25/06/2020 The manuscript “Nile Voyage 1873-4. Log of the Nygma. Memoranda as to Stores, Weather &c.” has been digitised by the Biblioteca de Catalunya and is now available via the portal ‘Memòria Digital de Catalunya’: http://mdc.csuc.cat/cdm/ref/collection/manuscritBC/id/290657/lang/en_US “I was standing by the Nile. When I saw the lady smile.” (Pink Floyd, The Nile Song, 1969) […]
Month: May 2020
The Vagaries of Book-Buying at Auction – A Beginning
I entered the world of book auctions quite late. I have my friend Franco to thank for the introduction to the auction house we regularly attended together, and which remains my favourite, although it closed many years ago. No trace of it remains on the internet and so I will not name […]