Dr. Claire Collins

Two books side by side face up. One has a vintage tropical cover and is titled Mysteries of the Islands by Robert de la Croix. The other has a bright blue cover with an oval cutout in the center featuring three blue-skinned fantasy men fighting a snow storm. The title, Brave and Bold, is only on the spine of the book.

I was in #Belfast yesterday and picked up these two beauties for my antique book collection. The #CharityShops up by @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social are well worth a visit!

08.10.2025 18:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A book cover where the title of the text is in a gold frame surrounded by light pink flowers and green vines. The text reads "Tennyson, The Princess, pictures by Howard Chandler Christy".

The title page of the book. The text is surrounded by an oval wreath of pink flowers with the blooms at the top and the stems crossing at the bottom. There are some small red berries on the stems. The text reads: "The Princess by Alfred Lord Tennyson with drawings by Howard Chandler Christy". At the bottom above where the stems cross, the text reads "The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers".

I love the gorgeous artwork in this edition of "The Princess" by #AlfredLordTennyson. Feels very #ArtNouveau! 🌸

19.03.2025 14:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Woke up early to try and catch the #LunarEclipse this morning but of course despite being surprisingly sunny all week, the sky was overcast and drizzly 🙄🇮🇪

14.03.2025 08:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm slowly doing a much needed #SpringCleaning on my antique book collection and just came across this lovely piece of #ephemera in my Shakespeare. It's a service card from St. Mark's Methodist, Rockville NY dated 1 January 1922.

13.03.2025 17:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0