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Shooting Times article and other bookish things

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

My Books

I’m not entirely sure where the time flies…  but it certainly does, what with snow, Christmas, chest infections and post strikes!

I am doing my best to keep up with the demands made by the World Wide Web on this Antiquarian Book Seller.  I have a web site, with e-commerce, which means I need to have any number of different ways for people to pay, which means any number of people take a slice.  And instead of working within a gentlemanly club (with the occasional rogue) of  other dealers in books, with an equal passion for beautiful books about country pursuits I am trying to carve a  living in competition with the likes of Amazon…  Sometimes I wish I were a pensioner by occupation rather than just age…

The time spent  managing modern book selling is eating into the time required to prepare my good old fashioned catalogues…  but I do have another one at the printers!

In spite of the modern pressures I can still ensure top quality books are being produced,  and The Shooting Times have written an article about my recent Crealock volume – for which, I am delighted to report there is still a discerning customer or two…

Shooting Times article about David Grayling's publication of Crealock's Stalking Sketches

Shooting Times article about David Grayling's publication of Crealock's Stalking Sketches