Coming soon, our next catalogue - all things butterflies, moths. Identifying, catching, collecting, displaying… 19th century books, manuscripts and objects. #butterflies #moths #insects - message to get your copy.

Our next catalogue features over 200 19th century guide and view books - all from one private collection. Out in April, please message to receive a copy.

Sunbathing bee eaters in KNP last week! #southafrica #kruger #birds

Morning mud bath in the Kruger

A pale Wahlberg eagle - KNP- one of over 100 eagles of various types, gathered for an eruption of termites.

Today is International Zebra Day. Taking advantage of hot ashes in a controlled burn in Kruger in October. #kruger #zebra #safari #southafrica

Just purchased a good lot of birding guides and reference material. Currently for sale. #birds #ornithology

Yorkshire kingfishers #kingfisher #yorkshire #birds

White tailed eagle in action in Scotland. #bird #eagle #scotland

African swallow #kruger #southafrica

Young moorhen in the reedbed. #birds #naturephotography

Great white egret gracefully lifting off from the Suffolk marshes. #suffolk #birds #egret

Under a week until the York One Day Book Fair. We will be there, will you? Free ticket attached to this post. #rarebooks #york

This was the first English dictionary published in folio. It was though not strictly ‘new’ as the author pirated some earlier works. Just sold from our latest list. #dictionary #rarebooks

1663 Cambridge Bible in our new January list of recent acquisitions. #bible #rarebooks

Happy New Year. Wishing you the very best for 2025.

Wishing you a peaceful Christmas and a very happy New Year. With many thanks to all our customers and colleagues for their support this year. Tony & Nicki Fothergill

Let me introduce Kitty Draws Dogs - brilliant! www.kittydrawsdogs.com #dog #dogart #canine

In the recent drought a Fish Eagle hunts for the few remaining fish in a dry water hole. Surprising how many were caught. Uses wings to shade the water from the overhead sun. #eagle #safari #birds #wildlife #africa

Tusker tustle in KNP #elephant

War Horses. An interesting record of troop horses during the 1st World War. Now found a good institutional home to join with other military medical documents. #warhorse #horses #WW1 #manuscript #military

Orange breasted bush-shrike in South Africa. - very easy song to mimic - and confuse others who look for something that isn’t there! #birds #ornithology

Leopard and young cub by the Sabie River, KNP, October 2024. #leopard #bigcats #safari #africa

17th century treatise on comets - divine judgement or scientific occurrence was a hot topic. One of a number of works in our next catalogue on #astronomy #comets #theology #rarebooks #science #17thcentury

Lion emerging from the bush by high river Sabie bridge in October. #lion #africa #safari #photography #wildlife

A lucky spot in Kruger, at the bottom of a dry riverbed. A honey badger trying to break into a terrapin. #honeybadger #safari #kruger #southafrica #photography #wildlife

African dawn - mist rising in Kruger National Park #kruger #safari #southafrica #landscape #naturalworld

Just started work on a forthcoming catalogue of 200 books on astronomy from 17th century onwards. #astronomy #planets #stars #briancox #telescopes #rarebooks #cosmology

A 'tower' of Giraffes in The Kruger. Unlike many collective nouns for animals which are based on ancient terms, a 'tower' only came into use in the 1970's. #giraffe #kruger #safari #animals #nature #photography #africa

Baboon parental affection. Sabie River KNP. A moment of peace before the troop head off into the bush. #africa #safari #baboon #wildnature #kruger

Gizmo ‘bookcat’ - keeps an eye on the cataloguing. #cats

A rather full African Fish Eagle, KNP. It is the belief in remote fishing waters that they deserve the first catch of the day. By offering them your first catch, you will be rewarded with a successful day’s fishing and the Fish Eagles will respect all your subsequent catches with their crops full.

Meeting the future Queen Victoria in 1826, - “ a good natured healthy & chubby looking child of 7 years.” A manuscript journal in our latest catalogue - Manuscripts: kenspelman.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?... #queenvictoria #manuscripts #19thcentury #rarebooks

~ Being blindfolded and drawing a pig was a popular late 19th century & Edwardian game. Home-made examples survive, like these ones in our new catalogue of manuscripts - kenspelman.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?... #pigs #manuscripts #rarebooks

Explore the crazy world of Victorian Fern collecting in our catalogue: kenspelman.com/cat%20126%20... #ferns #gardening #botany #rarebooks #antiquarianbooks #collecting

Water Thick Knee looking its usual half awake self. Its melancholy, atmospheric song is a quintessential sound of dusk at waterside habitats in large parts of Africa. #kruger #birds #photography #africa

Kori Bustard displaying well, KNP. It holds a special place in African culture where it has long been considered the chief bird because no one had the right to hunt or eat it outside of a tribal chief under penalty of being struck down by madness… #birds #kruger #southafrica #photography #nature

Our next catalogue Women, Botany & Science (Part III) is now in production - you can sign up to get catalogues via our website, and also see Parts I and II. #botany #science #womenscience #women

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Yesterday was the so uplifting celebration of the life of one of my boys childhood friends who was diagnosed with Soft Tissue Sarcoma, a complex cancer. Jack has now passed, but his legacy lives on and any support would be greatly appreciated to help achieve this. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Diederik Cuckoo - The name “diederik” is an approximate rendition of the loud, persistent “deed-deed-deed-er-ick” call of the territorial male. #cuckoo #kruger #birds #southafrica #nature

Kudu peek a boo. Kruger, October. #kruger #africa #wildlife #naturephotography #southafrica

So at last we have made the jump across - so do follow to get all the latest news on our rare book catalogues - or sign up on our website. #rarebooks #libraries #bookcollecting #york #manuscripts #italy #gardening #grandtour

Good morning - African October yawn. A little close to the car window! #krugernationalpark #lions #wildlife #wildlifephotography #southafrica #kruger #nature

This was us for over 70 years… now on-line, and in-person at Book Fairs. Scale model courtesy of my four kids.

Africa - early morning conversations.

Out in Africa last month - 42 degrees, no rain, controlled burning of scrub - but here are zebras rolling in the hot ash to rid themselves of ticks.

Each month we pop out a user friendly, 10 items only, list of new acquisitions of rare books. Mainly subjects not covered by our main catalogues.

So at last we have made the jump across - so do follow to get all the latest news on our rare book catalogues - or sign up on our website.