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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Birthday Angela Lansbury! Born on this day in 1925 and pictured here in her ideal board game form. 🎂 🎉 #angelalansbury #murdershewrote #botd

The official Murder She Wrote board game featuring Angela Lansbury on the cover.

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · 21d

Happy Birthday to British Mystery Author Graham Greene! Born on this day in 1904!
🎂🎉📚 #GrahamGreene #botd

InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · 21d

Happy Birthday to British Mystery Author Graham Greene! Born on this day in 1904!
🎂🎉📚 #GrahamGreene #botd

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · 28d

Book and Ephemera Fair Online

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · 28d

Please Visit Our Booth at Getman’s Virtual Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair! Open Now! Thursday, Sept 25th 12PM - Saturday, Sept. 27th 6PM (EST) Link in comments. #getmansvirtual

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Sep 22

Please visit our booth at the (Getman’s Virtual) Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair this Thursday - Saturday
Further details to follow soon

Larry McMurtry’s Famous Bookstore Reopens as a Literary Center

InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Sep 14

The author’s famous Archer City bookstore reopened as a dedicated literary center earlier this year

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Sep 8

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join us this weekend for the 2025 Fort Worth Antiquarian Book Fair! Sat., 9/13 & Sun. 9/14. At the historic Ft. Worth Masonic Temple on Henderson Ave. Link in comments. #fortworthbookfair

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Sep 4

❤️ Great piece on the Larry McMurtry Literary Center in Archer City this morning on NPR. Definitely worth a trip if you haven't visited yet. #larrymcmurtry #archercity #lmlc

A literary center named for author Larry McMurtry breathes life into his Texas hometown

A literary center in Archer City, a tiny ranching town in Texas, keeps alive the legacy of famed Western author Larry McMurtry.

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy birthday to Sci-Fi and Horror pioneer Mary Shelley! Born on this day in 1797. Pictured here in a posthumous portrait after a design by Reginald Easton. #maryshelley #frankensteinday

InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Aug 25

Behind the Scenes at the Rare Book Factory. #rarebooks #bts #booksellerlife

InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Aug 21

Harper & Brothers imprint, 1928

InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Aug 15

Mötley Crüe’s “Girls, Girls, Girls,” except it’s “Books, Books, Books” and calls out all the best bookstores across the country.

InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Aug 15

Happy Birthday to Mancunian essayist Thomas De Quincey, born on this day in 1785! 🎂 🎉 📚#thomasdequincey #manchester #confessionsofanenglishopiumeater

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · Aug 1

Fifty years ago today, J.B. Lippincott published Edward Abbey’s ninth book, a novel that would inspire the radical environmental group Earth First! and introduce the verb “monkeywrench” as a synonym for “sabotage.” (Wish this first edition were mine, but it belongs to @inkqrare.bsky.social) #BookSky

Front and rear views of the first edition of Edward Abbey’s 1975 novel THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Aug 12

Happy Birthday to American Author and Screenwriter William Goldman! Born on this day in 1931 🎂 🎉 📚 🎥 #WilliamGoldman #princessbride #butchcassidy #marathonman

InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Jul 24

Happy Birthday to Weird Fiction Pioneer Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett). Born in London on this day in 1878. 🎂 🎉 ✍️ 📚 #lorddunsany #botd

InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Jul 3

Happy birthday to American food writer and memoirist M.F.K. Fisher. Born on this day in 1908. 🎂 🎉 📚 🍲#mfkfisher

InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Jun 22

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InkQ Rare Books @inkqrare.bsky.social · Jun 22

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