Bookbinder visit
17th October 2019
Bookbinder at the Priaulx Library: October 2019
2018 donations to the Priaulx Library
10th September 2019
The World of de la Rue , a 150th anniversary presentation (of the company), from Mrs Geraldine Alford. A photocopy of a photograph of the family of James Henry Torode and Rachel Isabelle Mary Torode (nee Nicholle). From Jennifer Anstiss of NSW in Australia. From Mireille Ball: an illustrated account of Seaplane Bungalow . Jilll Barnicoat kindly donated the following items: Exhibition Catalogues…
Guillermo Tupper: A Guernsey hero's family visit from Chile
10th September 2019
A super morning spent with the lovely Tupper family from Chile - Alexander de Vic, senior and junior, Loreto and Isabel Margarita Tupper, descendants of the famous Guernsey-born soldier and hero of the Chilean Civil War, William de Vic Tupper. Born in 1800, he was the son of John Elisha Tupper and Elizabeth Brock. He was educated in Paris and his family intended him to become a merchant.…
Bookbinding: making appointments
19th June 2019
The Priaulx Library uses Sycamore Bookbinding of Eastwood, Nottingham, to bind and conserve its collections. They also have a Facebook presence. Andy Graves, the Director, visits the Library approximately every quarter. He will undertake private commissions. If you wish to arrange to meet with Andy at the Library on one of his visits, please email him at info@sycamorebookbinding.co.uk; owing to…
Occupation Births, Marriages, and Deaths indexed
11th April 2019
Local researchers make a great contribution to the Priaulx Library’s holdings and to local studies.
Donations 2018
10th April 2019
Mrs Geraldine Alford of Guernsey: The World of de la Rue 150th year anniversary presentation. Jill Barnicoat of Guernsey gave us an Exhibition Catalogue of local artist Eric Snell, another Eric Snell Catalogue, and local books Guernsey's Forgotten Past , our own publication Guernsey on the Map , St Martin's (A Parish History) , A Document School Report for Kilimani School,…
Priaulx Library - Caretaker required - 15 hours per week
19th February 2019
The Priaulx Library has a vacancy for a caretaker (15 hours per week). Please contact the Chief Librarian, Sue Laker for an application form and further details.
The Digital Priaulx
1st November 2018
The Priaulx Library is beginning an extensive programme of digitisation in order to preserve the precious documents and images it has in its collections. In so doing the Library is also making its wealth of material more easily accessible to visitors and researchers. Digitised newspapers and documents, as well as the Guernsey Photographic Archive and the map collection, will be available to…
Printed Transactions for sale
6th August 2018
A number of copies of The Report and Transactions of the Société Guernesiaise are being sold at the Priaulx Library in aid of funds. They are modern (dating from the 1980s onwards) and are priced at £1 each. Please contact the Priaulx Library for further details. (Visitors to the Library only, apologies to our off-island friends!) Transactions of La Sociétè Guernesiaise For Sale at £1 each…
Window film renewed
6th July 2018
Any book collector will know and dread the fearful power of the sun. Spines drained of colour, pages yellowed, leather cracked. Making sure this doesn 't happen to our precious books is one of the responsibilities of the staff at the Priaulx Library, and we have recently renewed the film on our large Georgian windows to ensure that the UVF protection for our collection is the best it can be.…