Cosey Rare Books

12/22/2022

This article is a bit old but highlights a problem that comes up regularly: what happens when a library needs to deaccession part of its collection? Book lovers often cry foul when books are sold or otherwise discarded, yet they don’t consider the resources required to maintain a collection.

Which side are you on?

Rare Book Hub,April 2015 Article 1809

11/16/2022

Have you ever been to a rare book fair? After a 2+ year pandemic hiatus, book fairs are back bringing interesting rare books, signed works, and collectable ephemera to the general public for our viewing and collecting pleasure! And especially exciting this year will be the first annual Philadelphia Rare Book Fair, held next month at the Trinity Memorial Church. Congratulations to Philly for getting their own event this year, and I hope to see you there!

Bibliophiles can check out rare books, autographs and ephemera at the historic Trinity Memorial Church on Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10

11/15/2022

What do we know about the man who gave his name to the elusive boson which gives particles their mass? Turns out, not much. A recent biography published about Peter Higgs shows how the man is harder to pin down than the God particle itself.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/21/elusive-frank-close-review-peter-higgs

An illuminating guide to the man and the science behind the Higgs boson – and how its discovery ‘ruined’ his life

11/07/2022

What’d I miss?!

Hey friends! It’s been quite some time since I posted on here but I thought I’d jump back in the deep end. What sort of content do you want to see from Cosey Rare Books?

10/28/2021

In anticipation of an upcoming move, I’ve put a lot of things on sale in my eBay shop. Check out some of the cool things you can snag at an amazing deal – I have no fewer than 6 of these original 19th-century bizarre monster prints, framed and ready to hang on your wall!

Link below in comments 👇

09/28/2020

During the pandemic I've gone from actively baking like crazy, to just passively binging the Great British Baking Show on Netflix.

With the return of the Great British Bake Off to our screens, it’s the perfect time to crack out the baking skills! We’ve explored before how baking skills were highly valued in the Middle Ages, so this time we thought we’d put some medieval recipes to the test. Using authentic...

08/22/2020

Just listed: a lovely set of Edgar Allan Poe’s complete works — the Cameo edition from 1904. Check it out!

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=264840001138&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111

08/04/2020

Here's one for all you cartophiles:

Matthew Paris (b. c. 1200, d. 1259) was a monk at the Benedictine Abbey of St Albans in Hertfordshire who was renowned for his work as a chronicler, scribe, and artist. His entry in the St Albans Benefactor’s Book (Cotton MS Nero D VII), produced a little over a century...

05/22/2020

Hi friends! It's been a while since I've posted anything on here. But I wanted to take a moment to say hi, and to let you know that I do still have some awesome books for sale and also that I've been hardcore for more than two months now -- so rest assured these books are going out clean and safe! I'll try to get some posts up to share some interesting listings, but in the meantime here's a useful article from the British Library about how to be a good hermit.

https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2020/05/how-to-be-a-hermit.html

12/17/2019

Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome by Venki Ramakrishnan. New York: Basic Books (Perseus/Hachette Books), 2018. Octavo, 288pp. Hardcover, first U.S. edition/first printing. Fine in a fine unclipped dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

New York: Basic Books (Perseus/Hachette Books), 2018. Octavo, 288pp. Hardcover, first U.S. edition/first printing. Fine in a fine unclipped dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

08/21/2019

If you started a project on August 13th, there's a good chance it will never end . . .

How can you predict the future, interpret your dreams, and protect yourself against harm? Some of the manuscripts digitised for The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project have the answer. Many medieval manuscripts include charms, which seek to influence events through the use of words and ri...

08/16/2019

Concerned about the fate of our planet? Same, friends. See what astrobiologist David Grinspoon has to say about it. Signed first edition/first printing in fine condition.

Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet's Future, by David Grinspoon. New York & Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2016. First edition/first printing. Octavo, 522pp. Flat-signed by the author on the title page.