Bath Book Fair
Blueberry Books is exhibiting at the Bath Book Fair on Saturday 6th October! You can get your complimentary tickets here. #BlueberryBooks...
Bindings - The Basics
There are many types of bindings for books, but I would say that in essence books are bound in cloth, paper, leather or vellum,...
The Bookplate Journal, Autumn 2017. Part III.
This is the third and final part of my blog posts on the latest edition of the Bookplate Journal. In Bookplate identification: an aid to...
The Bookplate Journal, Autumn 2017. Part II.
An extensive article by Anthony Pincott entitled Identifying English bookplates. At 33 pages it takes up a significant portion of the 80...
The Bookplate Journal, Autumn 2017. Part I.
I recently received my copy of The Bookplate Journal and wanted to write a post about it as this particular issue seems to be a good...
Wood Engraving and Thomas Bewick
In the early years of the printing press illustrations used to be woodcuts. The image would be cut along the grain with both the text and...
Euclid, the Father of Geometry
At Blueberry Books we have a couple of books relating to Euclid and felt it worth writing a little post about the father of geometry. He...
Bookplates
When it comes to collecting books there is not one way. Some people collect books on a particular subject, others from a particular...
Blueberry Books is the newest member of the PBFA!
We are pleased to announce that Blueberry Books has just become a member of the PBFA. This is something we're really excited about. A...
A. A. Turbayne
Albert Angus Turbayne (1866-1940) designed book covers. Born in America he moved to England in 1890. His most recognisable work is...
