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  1. In Sound of Providence Wu Xie is a grave plunderer / antiquarian (depending on who's asking). We haven't been informed of his title in this drama, he may even be an archaeologist like his older relative. Whatever it turns out to be this sounds like a habit he should get rid of.

    (Eye contact ish in pic)

    #UltimateNote #archeology #OccupationalHazard #UrbanXianxia #CDrama

  2. In 2009, I rescued more than 100 random old books from a skip. Still have 45 of them to sell or give away: proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2

    might put them up on #freegle later. #oxford #antiquarian #oldbooks

  3. #1132 George Fox Tregelles (ed) - Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Report and Transactions, 1890-91. Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Penzance, 1891.

    #Penzance #Cornwall #Antiquities #Archaeology #NaturalHistory #Insects #BookOfTheDay

  4. #1032 George Fox Tregelles (ed) - Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Report and Transactions, 1889-90. Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Penzance, 1890.

    #Penzance #Cornwall #Antiquities #Archaeology #NaturalHistory #Botany #BookOfTheDay

  5. 🎮🔍 Ah, "The Digital Antiquarian" strikes again with yet another thrilling saga of ancient computer #RPGs. Apparently, the world can't get enough of rehashing how Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate shook the pixelated landscape of the 90s. 🕹️✨ Spoiler Alert: they were popular—breaking news from 1997, folks! 📅🚀
    filfre.net/2025/03/the-crpg-re #DigitalAntiquarian #RetroGaming #90sGaming #Fallout2 #BaldursGate #HackerNews #ngated

  6. Slowly updating fromoldbooks.org/books-for-sal books for sale page.

    I am not a bookseller by trade, but have accumulated hundreds of books over the years, and there are too many. The strategy is to try and sell exceptionally interesting ones first and maybe have money for groceries, too!

    Some of these i bought to study the layout and typography (e.g. the Four Gospels fac simile). Which i did.

    #rareBooks #antiquarian #finePrinting #finePress #books #booksForSale #typography

  7. #637 George Bown Millett (ed) - Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Report and Transactions, 1885-86. Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Penzance, 1886. #Penzance #Cornwall #Antiquities #Archaeology #NaturalHistory #Algae #AncientCrosses #Scilly #BookOfTheDay

  8. Currently reading, "A Walking Tour Round Ireland in 1865" by WW Barry.

    Quite enjoyable. Could see it leading to a visit there myself some day with a few walks involved.

    #amReading #antiquarianbooks #Ireland

  9. For anyone interested in Romantic essays about Welsh #folklore, #antiquarian studies, #Gothic and short stories, #HistoricalFiction or early #Tasmanian writing, allow me to share my comprehensive bibliography of Thomas Richards (1800-1877), formerly of Dolgellau before emigrating to Hobart via London in the early 1830s. Wherever possible, I have linked to #OpenAccess digital copies of any of his writings that I have been able to trace. This is a work in progress, so I hope to share future updates of the bibliography.

    #Romantodons #Wales #Tasmania #LitStudies #WelshWritingInEnglish @litstudies

    bydbach.hcommons.org/thomas-ri

  10. OUT NOW!

    𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍.

    The first in a series of five volumes reproducing some of the pivotal journal articles of the past concerning the prehistoric monuments of Cornwall. Available from Amazon now, but should be available from other retailers within the next few days.

    See cornovia-press.wikidot.com/chr for further details.

    #Cornwall #Kernow #Archaeology #Prehistory #Bookstodon #TheCornoviaPress

  11. Spent Sat afternoon in #Pasadena at the
    California Antiquarian Book Fair (abaa.org/cabookfair), full of #antiquarian books, maps & #ephemera. I picked up a copy of “The First #LosAngeles City and County Directory” at the Johnson Rare Books' booth.

  12. @isaacfreeman @aurynn @Br3nda @desttinghim here's my fave reference to that pamphlet. I wonder how London coffee is doing these days...
    #coffee #AntiquarianBooks

  13. For the past few years I’ve been collecting scans of antiquarian books on #pomology. They’ve been the basis for private research and a few articles, and the occasional historic #perry or #cider recipe recreation. But I keep forgetting references, or losing notes, so finally put them all into #zotero! Should do the paper books too.

  14. The porcupine from Antonio Tempesta's "Nova Raccolta de li Animali piu curiosi del Mondo" (Rome, 1650) has a five- o'clock shadow and really sums up the ✨ vibe ✨ this week :dumpster_fire:

    #rarebook #antiquarianbook #17thcentury #copperplate #porcupine #libraries

  15. 📚✨ Oh joy, another pulse-pounding tale of antiquarian excitement featuring... antennas and, uh, Margaret's letter? 😂 Because nothing screams thrilling adventure like vintage radio gear and forgotten correspondence. Let's all pretend we're not dozing off with this yawn-inducing treasure hunt through dusty pages! 📖😴
    ei3lh.eu/?p=88 #antiquarianadventures #vintagegear #thrillingreads #dustytreasure #humorousstory #forgottenletters #HackerNews #ngated

  16. From Jimmy Maher, the Digital Antiquarian, an in depth look at the Choose Your Own Adventure series of gamebooks created by Edward Packard and published from 1979-1998 (original series) filfre.net/2025/09/choose-your #interactiveFiction #books #gamebooks #CYOA

  17. @wendypalmer @tanoujin @dangillmor all my books, antiquarian or not, go into little libraries for kids to discover, 10 cents or $100 , I don't care, out they go to people.

    If I cared about what was near my corpse when I die; 20,000 leagues, Snowcrash, #Ringworld, #Lovecraft, #Vonnegut #ToSayNothingOfTheDog, #Murderbot and #NaomiNovikbooks I suppose with lots of other stuff available!

    #GiveAwayBooks

  18. @wendypalmer @tanoujin @dangillmor all my books, antiquarian or not, go into little libraries for kids to discover, 10 cents or $100 , I don't care, out they go to people.

    If I cared about what was near my corpse when I die; 20,000 leagues, Snowcrash, #Ringworld, #Lovecraft, #Vonnegut #ToSayNothingOfTheDog, #Murderbot and #NaomiNovikbooks I suppose with lots of other stuff available!

    #GiveAwayBooks

  19. @wendypalmer @tanoujin @dangillmor all my books, antiquarian or not, go into little libraries for kids to discover, 10 cents or $100 , I don't care, out they go to people.

    If I cared about what was near my corpse when I die; 20,000 leagues, Snowcrash, #Ringworld, #Lovecraft, #Vonnegut #ToSayNothingOfTheDog, #Murderbot and #NaomiNovikbooks I suppose with lots of other stuff available!

    #GiveAwayBooks

  20. @wendypalmer @tanoujin @dangillmor all my books, antiquarian or not, go into little libraries for kids to discover, 10 cents or $100 , I don't care, out they go to people.

    If I cared about what was near my corpse when I die; 20,000 leagues, Snowcrash, #Ringworld, #Lovecraft, #Vonnegut #ToSayNothingOfTheDog, #Murderbot and #NaomiNovikbooks I suppose with lots of other stuff available!

    #GiveAwayBooks

  21. @wendypalmer @tanoujin @dangillmor all my books, antiquarian or not, go into little libraries for kids to discover, 10 cents or $100 , I don't care, out they go to people.

    If I cared about what was near my corpse when I die; 20,000 leagues, Snowcrash, #Ringworld, #Lovecraft, #Vonnegut #ToSayNothingOfTheDog, #Murderbot and #NaomiNovikbooka I suppose with lots of other stuff available!

    #GiveAwayBooks

  22. #32 John Michell - Megalithomania: Artists, Antiquarians and Archaeologists at the Old Stone Monuments. Thames and Hudson, London, 1982, 1st edition. #JohnMichell #Megaliths #Archaeology #ThamesAndHudson #BookOfTheDay

  23. #32 John Michell - Megalithomania: Artists, Antiquarians and Archaeologists at the Old Stone Monuments. Thames and Hudson, London, 1982, 1st edition. #JohnMichell #Megaliths #Archaeology #ThamesAndHudson #BookOfTheDay

  24. #32 John Michell - Megalithomania: Artists, Antiquarians and Archaeologists at the Old Stone Monuments. Thames and Hudson, London, 1982, 1st edition. #JohnMichell #Megaliths #Archaeology #ThamesAndHudson #BookOfTheDay