About this website

 

There are plenty of websites promoting ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock prints), but very few

dealing with Japanese books. This website attempts to fill that gap.


The aim is to make the site as interactive as possible, catering to people's tastes,

responding to enquiries, tracking down material, etc.


 Contact me

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About me

I am a retired professor of English literature; my academic website is here. I spent years
as a research student poring over rare books and manuscripts, but at that stage my interest
was in the contents. I did not become interested in books as collectible objects until much
later on. You can find links to my own collections below.


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Other Links

IDENTIFYING JAPANESE FIRST EDITIONS

-For people who can't speak or read Japanese

JAPANESE ANTIQUES AND CURIOS

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BOOKS I AM COLLECTING

My two main areas of collecting are as follows:

1. VICTORIAN WOMEN

      - Their books, engravings, manuscripts, etc. I am particularly interested in those who led
         unusual or unconventional lives.

2. "HEADS THAT ROLLED: THE BOOKS OF THE MARTYRS"

       

- Material connected with those who suffered for their beliefs during the sixteenth and

   seventeenth centuries.


If you have anything you think may be relevant to these two topic areas please contact me.

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