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Building Your Roald Dahl Collection
Charles Dickens aside, it’s hard to think of an author with a legacy generating quite so many successes from independent stories and characters as Roald Dahl. If J. K. Rowling had never penned her...
The Ship that Sailed to Mars: Timlin’s Masterpiece
The Ship that Sailed to Mars is one of those books that will reduce even adults into a state of childish awe. Written and illustrated by William M. Timlin, Peter Harrington has an incredible quarto...
The Secret Vice of Ian Fleming.
In July 1963 the “Printing and the Mind of Man” exhibition at Earl’s Court introduced the general public to an unsuspected facet of one of the best-selling authors of the day. It turned out that...
“I Am The First In The East, The First in The West, And The Greatest Philosopher In The Known World.” – A Pickle for the Knowing Ones
One of the most gratifying curiosities of working in this trade is that every now and then you turn up a book that, though it be small in stature and ever so obscure, nonetheless makes an...
A Golden Year for Publishing – the Legacy of 1922
Written with Grace Barham At first glance, it might be considered a little difficult to pick out one specific year in the 20th Century that stands out as the very best in book publishing. While...
The Contradictions of A.A. Milne
"I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next." It is easy...
The Metropolis of Tomorrow by Hugh Ferriss
During the early 20th century, particularly the 1920s and 30s, the United States saw an explosion in the construction of new skyscrapers, as advances in steel and concrete technology...
Flapper Satire: The Deb’s Dictionary
The Deb's Dictionary (SOLD) is a charming satire of flapper life by Oliver Herford, the author of Sea Legs, a similar book recently featured in this blog. "Deb" was a 1920s slang term for...
An Arthur Rackham Rarity: The Cadbury Chocolate Box
In 1932, illustrator Arthur Rackham wrote a letter to his wife in which he mentioned that "a man from Cadbury's" had scheduled a visit with him the following day. Though the connection...
A Voyage Round the World
In August of 1706, William Funnell, the First Mate on the ship St. George, landed in England after a three-year voyage around the world. Organised by Captain William Dampier, the goal of this...
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