📚 @gaystheword.bsky.social
-Oldest LGBTQIA+ bookshop in the UK (founded in 1979)
-Meeting place for Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) in 1984-85, which inspired the movie ‘Pride’ (2014)
📚 @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
-@lrb.co.uk's official bookshop
-Hosts events and has a café next door
📚 @bookmarksbookshop.bsky.social
-Founded in 1973
-Official bookseller of the Trades Union Congress
Coming out of the British Museum, we stumbled upon some independent bookshops 📖 We always encourage buying from independent booksellers, who are so vital to keeping the book trade alive and full of individuality (1/4)
Need ideas for things to see in London? ‘Doors of London’ can help you find the perfect hidden spot you never knew about, whether you’re a Londoner or a visitor passing through. To get a better look inside this book, go to www.sheldrakepress.co.uk/product/door.... 🚪
It’s UK Mother’s Day on Sunday, and if you need a present for a new mother, consider a baby book illustrated by the beloved children’s author and illustrator, Kate Greenaway.
#mothersdaygifts #babybook #newbaby
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Help save Liverpool Street Station! New plans put forward by Network Rail are threatening the Victorian Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings, and today, 10th February, is the last day to object. Click below for details. 🛑
#SaveLiverpoolStreetStation
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Why not get a chuckle on Valentine’s Day as well as a kiss or a hug? Thanks to that greatest of English humourists, William Heath Robinson, we have a card for you that might just do the trick. #valentine #books #independentpublishers
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The age of #streamliners on the American #railroads was so visually exciting that we created an #artbook, Logomotive, in tribute and made the cover art into a limited-edition print 🚃
Check out our News Flash to find out more:
bit.ly/TrainArtPrint
The most difficult thing about #publishing a #book is finding the right #cover. Here are a few initial #designs that give you a glimpse into the evolution of ‘Doors of London’🚪
Today is the last day of our flash sale for ‘Doors of London’, available here: www.sheldrakepress.co.uk/product/door...
NEWS FLASH
To mark one year since the publication of ‘Doors of London’, and to toast its authors, the city photographer Cath Harries and the house historian Melanie Backe-Hansen, we are holding a four-day flash sale for UK customers. #flashsale #architecture #history bit.ly/CathandMel
In this colour photograph, the designer Ian Logan holds a model steam locomotive with an illuminated cabinet behind him containing other models.
🎺 NEWS FLASH 🎺
To mark five years since the publication of his book ‘Logomotive’, we interviewed the British designer, Ian Logan. How did he get into design, we asked, and how did he get hooked on American trains?
#designer #trains #americana
bit.ly/LoganVision
Stopped off at @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly yesterday and chuffed to see two of my books on display! 😄😁 #AHouseThroughTime #DoorsofLondon @davidolusoga.bsky.social @cathlondon.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @sheldrakepress.bsky.social
Gears, gadgets and gloriously improbable inventions ⚙️ Our book ‘Very Heath Robinson’ is a celebration of the artist’s whinsical creativity and cultural impact ✨
Our ever watchful Mr Jenks 🐾 makes sure even the trickiest contraptions run smoothly 🔧
Ian Logan’s love of folk songs got him hooked on American railroads.He says there’s a song for every line.Here are some of his favourites🎶
Ian even sings himself.Listen in as he launches into ‘City of New Orleans’.Then take a look at his book on the railroad art of mid-century USA,‘Logomotive’🚂
If you’re looking for a gift, we can provide you with beautiful books, beautifully wrapped. 🎁
Add gift wrapping at checkout and we’ll do the rest – available exclusively in the UK at sheldrakepress.co.uk ✨
#ukpublisher #gift #giftwrapping #christmas #logomotive #heathrobinson #doorsoflondon
Every door has a story to tell. 🚪✨ From ornate stained glass and timeworn letterboxes to commemorative blue plaques, London’s entrances are full of history. Overseen by our Feline Director Mr Jenks, bit.ly/DoorsofLondon opens up this hidden world. 🐾
#Architecture #DoorsOfLondon
A colourful collage of images including vintage railway graphics, advertisements and trains that evoke the main themes of Sheldrake Press’s book, Logomotive.
Step back to the golden age of American railroads – 🚂 bold graphics, catchy ads and sleek locos. And keeping a watchful eye? Our Feline Director, Mr Jenks, because every train needs a conductor. 🐾
More at 🇬🇧 bit.ly/logomotive or 🇺🇸 bit.ly/LogosUSA
#DesignInspiration #RailroadHistory
From page to present 🎁: choose any book from our UK site and we’ll gift wrap it for just £3. Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries or just because. Add gift wrap at checkout, and we’ll do the rest ✨
#GiftWrapping #Books #GiftIdeas
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Photograph of an elaborate Victorian brass letterbox on a dark green panelled door in Balham Market, Hildreth Street, south-west London.
🖊️ EDITOR'S NOTES 🖊️
On a grubby door in Balham market, London, I spotted this letterbox. Much more intriguing than the unadorned door furniture available today. Even the L and S of LETTERS are embellished with scrollwork. See more at bit.ly/DoorsofLondon. SR.
#LondonArchitecture #LondonHistory
Book of the Month Sign
Congratulations to our lovely authors @cathlondon.bsky.social and @househistorian.bsky.social, acknowledged on the mahogany Book of the Month sign holder. Gauge their achievement at bit.ly/DoorsofLondon.
#doorsoflondon #architecture #classicalrevival
Book of the Month Lectern
What tribute more fitting for a book filled with Classical entrances than to make it into a high temple of the Classical Revival! ‘Doors of London’ is displayed on the mahogany Book of the Month lectern for the whole of June.
Approach to Dining Room
BOOKSPOTTING
This month our new book ‘Doors of London’ is getting the full mahogany treatment. You could say it has arrived! Here it is in the hallowed halls of London clubland, displayed on a mahogany lectern and announced as Book of the Month on a mahogany sign holder. SR.
Thanks, Mel, for providing that helpful information about how to get the book in the UK and Europe. In the US, please go to sheldrakepress.com.
🎺 NEWS FLASH 🎺
Your front door is the focus of your façade, the face you show to the world. Here are just three examples from our new book ‘Doors of London’. It is published in the USA today.
#doorsoflondon #househistories
@cathlondon.bsky.social @househistorian.bsky.social
bit.ly/DoorsUSA
My favourite London bridge. SR.
Cast ne’re a clout till May be out. But if the forecasters are right, soon we’ll be seeing bees in the garden again. For cautionary tales about these and other hazards, turn to Harry Graham’s ruthless rhymes in ‘When Grandmama Fell Off The Boat’ at bit.ly/giftsSP.
SR
#illustration #rhymes #art
We got lucky in the ‘New Camden journal’ last week when Maggie Gruner wrote up our book ‘Doors of London’, re-imagining all the people who had passed through them and brought them to life.
See her cast of characters at bit.ly/JambToday.
#doorsoflondon #architecture
@cathlondon.bsky.social
🔍SPOTLIGHT🔎
‘The way people portray themselves is through their doors,’ says Cath Harries. In an interview with ‘Country Life’, the author of ‘Doors of London’ talks about her 15-year project to find and photograph London’s most extraordinary doors.
Listen on bit.ly/DoorsPodcast
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#london
🔍 SPOTLIGHT 🔎
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!
Finding quirky solutions to everyday problems is what made Heath Robinson famous.
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#heathrobinson #heathrobinsonmuseum #illustration #gadgets #creative
