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Hi Helsbells, Yes, I do get vintage books, I've got things like Bee keeping, Farrier, hunting/shooting fishing type things, plus a few vintage craft/needlework etc. is there something specific you are looking for?

Basically, you only use the pulp from inner bark, this has been the problem for me in demonstrations of historical paper making, although I haven't used it before, I need to show the origins of paper and The Orient still uses mulberry to make paper by hand and at mills, as the origins of paper-makin...

Hi, I am wondering how easy and possible to grow mulberry, I need it to make authentic, historical handmade paper. I only need to use the inner pulp. Does anyone have experience of growing mulberry? and any information on growing it etc. would be really welcome.

Oh, Yes sorry, I should have put that they are sometimes gardening, art/crafts, cookery, animals,and topic related books. As I get a lot of these types of books on a regular basis, I could stock pile each subject and make up a couple of boxes of each subject to make it worth the travel etc. I hope t...

Hi, I buy books at auction, mainly job lots and from time to time I get an excess of books that I would like to trade for other items that I may need. These books cover all genres and can vary from a couple of boxes to a van load, the majority being good to very good condition, fact, fiction, childr...

Hi, I'm living just outside Oxford, I've set up my own pre-owned book business after witnessing the most dreadful amount of books that go to land-fill from charity shops etc. I am also a medieval re-enactor and have started to learn how to make authentic, paper and parchment and hope to do demonstra...