While books inscribed by authors or illustrators cross our desks almost daily, more unusual are inscriptions which include an original illustration or pictorial signature. Some writers are known for their creative inscriptions: Ralph Steadman, famous ...
By Andy Stewart MacKay “I have written a blasphemous book” said American novelist Herman Melville (1819-91) of his best-known work, Moby Dick, first published in 1851. Narrated by Ishmael, the biblically-resonant mariner afloat a “wilderness ...
Peter Harrington is extremely pleased to present this exceptional collection of Ian Fleming material, which we will be exhibiting at this year’s Masterpiece London fair. The most significant Fleming collection ever to appear on the ...
It is possible that Winston Churchill is as popular a figure today as he was at the height of his fame as the heroic leader of Britain during the Second World War. The recent film, The ...
In his 1930 work on book collecting, Anatomy of Bibliomania, Holbrook Jackson claimed that “book love is as masculine (although not as common) as growing a beard.” Times have changed; the recent inauguration of a ...
A selection of books relating to this blog post can currently be found on our Curator’s Choice page. Peter Harrington is proud to be associated with an exhibition currently running in Rome, at the Palazzo ...
Printing and the Mind of Man (PMM) is a landmark publication in the study of books and their place in culture. First published in 1967, PMM was based on the 1963 exhibitions of the same ...
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 Potter items ...
Collect what you love – the best book collections reflect the personalities and interests of their owners. With effort and a little luck the hobby can be financially rewarding, but like all investments it’s never ...
