tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post6803196509601513007..comments2024-03-25T11:29:25.356-04:00Comments on Existential Ennui: Eastbourne Book Buys: Victor Canning's Birds of a Feather (Heinemann, 1985) and the Last of TomeNick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-49102372469976669412015-06-13T16:38:00.030-04:002015-06-13T16:38:00.030-04:00A nice eulogy to a great shop. Being an Eastbourne...A nice eulogy to a great shop. Being an Eastbourne resident, I could barely believe my luck when Tome opened. Not only was the pricing incredible (alas, I suppose, for them) but the stock was varied and interesting. A combination of that shop, plus Camilla's (plus an ok Oxfam bookshop) turned the town into a gold mine, for a time.<br /><br />But all things must pass.<br /><br /> Chrishttp://www.eddiecoyle.brokenfingers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-8855022542598150542015-06-10T12:45:07.796-04:002015-06-10T12:45:07.796-04:00Michael Collins is great! I recommend you to start...Michael Collins is great! I recommend you to start with his first. Ray Garratyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771800826581349483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-39226383201274391172015-06-10T09:56:47.850-04:002015-06-10T09:56:47.850-04:00Gosh, Francis Clifford! I discovered his books in...Gosh, Francis Clifford! I discovered his books in about 1975, the same week I discovered P M Hubbard, and have since forgotten all about him. It's probably too late to start collecting him now given the strict price limits I set myself, but thanks for the memory.Nomeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07852416489125069782noreply@blogger.com