comment the corresponding tag and url of your picture).

As you already know, we love to show off our books and having renewed our showcase this morning we invite you to stop by for a visit, a browse, and see what takes your fancy!

We are waiting for your pictures! Take care of yourself and stay tuned.
posted by  Julien at  22:35 | permalink | comments [0]



12 Apr 2020
An Easter egg hunt for book lovers


In this situation of full confinement, the traditional easter egg hunt would prove to be unpractical. Fortunately though, there is a book shop open behind your screen! We invite you to play with us by finding the Easter eggs hidden in our book descriptions on the bookshop's website.

You just have to click on the "Visit the book shop" link, at the top of the column to the right of this blog, to enter into the site.

There are 99 Easter eggs like the one below. Our reader who will find the most before next Tuesday, April 14 at noon (Barcelona time) will win a "bibliophilic basket" containing a selection of printed catalogues, a book of bibliography to be chosen from among a list of available works, and a 25% discount voucher to be used on our web site within the next 30 days.



To participate you just have to log in or register on our web site and answer to this blog with the number of eggs you have found (you wil leventually be asked the reference number of the books where you found an Easter egg). Beware! If the button "Live Support" lights up green, you can obtain 5 reference numbers... You just have to click the button to start a live conversation with us!



Good luck to all!
posted by  Julien at  15:16 | permalink | comments [1]



4 Apr 2020
Do you read your rare books?


A profane question that often comes back to us rare books dealers, is whether our customers "read the books of their collection... "

According to an idea still widespread (and - we have to say - fed since the 19th century by portraits regularly drawn in literature), bibliophiles would be like "fetishists of the book", obsessed by all sorts of silly details meaningless for the rest of the world, and for whom the possession of a book would represent, in the end, the main part of their interest for the book in general.

As a bookseller I think that I am in a pretty good position to have an opinion on the question, (and the reading of the various comments left by our followers throughout this blog gives us, for sure, some clues for a response!). But before testifying... I would love to read your own reactions!

I will therefore limit myself to giving you just the first line of my own answer: "Yes, my clients can all read...".

It’s up to you to continue!

If you are already logged-in, you can leave a comment by clicking here

To log-in or to create a user account, please click here
posted by  Julien at  16:32 | permalink | comments [6]







Visit the book shop

- -

Contact us

SEARCH
POLL
How many rare books do you own?
Less than 10
From 10 to 50
From 50 to 100
From 100 to 500
From 500 to 1000
More than 1000
CATEGORIES
Portraits [ 3 ]  RSS ATOM
Series [ 0 ]  RSS ATOM
    Cabinet de Curiosités  [ 1RSS ATOM
    Great Printers  [ 5RSS ATOM
    Not in WorldCat  [ 1RSS ATOM
Treasures and trinkets [ 51 ]  RSS ATOM


BLOG ARCHIVE

COUNTER
Visitors    769461
Online users 41