The Lit & Phil
Newcastle's independent library, the Lit & Phil, is home to more than 200,000 books and music items, and has a rolling programme of events and activities.
www.litandphil.org.uk
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No. 325 "Man Against Microbe" by Bigger, Joseph W. Imprint: London; The Book Club, 1941. #books #bookcovers #libraries
- Early Closure Due to the annual members’ gathering on Thursday 18th December, the library will close at 6pm. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
- Our new Christmas cards are back in stock! Please enjoy ‘The Rein-Deer’ by Thomas Bewick with a festive twist. 6 cards for £8 www.litandphil.org.uk/shop/christm...
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- Tickets are still available for tonight's NU Ideas Talk: "Growing a House" & "Specialisation is for Insects"! www.litandphil.org.uk/event/nu-ide... A LIVE Event at the Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tickets are FREE for Monday 3rd November | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
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- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No.29 "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" J.M. Barrie First edition 1911. Illustrated by F.D. Bedford
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- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No. 47 "Cook – title page and Zee-Otter" Images from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld: James Cook’s Voyages', published in Dutch in 13 vols. between 1795-1803. #books #libraries #illustration
- Tickets are LIVE for "The Wylam Song Cycle : A Railway200 Celebration" www.litandphil.org.uk/event/the-wy... A LIVE concert at the Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tickets are £10 or £8 for concessions, for 1pm on Friday 26th September #concert #live #music
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. No.71 'The Lobster Moth' From Edward Donovan’s ‘Natural History of British Insects’ Volume V, published in (1796) #antique #books #illustration #libraries
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. No.66 "Scotswood Bridge over the Tyne" From ‘Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland, Illustrated from original drawings by Thomas Allom, & c.' (1833) #old #books #illustration
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- Reposted by The Lit & Phil🗓️Save the date: Thursday 30th October | 6pm Join us at the @litandphil.bsky.social for... 🐧'Sustainable Polar Science for a Changing Climate' a free lecture with @andyshepherd.bsky.social and @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social. www.litandphil.org.uk/event/sustai...
- Tickets are LIVE for the talk: "War Horse: Service Animals in the Military" www.litandphil.org.uk/event/war-ho... A LIVE Event at the Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tickets are FREE for Monday 1st September | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- Tickets are LIVE for "Gerald Dickens presents: Sikes and Nancy & The Tale of Captain Murderer" www.litandphil.org.uk/event/gerald... A LIVE Event £15 / £12 (concessions) at the Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne Thursday 4th September | 6:00pm to 8:00pm
- Spend a short while in the company of Mrs Affleck, the woman who worked as a cleaner for the Lit & Phil for over 20 years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aVD... Brought to life in a monologue by Anita Holbrow, portrayed by Jacqueline Phillips, with soundscape by Kit Haigh. Directed by Cinzia Hardy.
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. No.150 "Fables" by Gay, John, 1685-1732. Imprint: London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1793. #books #fables #libraries #legends #illustration
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. No.77 'De Re Metallica Libri XII' by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1621) #mining #metallurgy #oldbooks #libraries
- ClassicsFest lives on! In case you missed our opening event, 'Why Cicero Matters', you can now watch it on our YouTube channel, as well as the fantastic Corruption in the Spotlight: Cicero versus Verres (in two parts)! Watch here 👇 www.youtube.com/channel/UCBi... #classics #cicero #newcastle
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No.18 'Gemini' for 'Global sleep under the stars night' From 'A Celestial Atlas: comprising a systematic display of the heavens in a series of thirty maps : illus. by scientific description' by Alexander Jamieson. 1822
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No.367 for #nationallighthouseday From 'Our seamarks : A plain account of the lighthouses, lightships, beacons, buoys, and fog-signals maintained on our coasts for the guidance of mariners' by Edwards, E. Price (1884)
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. Since it is apparently #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay... No.547 | ORNITHOLOGY 'The Owl' From ‘The Ornithology of Francis Willoughby of Middleton in the County of Warwick’. 1678. #books #libraries #illustration
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. No.436 for #internationaltigerday From Volume I of ‘Oriental Field Sports’, by Captain Thomas Williamson, drawings by Samuel Howett. 1808. #books #libraries #illustration
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No. 105 'Herbal' From the 2nd ed. (1824) of Thomas Green’s ‘The Universal Herbal, or, Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary’. #books #libraries #herbs #flowers #medicine
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- At last it has happened - our 200th Birthday Party took place on Friday 18th July! Members and special guests joined our celebrations, which were kicked off by a fine speech from our President, Alexander Armstrong. #bicentenary #libraries
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. No.1 "Winter" From 'A winter in Lapland and Sweden : with various observations relating to Finmark and its inhabitants; made during a residence at Hammerfest, near the North Cape' by Arthur de Capell Brooke. 1827
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No.22 'The North Pole' From 'Narrative of an attempt to reach the North pole [...] and attached to His Majesty's ship Hecla, in the Year MDCCCXXVII, under the command of Captain William Edward Parry (1828) #books
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. How about something to inspire cool thoughts on such a warm day? No.346 'SNOWBOUND' From ‘Old Sporting Prints’ by Ralph Nevil, published by the Connoisseur Magazine. 1908. #books #illustration
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems Since it is apparently #cowappreciationday here is a charming illustration of the famous Chillingham 'Wild Cattle' From "A Short History of British Agriculture" by John Orr, 1922 - sadly now missing from our library.
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No.59 'Several Creatures' From William Fordyce Mavor’s ‘A new dictionary of natural history; or, compleat universal display of animated nature, with the most curious and beautiful animals, elegantly coloured’. 1785-1787
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems…. No.6 Systema Cosmicum (1641) #books #libraries #science #astronomy #Galileo #Galilei
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No.32 ‘A Fourth Form Friendship’ (1911) Angela Brazil was one of the first British writers of modern schoolgirls' stories written from the characters' point of view and intended to entertain rather than moral instruction.
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems... No. 98 'THE LASS OF LIVINGSTONE' Image from ‘Old English Colour-Prints’ by Malcolm C. Salaman, 1909. #books #illustration #libraries #18thCentury
- Tickets are LIVE for our 200th Anniversary Concert! Scarlatti and Avison Concertos The concert will show how Charles Avison orchestrated and developed Scarlatti's initial harpsichord work. www.litandphil.org.uk/event/classi... FREE - 1st July 7pm at the Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems... VEGETABLE ODDITIES: POTATOES AND TURNIPS From The Strand Magazine 1893 #magazines #archives #gardening
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. Since other collections are #solstice posting... No. 185 'STONEHENGE' This small volume from 1776 is to be found in our fascinating collection of Tracts. #Books #pamphlets #history
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No.34 'Cigars' This slim merchants’ catalogue from the 1880s was rediscovered in 2015 – it contains life-size coloured representations of various types of cigars, as well as the stamps of leading brands, as shown. #books
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No.20 From 'Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire: or, a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains of the Yorkshire Coast [...] by John Phillips. Printed in York in 2 volumes between 1829 and 1836. #books #rocks
- This Saturday, our brave volunteer takes on The Wall Ultramarathon, a 70-mile trek from Carlisle to Newcastle, to help secure the Lit & Phil’s future. With energy bills soaring and our historic building needing extra care, every donation matters more than ever! donate.givetap.co.uk/f/the-litera...
- STAIR LIFT ACCESS If you are planning to visit the library, please be aware that our stair lift is currently out of order. We are working hard to get this resolved as soon as possible and apologise for any inconvenience or disappointment. #newcastle #newcastleupontyne #litandphil
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises and gems The book of the caravan: a complete handbook to the pastime of caravaning: Illustrated from photographs, and by line-plans and drawings to scale by L. C. R. Cameron. 1907 - the year the Caravan Club was founded. #books #caravans
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. No. 104 "GAS SUIT" From ‘A Treatise on the extent and probable duration of the Northern Coal Field with remarks on the Coal Trade in Durham and Northumberland’, by T.Y. Hall, 1854 #books #illustration #history #coal
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- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. No.24 Plates demonstrating degrees of colour vision deficiency From "Colour-blindness and Colour-perception" by F.W. Edridge-Green. 1891. #books #oldbooks #bookplates #colour #illustration #science
- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems: No. 53 Detail of Stephenson’s Patent Locomotive Engine (side elevation) from "Description of the Patent Locomotive Steam Engine of Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne" #Stephenson #trains #books
- Tickets are now LIVE for 'Peter Bradshaw in conversation with Dave Whetstone | The Body in the Mobile Library and Other Stories' Wednesday 28th May | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm A LIVE Lit & Phil Event, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | £3 www.litandphil.org.uk/event/peter-... #crime #fiction #books #booksky
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- The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems No.19 "Reliquiæ Diluvianæ" or, 'Observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge' 1823. #books
