Kirkdale Bookshop
@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
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| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Hersperus implies the existence of Hisporus
Ite domum saturae, venit Hersperus, ite capellae.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hersperus implies the existence of Hisporus
Ite domum saturae, venit Hersperus, ite capellae.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Ite domum saturae, venit Hersperus, ite capellae.
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Buddo Powell - Un Poco Loco
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Buddo Powell - Un Poco Loco
SOLD!!! I still have an ARC of Antonia Lloyd'Jones's recent translation
The Possessed does have the scariest towel in literary history. One can see the rationale for keeping it in the public eye
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SOLD!!! I still have an ARC of Antonia Lloyd'Jones's recent translation
Somebody's going home with A Canticle for Leibowitz
a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
Alt: a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Somebody's going home with A Canticle for Leibowitz
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Due to the irregular nature of the cuboids in this diagram, this game could only rotate on a single axis. Renderering it dull at best.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Due to the irregular nature of the cuboids in this diagram, this game could only rotate on a single axis. Renderering it dull at best.
They should bring Ferdydurke back into print!
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
They should bring Ferdydurke back into print!
Buddo says it's time for more Max Roach!
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Buddo says it's time for more Max Roach!
This is the lighthouse from the first Azimuth album!
The Ministry of Culture in #Niedersachsen, #Germany, has rejected a call for the 1885 Roter Sand #lighthouse to be declared a heritage site and remain in its present location in the #NorthSea. Two municipalities are still contending to host it once it is relocated on shore.
#Deutschland #Leuchtturm
#Deutschland #Leuchtturm
Niedersächsischer Landtag debattiert den Leuchtturm "Roter Sand"
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is the lighthouse from the first Azimuth album!
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I wrote a book about mythography, or being lost with the gods, or close reading, or thereabouts. It would be an excellent festive gift for a smart girl, or someone who'd like to twist the current frenzy for retelling myths. it's available here mabibliotheque.cargo.site/Isabella-Str...
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Tempest Birth
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tempest Birth
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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you had me at omaha steaks
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
you had me at omaha steaks
spam email from Omaha Steaks
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
spam email from Omaha Steaks
It's the Ice STORM, not the Ice House. Long time ago!
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It's the Ice STORM, not the Ice House. Long time ago!
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Roland Barthes on how Proust’s writing is ‘a writing of Desire’ that ‘shines like the object in which jouissance will be found’:
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Roland Barthes on how Proust’s writing is ‘a writing of Desire’ that ‘shines like the object in which jouissance will be found’:
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Jules Renard’s journal, 28 June 1899
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Jules Renard’s journal, 28 June 1899
New card just landed
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
New card just landed
one for the horse/wheel.language crew
Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan
A major settlement in Central Asia called Semiyarka dating back to 1600 BC had houses, a big central building and even an industrial zone for producing copper and bronze
www.newscientist.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
one for the horse/wheel.language crew