Book collecting features N-Z

Tracking Tranter
JENNIE RENTON interviews Colin Mills, an avid collector of the works of NIGEL TRANTER, and compiler of The Nigel Tranter Bibliography.
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Collecting R B Cunninghame Graham
From an interview with NICK NICHOLSON, on his passion for the books of Graham.
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Judith Ann Fisher 1946 - 2003
JENNIE RENTON writes an obituary of the well-loved bibliophile, who ran James Thin's antiquarian department.
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Lines on Callum Macdonald
JENNIE RENTON on the late editor of Lines Review, Callum Macdonald.
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Pickering's Books
Scotland's newest secondhand bookshop, Pickering's Books, opened in the premises at the corner of Buccleuch Street and Buccleuch Place that were formerly McFeely's Bookstore. JENNIE RENTON wrote about the event.
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Peter Nelson Obituary
PETER NELSON was the book expert at auctioneers Phillips from 1978 to 2000, and then at Lyon & Turnbull until 2003. JENNIE RENTON writes on his death.
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Two Hundred Years of Papermaking
Owner of Argyll Publishing, DEREK RODGER, takes a look at the history of Scottish papermaking, with special reference to the mill at Carrongrove. From the Scottish Book Collector archives.
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Book Addict
A short article by CYNTHIA ROGERSON, the author of Upstairs in the Tent, on her love affair with books.
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A Labyrinthine Library
A world authority, JEFF SAWARD leads us through an amazing piece of history.
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George MacDonald, Mystic Magus
Cromarty author ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND describes her lifelong love of George MacDonald, whose Victorian fantasy writing holds an enduring charisma.
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Bookseller by Affinity
The bookshop at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh is run by MATTHEW WILLIAMS, whose taste endows it with a focused eclecticism that mass-market outlets inevitably lack. In this audio interview, he talks to Jennie Renton about his passion for bookselling.
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