We can remember how sacks of catalogues would leave the house and go off to museums and institutions across the world, and answers would come back via telex.

He also traded in Arabia, the US and Europe. Through knowledge and research he built up a strong and friendly working relationship with the Japanese, travelling to Japan often. Hamish quickly realised this was not for him and started to focus on Arabic and economic books and the social sciences. He started, in his own words, as a runner, taking one book to another dealer and making a small margin. He had no formal training in the book business, other than an acute awareness of business and a degree in economics. In 1974 he started Hamish Riley-Smith Rare Books.

But after all the family interest in John Smith's was sold in 1972, he looked for a new career. He planned to work in the family brewing business, John Smith's, and spent seven years learning the craft at Whitbread's. He went to Trinity College Dublin, where he read economics and met our mother Brigitta (Gita) von Wagner. Rare book specialist Hamish Riley-Smith, who died on August 10, did not originally intend to become a dealer. Obituary: Book dealer Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020), as published in The Antique Trade Gazette As the members of these organisations we obey their Codes of Ethics. Our goal is to cover all of the aspects of Russian culture reflected in significant books from 1560s to 1990s.We participate in international book fairs as members of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and The Guild of Antiqurian Booksellers of Russia. Among our primary interests are first editions of Russian classics, important travels and voyages, Avant-garde and Constructivism, translations of world classics into different ex-USSR languages, children's books, science and economics, music, Russian Americana, autographs and manuscripts. We represent the wide variety of subjects: from 16th century Old Slavonic books to Soviet Samizdat. Some more precise categories are: Zoology, Faunal Works, Ornithology, Ichtyology, Molluscs, Herpetology, Entomology, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Arachnology, Botany, Florae, Medicinal Plants, Mycology, General Sciences, General Natural History, Encyclopedia, History of Science, Earth sciences, Geology, Congresses, Regional Earth, Sciences, Expeditions, Palaeontology, Micropalaeontology, Palaeobotany, Palaeozoology, Fossils, Historical Geology, Mineralogy, Crystallography, Petrography, Mining, Geochemistry, Precious Stones.īookvica also has a brick-and-mortar store! Visit them in:īookvica is an antiquarian bookseller specializing in fine books related to Russia and former USSR. We also have a big stock of periodicals on the above subjects. We offer a great range of material priced between Euro 10 and Euro 100.000. We specialise in old and rare books on Natural History, History of Science, Science, Anthropology, Travel/Exploration, Photography, Decorative Arts & Design. Antiquariaat Schierenberg also has a brick-and-mortar store! Visit them in:

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