The Book Trunk

This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books.

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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Frost in May

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Virago Modern Classic Number 1: This is the 1991 edition, with an introduction by Elizabeth Bowen. The cover shows a detail  from Girl ...
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Sunday, 16 August 2015

Book Buying in London!

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Book boxes outside Any Amount of Books. I’ve been to London for a couple of days visiting my Younger Daughter, and although I didn’t mak...
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Thursday, 13 August 2015

Time To Tidy The Shelves...

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LibraryThing and Viragoing for August has gone to my head I think. Have started trying to tidy bookshelves – not something I attempt all...
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Tuesday, 11 August 2015

The Land of Green Ginger

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Another Virago for LibrayThing’s All Virago All August challenge. And I think this one will do nicely for the What’s in a Name challenge o...
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Saturday, 8 August 2015

Tears, Lies - and Ice Cream!

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 My 1990 edition of A Little Love, A little Learning. The cover shows Weisse Vase Mit Heidekraut by Oskar Moll. The year Aunt Hat ca...
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