Stone Trough Books York Uk

Why is it that the libraries of writers and artists are especially interesting asks george ramsden owner of stone trough books in walmgate york.
Stone trough books york uk. There is stone trough books in fossgate whose owner george ramsden hit the headlines in january when he sold the 2 600 volume library of author edith wharton which had been stored away in a north yorkshire village for 20 years for more than 1 million. Stone trough books are dealers of rare and second hand books. Founded by george ramsden in 1981 in camberwell stone trough books in york since 1991 continues to hold a hand picked stock of literature and art books and to catalogue private libraries.
The building was originally residential but given permission to be turned into a. Stone trough books you shouldn t judge a book by its cover and nor should you judge the size of a bookshop by its exterior. Then there is one of my favourites the minster gate bookshop in minster gates.
171 pages tipped in colour illustrations and frontispiece portrait plate near fine condition in decorated cloth covered boards and calf spine gilt titled on spine an out of series copy of the specially bound edition this copy not signed by the author short scrape on the spine of. Stone trough books was established in 1991 on fossgate and moved to 51 walmgate. Stone trough books settrington york 1987.
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