Collecting Piz Gloria
Updates while building the PizGloria.com website
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
James Bond Promotional Poster Arrives
Monday, May 09, 2022
"No Time To Die" One-Sheet Posters
Monday, May 02, 2022
Daylesford Bookshop And Another Fair
After visiting the Clunes Booktown Festival on Saturday my wife and I then drove thirty minutes to the town of Daylesford. The town was on our way home anyway, perhaps not the quickest route, but it made sense as we were so close.
First we visited the cafe by the lake that also sold second hand books. Well it used to anyway because the books have long gone now.
Next we visited Paradise Books on the main street. This store sells both new and secondhand books.
The store was busy as it always seems to be. And there were plenty books neatly organised on the shelves.
I managed to find these three copies of "Devil May Care" by Sebastian Faulks but I decided not to make any purchases.
On Sunday morning I woke early to attend the Vintage And Modern Toy Fair at the Malvern Town Hall.
Sadly though, apart from a few complete sets of James Bond trading cards these were the only Bond collectables I could find. These two Corgi "The Spy Who Loved Me" vehicles, still on their unopened cards, would have been a great buy for someone (especially at only $35 and $40). In fact when I returned just a few minutes later I noticed the white Lotus had already been sold.
So no purchases today for me but it was great to see all the different toys and collectables from my youth.
Sunday, May 01, 2022
Clunes Booktown Festival Returns
For the first time in three years Clunes Booktown Festival took place this weekend.
The two day event, inviting people to visit the small rural Victorian town, was thriving when my wife and I arrived on Saturday. I've included a "few" photos below to try and express how the town shines during this festival and how many book sellers attended. But there were also authors doing signings and talks, publishers explaining to future authors how to get an idea to print, people in costume exciting the crowds and others quoting paragraphs from popular books. It's not possible to capture the full extent of this event in images.