Springhead Books
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Specialising in cult authors, artists and designers
Simon Ford, former librarian, art historian, art critic
Author: Wreckers of Civilisation (1999) Hip Priest (2002)
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/springhead-books-rochester/54278647/sf
Simon Ford, former librarian, art historian, art critic
Author: Wreckers of Civilisation (1999) Hip Priest (2002)
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/springhead-books-rochester/54278647/sf
Fascinating and well-designed British Government propaganda booklet on ways of keeping fit in the late 1930s. Undated but circa 1938.
February 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fascinating and well-designed British Government propaganda booklet on ways of keeping fit in the late 1930s. Undated but circa 1938.
Mark, Kay Carroll and Yvonne Pawlett, Prestwich. Kay wrote to me once 'I was born Kay Sullivan sometimes with an O as in O'Sullivan my initials spelt chaos (KO'S). I think I used that a lot with the Fall fan club as well as Mother. I sifted and replied to everyone who wrote to the Fall.' #FallFriday
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Mark, Kay Carroll and Yvonne Pawlett, Prestwich. Kay wrote to me once 'I was born Kay Sullivan sometimes with an O as in O'Sullivan my initials spelt chaos (KO'S). I think I used that a lot with the Fall fan club as well as Mother. I sifted and replied to everyone who wrote to the Fall.' #FallFriday
Really sorry but I have no idea where this picture comes from but its a very Fallish picture of The Fall #FallFriday
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Really sorry but I have no idea where this picture comes from but its a very Fallish picture of The Fall #FallFriday
There are so many artists into The Fall, here's a good one, Glenn Brown's Mark E. Smith as Pope Innocent X, 1999. #FallFriday
January 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
There are so many artists into The Fall, here's a good one, Glenn Brown's Mark E. Smith as Pope Innocent X, 1999. #FallFriday
At my college 'artists v graphic designers' was like 'mods v rockers' but these days I'd probably swap sides. Supercool Wim Crouwel from his 'graphic odyssey' catalogue
January 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
At my college 'artists v graphic designers' was like 'mods v rockers' but these days I'd probably swap sides. Supercool Wim Crouwel from his 'graphic odyssey' catalogue
On demand The Fall before youtube. #FallFriday
January 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
On demand The Fall before youtube. #FallFriday
I can see the ladies toilet but that can't be the men's? Near Shoalstone Seawater Pool, Brixham in around 1982.
January 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can see the ladies toilet but that can't be the men's? Near Shoalstone Seawater Pool, Brixham in around 1982.
Two worlds collide, Martin Parr and Mark E. Smith at Prestwich Mental Hospital. 'Oh mental hospitals, They put electrodes in your Brain, And you're never the same, You don't dig repetition.' Is that Fiery Jack? #fallfriday
January 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Two worlds collide, Martin Parr and Mark E. Smith at Prestwich Mental Hospital. 'Oh mental hospitals, They put electrodes in your Brain, And you're never the same, You don't dig repetition.' Is that Fiery Jack? #fallfriday
Very 'The Fall' young adult book from 1975, Don't Tell Me What To Do (Pyramid Books) by Michael Hardcastle #FallFriday
December 20, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Very 'The Fall' young adult book from 1975, Don't Tell Me What To Do (Pyramid Books) by Michael Hardcastle #FallFriday
Another from the M. E. Smith Estate auction, by Gorillaz's Jamie Hewlett 2010 #fallfriday
December 20, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Another from the M. E. Smith Estate auction, by Gorillaz's Jamie Hewlett 2010 #fallfriday
The Fall at Riley Smith Hall, Leeds, 7 December 1982. A4 poster, printed red on peach paper. #FallFriday
December 13, 2024 at 6:34 AM
The Fall at Riley Smith Hall, Leeds, 7 December 1982. A4 poster, printed red on peach paper. #FallFriday
Not so cool author portrait # 1 Oliver Reed
December 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Not so cool author portrait # 1 Oliver Reed
Cool author portrait # 1 Michel Butor
December 11, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Cool author portrait # 1 Michel Butor
Classic, literally
December 11, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Classic, literally
Nice jacket for this 1949 first edition, by Graham Sutherland from a design made for Clark in 1940.
December 9, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Nice jacket for this 1949 first edition, by Graham Sutherland from a design made for Clark in 1940.
Some recent acquisitions, in colour!
December 9, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Some recent acquisitions, in colour!
Like the thought of this, US Air Force reading Jean-Luc Godard during downtime in 1968.
December 7, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Like the thought of this, US Air Force reading Jean-Luc Godard during downtime in 1968.
'There's A Ghost in My House' ... another from the Mark E. Smith Estate auction in 2022
#FallFriday
#FallFriday
December 6, 2024 at 8:10 AM
'There's A Ghost in My House' ... another from the Mark E. Smith Estate auction in 2022
#FallFriday
#FallFriday
Not got anything planned this year but if I had a time machine this would be a good Christmas party to check out #FallFriday
December 6, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Not got anything planned this year but if I had a time machine this would be a good Christmas party to check out #FallFriday
Need to remember that sometimes you can't beat a well thumbed paperback for pulp thrills.
December 3, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Need to remember that sometimes you can't beat a well thumbed paperback for pulp thrills.
If you get the chance, do visit Coventry Cathedral, fascinating from the detail to the epic.
December 3, 2024 at 5:11 PM
If you get the chance, do visit Coventry Cathedral, fascinating from the detail to the epic.
Anybody looking for a Christmas present for a 'Graham' who is into Slade? Make sure its not the same one who recently took it to the charity shop ...
December 2, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Anybody looking for a Christmas present for a 'Graham' who is into Slade? Make sure its not the same one who recently took it to the charity shop ...
From the Pomarium Britannicum 1821, at the front the membership list of Farningham Book Society made up of mostly Reverends...
December 1, 2024 at 4:52 PM
From the Pomarium Britannicum 1821, at the front the membership list of Farningham Book Society made up of mostly Reverends...
Should be in a museum, one of Mark E. Smith's typewriters, from the Estate auction in 2022 #FallFriday
November 29, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Should be in a museum, one of Mark E. Smith's typewriters, from the Estate auction in 2022 #FallFriday