''Slightly Foxed'' is a British quarterly literary magazine. Its primary focus is books and book culture. 2016 saw the publication of its fiftieth issue. Notable authors to have written for the magazine include

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and Robert Macfarlane. Instead of books currently marketed by big publishers, ''Slightly Foxed'' tends to examine older and more obscure titles. Its title comes from the term "slightly foxed" as a description of a book's physical quality, commonly used in the second-hand book trade to describe minor

foxing Foxing is an age-related process of deterioration that causes spots and browning on old paper documents such as books, postage stamps, old paper money and certificates. The name may derive from the fox-like reddish-brown color of the stains, or ...

, the occurrence of brown spots on older paper. As well as the magazine itself, ''Slightly Foxed'' has a books imprint, and between 2009 and 2016 ran a bookshop on London's Gloucester Road.Slightly Foxed Bookshop to close at the end of the month
''The Bookseller''. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016. The magazine offices are based in

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