Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 3hDubourg, Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome, 1st ed 1820, 2nd 1838 printing - first has colour wash borders Unaffordable when good, found in breaking condition, I'll rebound Classic in coloured aquatint technique, combining stippling in the engraving fields with delicate hand watercolour finish 1143
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 01/10/202636mm Grand Seiko slimline hand wound with textured cherry blossoms in snow dial, a many stage silver and gold plating process, just the slightest shade of pink 🌸 020
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Excitedly anticipating a full set of Dubourg's aquatints of ancient Rome, 26 large etchings with a grainy, dot-like surface pattern used in intaglio printmaking to create soft, tonal areas that look like watercolor washes, with hand watercolour finish. Binding needs repair but a steal at under 1k 130
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This arrived by surprise today. Presumably bought 3am after some wine. No recollection but the invoice says £199 so v.keenly priced. 1675 numismatic Suetonius with superb illustrations, edited by Charles Patin. Vellum binding. VGC and about 50 pages with coin illustrations or decorations. 040
Reposted by Andrew McCabeArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178124422669
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 29/09/2026new in my library today. George Sandys, the first American classicist, on the journey he made to the eastern Mediterranean 1610 Sandys Travailes: containing a History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire, sixth edition, 1658 011
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 27/09/2026shoe section, where I go to find a Man Seat whilst my family wastrels are shopping on my Amex. Passed by the kids section on the way to Man Seat to procure a toy for Austin so he can endure the wait since he can't browse his phone. Austin personally chose this teddy from a range of options #dogs 050
Reposted by Andrew McCabeTami Wicinas @tamiwicinas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am pleased with how my betta fish dish came out. I’m having a lot of fun playing with the glaze on these fish! 1012932677
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 23/09/2026100-41 of NYTs best series of 21st c gift link: I've watched or don't wish to watch, most. My own best: - Happy Valley - Halt & Catch Fire - Good Wife - Thick of It (Iannuci; better than Veep) others I loved beta be in the 40-1 list! www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 000
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Martin Rolfe should be pushed to resign by the government or sacked. I was caught up in last week's mess. It took 36 hours to travel from Dublin to London. I'm again caught up in this week's mess on another flight. #NATS 020
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Tanks are cute* *don't worry I've not suddenly turned into a military fetishist. This post is nerd-bait. Awaiting replies. 100
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 20/09/2026More. The amount of damage one country can do to the world 😡 "You can definitely start sending stuff back to the countries who donated it now,” Mr. Grenell to Josef Palermo, a curator he hired. “Figure out everything you don’t want and just send it back A.S.A.P.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...nytimes.comHow President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. 042
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I'm not alone in hating the Equal Earth projection map adopted by UN. I'd have voted against it because of the distortion in shapes. Here's two I prefer - Chinese mapmaker Hao Xiaoguang’s vertical world map - The Goode homolosine projection and a discussion: www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i... 120
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Centre was a gift from the world 3700 tons of white marble from Italy tapestries by Matisse woven by the ancient des Gobelins factory in France silk stage curtains woven by Japan Orrefors glass lighting and chandeliers from Sweden Not paid for by the US, gifted by us to honour JFK 39940
Reposted by Andrew McCabeMateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"In some places Rome does not fall at all. In others, such as Italy, there are multiple, sometimes repeated farewell parties, where the guests do not want to leave and the host does not switch the music off." How do we think about the Fall of Rome today? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgTowards and beyond the ‘Fall’: rethinking Rome’s end | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge CoreTowards and beyond the ‘Fall’: rethinking Rome’s end 613845
Reposted by Andrew McCabeCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC. I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing. (thread) 7049501258
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 18/09/2026While I'm travelling, a spy has told me that this previously unknown activity is what's going on in my kitchen. I guess men must have their secret hobbies. 030
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 17/09/2026my OysterDate now in rotation for next week after a long absence from my wrist. Running well, perfect timing. 1970s, 14k case and oyster bracelet. Excellent condition, few except hairline marks. Rivet bracelet. Size is just right, pretty bright given it's oyster braceleted, larger would overwhelm 020
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Historical Account of Irish Coins with related Statutes, Proclamations, Patents, Acts of State and Letters. 1749. Eight good plates, beautifully bound, bookplate of Earl of Donegall 100 pages on Statutes etc from 1339, Latin initially, English from 1447, is most interesting, eg on O'Reyley's money 020
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 14/09/2026. @heyculligan this email below shows the customer service shambles your company represents If you looked into the content of the emails you'd be even more embarrassed. Or maybe not. Bad service is your thing 000
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 14/09/2026my first catalogue of leads. 64 plates plus 40 pages with large decorative devices. I don't understand the rock in 2nd image Love binding. Raised dark leather spines with gilt letters and marbled paper boards were usual by 1740. This inked vellum looks 1600 but style continued in Italy to 1820s 150
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@heyculligan.bsky.social is a fraudulent company who does not fulfill the water orders they accept and does not refund customers. I have many email exchanges and phone calls with them. On the phone they locate my undelivered order and offer to refund, but then by email deny I had any order. 100
Reposted by Andrew McCabeHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059812394
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Austin and I went to the movies. Every Sunday, all Curzon cinemas are dog friendly Pressure. Rubbish but entertaining. Winced multiple times at breaches of uniform code and behaviour. Longest Day much better of course. Still with a dog to play with and 15 other dogs in the cinema it was fun 000
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Austin in Victoria Gardens beside Parliament, London, with two horses of the Aurora wooden sculptures To be clear, all I asked Samsung was to darken the pic a bit. Original after. I did NOT ask for a graveyard background or any other change Those graves hold the ghosts of ineffectual politicians 200
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Tuna can and sardine can A lot prettier and more wearable than I imagined. So called Baby, but really right sized. Clamshell case squeezes shut preventing helium ingress unlike. Other brands accepts leakage but control egress via valve. Steel case shaded to look like titanium of giant daddy. #Seiko 000
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Watching PanAm 103 I was in Lockerbie morning of 22 Dec 1988, hours after the crash, driving Aberdeen to Stranraer to take the boat to Larne and on to Dublin for Christmas with my oldies. BBC Radio 4 said there'd been an aircraft crash, and to expect road delays passing Lockerbie. Which there was. 000
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seiko: no fashion sidelines, bought in movements, or anything ancillary, no Wimbledon or yachting sponsorships. Great watches in volumes sufficient to satisfy the world Your high end Seiko pleases the guy beside you on the bus who owns a Seiko. Only you need know its miracle of engineering & design 000
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 02/09/2026travel bag for 6 nights overseas, towards Heathrow on the Piccadilly I pack lighter than most guys 010
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I have 14 flights booked between now and year end. 3½ flights per month. Yes it's bad for climate. Mostly to see my 96 year old mum. Venice Biennale too. I swear to travel less in future years but let my mum get to see as much of me as she wishes first. 050
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A Question of Upbringing Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time. First ed cover design, later print. I have all dozen in first ed covers, scarce as such Grand Seiko SBGA107 9R15-0AF0 Historical Collection, 007 of 50 examples, Spring Drive, PT950, tan ostrich strap Seiko's finest ever watch. 020
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The day we took him home: A very small shaggy dirty undersized black and white golden doodle puppy in deep thought being carried by a future dad 030
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Currently in print by Oxford University Press and Penguin Classics and yet the lazy author claims: "I tried to purchase Edgeworth’s most famous book “Castle Rackrent,” from 1800, but it was so hard to find in print that I ended up buying a shabbily produced copy with weird margins" Must try harder 010
Reposted by Andrew McCabepublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026i get the sense that a lot of people don’t know that the term “ethnic cleansing” isn’t limited to mass murder. mass deportations targeting a race/ethnicity/nationality counts too. and we’ve been doing that for over a year now and our politicians won’t call it what it is 3404128
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Charles Davis at the ANS, wonderful to see in this little clip by Dave Fanning. Charles clearly loves books and I've bought many from him over the years 020
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Born in Appalachian Mountains to an illiterate sharecropper father, Dolly Parton rose to the only person in the United States who commanded nearly universal affection. Class, gender, region, musical genre, partisanship, she transcended boundaries in all of them. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comThe Transcendence of Dolly PartonThe late singer was perhaps the only person in the United States who commanded nearly universal affection. 010
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library delivers 2 million carefully chosen books to children worldwide annually. Started in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains & inspired by her hardworking, wise yet illiterate father. You can donate to to its local partners in UK etc www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comTurning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryCore team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world. 051
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Sterling silver and 999 silver mostly proof strike coins mostly legal tender issues mostly from the United Kingdom. Five kilograms of silver 230
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Dog curatorship. Today's pics of Austin. Tomorrow will be wildly different but who knows how. 000
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Seven days. Five Seiko. Two Rolex Seiko Marinemaster cal.6L37 Credor chronograph cal.6S77 Grand Seiko spring drive PT950 cal.9R15 Rolex Milgauss King Seiko Vanac cal.8L45 Grand Seiko Sakura cal.9S64 Rolex Date in 14k High end Seiko calibres always match high end cases, finishing and dials 110
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Sakura blossom pink on Grand Seiko SBGW289 with a slimline 36.5mm case that closely reflects the proportions of the original 44GS created in 1967, with a dial featuring a textured light, silvery pink, inspired by cherry blossoms still covered in snow. 020
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Today's wrist Grand Seiko SBGA08, 9R15-0AC0 in PT950 case, mechanical movement direct driven by mainspring with speed regulated by magnets powered by mainspring and timed by highest quality quartz crystal. 10 seconds/month accuracy. 010
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I just gifted this to Nora. It's from my dad, brought back from Japan on his first trip in 1975 when I was 12. Had it cleaned up and new strap. 30mm 'boys size' as they used to call it but perfect for Nora. It was a new watch type, made only a few years mid 70s. Handwound mechanical movement 140
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Chonky Boi King Seiko Vanac Tokyo Midnight Pure 1970s vibe with slants facets everywhere and integrated bracelet Seiko 8L45 based on Grand Seiko 9S65, Seikos most accurate movement, 72 hours reserve, Spron alloy springs, Diashock bearings. Engineered for robustness and accuracy in sports usage 030
Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the shit out of them." Oman, the strongest US supporter in the Gulf, hosts at its Thumrait airbase three US Air Force pre-positioning sites with support equipment for 26,000 personnel as well as required equipment and fuel to maintain three air bases 🤷♂️ 020