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Justin Croft

@JustinCroft

Specialist in antiquarian books and manuscripts

 Faversham, Kent
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Joined November 2009
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Finally got round to seeing the 1300 copy of the Magna Carta in Faversham. I was encouraged to sign the visitors book. What else was I going to write but: 'Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain? '
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If you're buying books at @firstslondon later this week, do stop by our stand for a free bookmark! We look forward to seeing you there.
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Mariette Lydis. Opening Tuesday 14 Masons Yard London, SW1Y 6BU United Kingdom. More details at justincroft.com/blog/
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It was one of three books recently rediscovered by a volunteer as they tidied archives at the Fleur de Lis museum in Faversham. bbc.in/3qxpkUg

Katherine Parr: Prayer book written by queen goes on display

The book - as well as two others dating from the 16th Century - goes on display at a Kent museum.

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More tickets now available for my @favershamlit event next month (note change of venue, now Assembly Rooms) favershamliteraryfestival.or…
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Alice Arden, anti-heroine of the 1591 tragedy 'Arden of Feversham', recreated as a marionette puppet in the 1940s. Read about her and puppet traditions of performing 'Arden' in my piece for the latest @favershamlife favershamlife.org/upcycled-a…
Alice Arden marionette puppet (1940s, preserved in the @FavershamSoc Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham, Kent, England,

ALT Alice Arden marionette puppet (1940s, preserved in the @FavershamSoc Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham, Kent, England,

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Every year The Bibliographical Society makes a number of major grants to those engaged in bibliographical research (for example, book history, textual transmission, publishing, printing, bookbinding, book-ownership and book-collecting). 1/4
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Excellent thoughts on silk charter cords at Faversham and 'silkwomen', by silkmaker extraordinaire Sue Lamberton favershamcharters.org/braids…
Braids

Braids

Braids appended to Charter seals on Faversham’s Charters and possible links to London Silkwomen

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I'm so pleased to see Diane de Bournazel's books finding new admirers and bringing inspiration to book lovers. I too was overbowled by them when I first came across them in 2016. Stay tuned for a full-scale exhibition in Paris, Spring 2024.
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Found this tiny ink drawing of a woman, in the back of Westminster College's copy of Jean Crispin's New Testament in Greek, printed in Geneva in 1553 - a little sketch from a long time ago!
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The Faversham Charters and Magna Carta, my introduction to the amazing @FavCharters for today's @FavershamLife favershamlife.org/the-favers…
The Faversham Charters and Magna Carta

The Faversham Charters and Magna Carta

Faversham has a truly magnificent series of royal charters granted to the town by successive English monarchs. The earliest dates from the reign of Henry III in 1252, followed by eighteen more...

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Retweeting for #Bloomsday2022 The first portrait of Bloom in print - Mariette Lydis, 1925. As featured in @TheTLS and the @JamesJoyceBroad
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For #Ulysses100 here's the first published illustration of Leopold Bloom, by Mariette Lydis, 1926 for "900" journal. justincroft.com/what-did-leo… and the-tls.co.uk/articles/bowle…
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the May issue of Luxe Libris is out just in time for your 1st (or 2nd) cup of coffee. This issue is all about the New York Antiquarian Book Fair—featuring @bernettpenka, @simon_beattie, @honeyandwaxbks, @JustinCroft, @book_historia, @rebeccaromney + more! luxelibris.substack.com/p/th…
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Did you know that Faversham was bombed during WWI? The image shows the damage on the corner of Norman and Saxon Road! We have volunteers working to digitise 5k + images onto a database. We are so grateful to all who volunteer for the Faversham Society. favershamsociety.org/volunte…
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The New York Antiquarian Bookfair opened yesterday evening, our catalogue is now online at justincroft.com/wp-content/u…
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'Aurora Australis', written, printed and bound in Antarctica by members of Shackleton's 1908-9 expedition. A rediscovered copy of an extraordinary book. Read about it at bit.ly/3Odqtrb and see it at next week's New York Antiquarian Bookfair #antarctica #auroraaustralis
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We are delighted to announce that the missing #TreeOfLife notebooks belonging to Charles Darwin have been safely returned to the UL. Read the full story: loom.ly/2tTBXNY #DarwinAppeal

Missing Darwin notebooks returned to Cambridge University Library

Charles Darwin’s iconic Tree of Life notebooks anonymously left in a pink gift bag, 15 months after launch of a worldwide appeal to find them

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Close to home. wp.me/p7JAtm-25e A piece for today's @favershamlife on Faversham's beautiful 17th-century oyster fishery maps, soon to go on permanent display #maps #maphistory #faversham
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'Victorians in the Garden', a new shortlist bit.ly/3qsPnsH
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Just arrived, the new issue of James Joyce Broadsheet with my article on the first Bloom illustration - by Mariette Lydis #jamesjoyce #ulysses #leopoldbloom #mariettelydis, 1925. Copies from @JamesJoyceBroad
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