tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post8123939487217839248..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: A – Z of Celebrity CollectionsBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-91373535808878239532010-09-14T16:32:21.427+00:002010-09-14T16:32:21.427+00:00Joseph Connolly sounds like a scumbag. What year d...Joseph Connolly sounds like a scumbag. What year did he pay the £8 for Lord of the Flies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-28471792516019242562010-09-14T13:59:53.915+00:002010-09-14T13:59:53.915+00:00There was a very good bookshop- for readers, if no...There was a very good bookshop- for readers, if not for collecters- in Red Lion Street in Richmond, open on Fridays and Saturdays only.<br />Jacqueline Wilson might appreciate Captain Craig's memory- via E.A.Robinson- of "the days When I had ... grave friends To borrow my books and set wet glasses on them"Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-43483403379275309852010-09-11T15:27:38.019+00:002010-09-11T15:27:38.019+00:00I'm racking my brains to think where Jacquelin...I'm racking my brains to think where Jacqueline Wilson (she started her writing life doing a couple of crime novels for Macmillan) might have visited in Richmond and Kingston to pick up decent stuff at that time. Houben's (still there I believe) had a small basement of material but Richmond never seemed to have any major outlet (unless one counts the rather eccentric fellow - name forgotten - halfway up the hill to the Star and Garter who regarded any book published after 1900 with disdain). Twickenham - yes, Langton's, Norbiton - yes, but Kingston I remember as a secondhand book desert. Perhaps my memory is failing...Post Mortem Booksnoreply@blogger.com