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Rebecca Romney

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Rare book dealer @typepunchmatrix; author, JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF (Feb 2025); the book specialist @PawnStars; co-founder, Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize.

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COVER REVEAL + PRE-ORDER PROMO! My upcoming book, JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF, is about building a book collection of Austen’s favorite women writers. Coming via @MSRBooks in Feb 2025; amazing cover by Chris Allen. Link for 25% off for @BNBuzz members in next tweet!

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What’s your favorite science book? With @rebeccaromney Let us know at: sciencefriday.com/yourbook


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Join us for the third digital event exploring the life and work of Mary Robinson. This month, to mark Mary Robinson’s birthday on 27 November, the exhibition’s Curator Emma Yandle explores Mary Robinson and the Royal Family This online talk is on Wednesday 27th November 8-9pm GMT

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A reminder: tomorrow @rebeccaromney will be giving a presentation at the @IULillyLibrary in honor of the Romance Novel In English exhibit! I encourage anyone who can to attend. even though I'm stuck in NY & will be vintage gothic green with envy! 💚😄 libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library/…


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@rebeccaromney kindly sent along an ARC of her JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF, which recounts her work as a rare book collector seeking the women writers who influenced the novelist. Long ago I taught a class by the same name (where we didn’t read Austen!) & so I’m deeply hyped.

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🚨CONTEXT COLLAPSE launch events for New York🚨 --On November 13, I'll be reading w/ @biancastone at @flowchartfdn in Hudson, NY --And on November 18, w/ Gary Indiana @mcnallyjackson Seaport Would love to see you there! See links in follow up tweet for info on how to RSVP.

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Today is a great day for a Reformed Rakes deep-dive that nobody asked for! Join us for Fabio: Part One, where we chronicle the rise of romance cover model Fabio, the authors who hated his guts, and the shady manager who launched him into superstardom. reformedrakes.com/episodes/fabio…

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The first batch of Asian and African digitised manuscripts has been restored. Details of which, and links to the digtal versions are given in our new blog blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-afri…


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Just so people know, RandomGuyStringofNumbers here is dead wrong: It is NOT advisable to wear gloves to handle antique books, they do more harm than good. Conservators keep having to explain this but people do hang on to their pet myths for dear life. library.pdx.edu/news/the-prope…

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Chawton House putting on display not just any Jane Austen first editions — her •brothers’• copies of her first editions 😍 @ChawtonHouse theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…


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It's October, also known as #Gothtober & I'm going to share some gothic romance covers throughout this month. They're too fun not to share 🖤 Harlequin House, by Leal Hayes Ace, 1972, 2nd printing (1st printing was in 1967 with different cover) Illustrated by Robert Maguire

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Yesssssss a major fave

finally read Rebecca and it goes straight in the “old books that are actually good, not just when posh people are being performative” category. What an absolute banger



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A rather remarkable publisher's binding from 1790.

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A great thread describing ways to manage risk when purchasing collectible books from line sellers. See my tweet from yesterday featuring the Woodiwiss facsimile signature to understand why this is important

Look for structures of accountability. One such structure is the return policy of the platform if something goes wrong. But *multiple* structures of accountability are best when working with new sellers.



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🎉 Tickets for our PRIDE & PREJUDICE FESTIVAL, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in 2025 are now on sale! 📖 Celebrate P&P from 23-28 January 2025 (and our annual P&P day!) with a whole host of exciting events. 🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/4eJCAbX

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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam also has a library. This is where his famous letters to Theo are kept, as well as books he owned. Like this one, in which Van Gogh has doodled a little head

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