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Book Collecting

Book collecting is a fascinating hobby, and interest in rare, antiquarian and secondhand books is growing all the time.

Use the links below to display a number of articles by Robert Newbury, Ardis director, who started a business selling secondhand books from home in 1983.

Please download any items which you think may be useful for reference purposes.

Comic Relief - a thing of the past
Book Collecting - the lighter side
Running a small postal books business
Collectable Books - How to find them
Collectable Books - How to price them
First Editions - How to find them
Sending books through the post
Folio Society Books
Easton Press Books
Signed Books

TV and film related

Gerry Anderson Comics
TV21 Comics
TV21 Comic Covers
Lady Penelope Comics
Lady Penelope Comic Covers
What's the best UK comedy series?
The Avengers TV series
Crossroads TV series
Gerry Anderson Annuals and Books

Fiction

Vladimir Nabokov - his life and work
Malcolm Saville Books

Annuals

Giles Cartoon Annuals
Gerry Anderson Annuals and Books

Comics

Scorcher Comics
Gerry Anderson Comics
TV21 Comics
TV21 Comic Covers
Lady Penelope Comics
Lady Penelope Comic Covers
Countdown Comics
TV Action Comics
Look-in Comics
Commando Comics

...and just for fun

The following items have appeared in various publications over the years. They are mostly humorous in content (well they made me laugh when I wrote them), and won't take more than five minutes or so to read.

Please let me know what you think of them, and feel free to suggest subjects for further items.

Subbuteo Football - Game for a laugh
Forty Years On

There is also a full length comic novel in bite size chunks if you are looking for a deeper experience. 'Nothing Serious' is a darkly comic love story about Guy Sanderson, who comes out of university and plans to become something in the city. He is serious about making money, but not about much else. But everything changes when he arrives at the interview...

Any comments will be read with interest...

Chapter 1

'After all, human beings come and go, while books remain forever' - Amos Oz



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