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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...
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...
“Not of an age, but for all time”: The Legacy of Shakespeare’s First Folio
This month marks the 400th anniversary of one of the most important books ever published: Shakespeare’s First Folio. It has been credited with shaping and solidifying Shakespeare’s influence on the...
William Shakespeare, The First Folio, 1623
William Shakespeare, The First Folio, 2023Our very own Pom Harrington, Owner, and Adam Douglas, Senior Specialist, speak about the gravity of this landmark moment, with insights from the Professor...
Shakespeare, William, Die Tragische Geschichte von Hamlet Prinzen von Daenemark. 1928.
Our specialist Dr Phil Errington discusses a German translation of The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. The Cranach Press commissioned the renowned poet Gerhart Hauptmann to produce this new...
The Catcher in the Rye
“To Charles Kirtz with every good wish from J. D. Salinger (extra greetings to Ada and Victor from Sonny Salinger) New York 10/18/56”. An exceptional rarity: a first edition, first printing,...
An Interview With Collector Stacy Shirk
As part of our Into the Woods feature this autumn, we spoke to American book collector Stacy Shirk, whose award-winning collection of fairy tales and fables opens a gateway into the world of myth...
Five Forests in Literature
A source of both knowledge and mystery, the forest is a terrain of possibility. The Scottish-American naturalist, and father of the American Nationals Parks, John Muir said: “The clearest way into...
Your Own Sylvia: A letter from Sylvia Plath to Ted Hughes
Sometimes items come into our hands which plunge us, in medias res, into the life of a writer. This emotionally charged letter from Sylvia Plath to her husband Ted Hughes is such an item; the...
‘Two Dear Greek Women’: Michael Field’s Dionysian aestheticism
By Alessia Colombo, Cataloguer Michael Field was the poetic identity created by Katharine Harris Bradley (1846-1914) and her niece and sometime lover Edith Emma Cooper (1862-1913). The two women...
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