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Morris on Marx
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth, Peter Harrington has created a special catalogue showcasing a selection of his books, alongside items pertaining to his life and work....
Leonora Lang’s Rainbow Fairy Books
“In English none probably rival either the popularity, or the inclusiveness, or the general merits of the twelve books of twelve colours which we owe to Andrew Lang and to his wife.” — J. R. R....
Gay Sunshine: Items from the private collection of Winston Leyland
In 1980, Allen Ginsburg wrote a letter to the Gay Sunshine Journal, praising ‘its presentation of literary history hitherto kept in the closet by the academies.’ Established in August 1970 in...
“I loved thee, Atthis, in the long ago”: Bliss Carman’s Sappho
One of the nine canonical lyric poets of Ancient Greece, Sappho remains something of a chimera to poets and classicists. No copies of the nine books of poetry she produced while living on the island...
“Weather + Hun Permitting!!!” – A Rare Artillery Spotter’s Sketch of the Notorious Passchendaele Ridge
This November, we're spotlighting an extraordinary item from our stock which documents firsthand the Passchendaele battlefield from the point of view of a British Observation Officer. An enthralling...
‘For little rabbits’: a guide to the books of Beatrix Potter
Items featured in this blog are drawn from a remarkably complete Beatrix Potter collection displayed by Peter Harrington in 2016. You can still view the catalogue online here, as well as our Beatrix...
Enter The World of Jazz
A little over a hundred years ago they asked “What is jazz”? To which Louis Armstrong made the timeless reply, “If you have to ask, you’ll never know”. But a perhaps more troubling question
still is how do you collect jazz? Our experts have put togeher a remarkable gathering of 50 items which evoke the ephemeral moment and improvisatory spirit of jazz.
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