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The Communist Manifesto
The year 1848 was famously a year of revolutions. In February that year, a new political party issued its manifesto. Its famous opening line claimed their nascent movement was a spectre haunting all...
“There’s always Pooh”: A. A. Milne, E. H. Shepard and Winnie-the-Pooh
Whether you like your Winnie-the-Pooh in the original A. A. Milne books or in a Walt Disney cartoon, or both, there’s no escaping the most famous teddy bear in the world. With the...
The Winston S. Churchill Collection of Steve Forbes
This remarkable collection of original material on Winston S. Churchill from the personal collection of Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. (Steve Forbes) represents one of the most significant collections...
Treasures That Found a New Home This Year
As custodians of unique and rare treasures, nothing makes us more proud than finding them the right home. We look fondly at many examples, but these memorable sales in 2023 made us especially...
Dickens and the Christmas Tradition
On 19 December 1843, a small book appeared in shops that altered the public perception of Christmas forever. Written in a burst of ferocious energy a few weeks earlier, A Christmas Carol was a...
A Noble Visage: The Famous Droeshout Portrait of William Shakespeare
The engraving that graces the frontispiece of the first Four Folios is one of the most recognizable portraits in human history. It holds a profound relevance bordering on an almost religious...
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.
The Booksellers
Meet the people behind the books.
Suzanna Beaupré
Interview by Lauren Hepburn How did you come to be a cataloguer at Peter Harrington? Slightly by chance! I wasn’t aware of the rare book world until I started job hunting upon completing my history...
Dr Philip W. Errington
Dr Philip W. Errington joined Peter Harrington in April 2021 after over 21 years at Sotheby’s where he was a director and senior specialist. He received his BA, MA and PhD from the Department of...
An interview with bookbinders Rosemary and Jasmin
Peter Harrington’s in-house bindery, The Chelsea Bindery, is one of only a handful of traditional binderies left in London. In 2020, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the bindery’s founding, we...
Behind the Books
An interview with bookbinder Young Kim
Peter Harrington’s in-house bindery, The Chelsea Bindery, is one of only a handful of traditional binderies left in London. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the bindery’s founding, we’ve put...
Behind the Books – A conversation with Bookseller Luke Basford
Peter Harrington blogger Lauren Hepburn talks to Luke about the role of a Bookseller at Peter Harrington. How did you come to work for Peter Harrington? Purely by chance: I left university and,...
Behind the books – a conversation with cataloguer Theodora Robinson
Lauren Hepburn interviews Peter Harrington's Theodora Robinson about her role as a cataloguer and some of the items she has worked with. Tell us a bit about the importance of cataloguing – where...
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