Edmund Brumfitt
@ebrumfitt.bsky.social
Dealer in rare books, mainly before 1820, mainly European. Plus other distractions.
Oh that is very cool indeed.
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Oh that is very cool indeed.
Am in Detroit at the moment, with a view over the river to Canada, and it seems utterly absurd that we as a species have made it such a rigmarole just to get to the other side (and back). Never have I appreciated Schengen more.
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Am in Detroit at the moment, with a view over the river to Canada, and it seems utterly absurd that we as a species have made it such a rigmarole just to get to the other side (and back). Never have I appreciated Schengen more.
It's nice to be kept in the loop. They are (and I say this with a fair amount of bitterness) the anti-Fedex.
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's nice to be kept in the loop. They are (and I say this with a fair amount of bitterness) the anti-Fedex.
Will govern myself accordingly, as ABA security messages used to say.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Will govern myself accordingly, as ABA security messages used to say.
I was rather planning on packing light for Philly next week. Bad idea?
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I was rather planning on packing light for Philly next week. Bad idea?
There is nothing better. I sold someone a book at the NY fair this year who had bought their first rare book from me maybe 15 years earlier. A sale like that is better than any big one.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There is nothing better. I sold someone a book at the NY fair this year who had bought their first rare book from me maybe 15 years earlier. A sale like that is better than any big one.
No! But I am now. Should come with a trigger warning.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
No! But I am now. Should come with a trigger warning.
I get abbreviated to all sorts of things and I just tend to roll with it (or embrace it - booking restaurants is much easier over the phone if I just call myself Ed). But I absolutely draw the line at Eddie, which the father of a school friend used to call me.
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I get abbreviated to all sorts of things and I just tend to roll with it (or embrace it - booking restaurants is much easier over the phone if I just call myself Ed). But I absolutely draw the line at Eddie, which the father of a school friend used to call me.
Was just looking at the NE regional for the same trip and you basically write off a day, though. Is the Acela that bad?
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Was just looking at the NE regional for the same trip and you basically write off a day, though. Is the Acela that bad?
It is also one of the very few books I have had to which I can find not a single reference!
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It is also one of the very few books I have had to which I can find not a single reference!
I did wonder. But even the second (surviving) male was born in 1736. Ercole (if it is about him) did get married in 1741, but I don't know why there would be baptismal ceremonies the previous year (to accompany engagement? But a bit odd, unless I am missing something).
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I did wonder. But even the second (surviving) male was born in 1736. Ercole (if it is about him) did get married in 1741, but I don't know why there would be baptismal ceremonies the previous year (to accompany engagement? But a bit odd, unless I am missing something).
By way of a lure, these are the endpapers...
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
By way of a lure, these are the endpapers...
As a bookseller? 8 years and counting...
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
As a bookseller? 8 years and counting...
I haven't been since its reopening, but the Museum of the Home certainly does textiles. But I don't know how they are now displayed.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I haven't been since its reopening, but the Museum of the Home certainly does textiles. But I don't know how they are now displayed.
And should you be on the King's Road on Friday or Saturday and fancy a browse, you can get free tickets at lists.ebrb.co.uk/chelseatickets. Do come along.
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
And should you be on the King's Road on Friday or Saturday and fancy a browse, you can get free tickets at lists.ebrb.co.uk/chelseatickets. Do come along.
Actually, to my shame, no. Although still working through one from two years ago.
October 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Actually, to my shame, no. Although still working through one from two years ago.