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Ex-Libris Bookplate

Originally uploaded by Deborah Swain

There’s an increasingly popular field of specialization in book collection - collecting books because of the ex-libris bookplates found pasted inside them. I’ve just launched a new Website dedicated exclusively to this area - The Ex-Libris and Bookplate Store

This particular bookplate looks very much like a Rockwell Kent design however I’m not certain…if anybody has any further thoughts or any ideas as to the identity of David Adams, please do leave a comment below. The ex-libris is pasted into a 1931 First American Edition of The Waves by Virginia Woolf, published by Harcourt, Brace and Company.

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Originally uploaded by rodrigolab

Borat Sagdiyev (aka British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen) is currently touring ‘the U.S. and A’ (as Borat would say) signing copies of his book “Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A. and Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.”

This is a great shot of him at Borders in Los Angeles, California.


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I’ve known the historical novelist Adam Williams for several years now and have been lucky enough to have him sign his novels for me when he’s been visiting Italy.

He’s just launched his own personal Website - Adam-Williams.net which is definitely worth a look - his family background in China makes for fascinating reading.

Here’s my signed copy of Adam’s second novel and bestselling sequel to The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure - The Emperor’s Bones.

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