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“too fancy and ingenious”: Children’s books by adult writers
It is, perhaps, rare that an author can turn their hand with equal success to both children’s and adult literature. Indeed, many have no wish or intention to write for younger readers: see, for...
Mad, bad and dangerous to read: banned books
In The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Lord Henry refutes Dorian’s claim that the infamous ‘yellow book’ he read in his youth was responsible for the onset of his moral dissolution, on the grounds...
By its cover: E. McKnight Kauffer
Colourful, carefully designed and highly produced; dust jackets are now ubiquitous in book publishing and are an important tool for publishers in making books look appealing to readers,...
Bloomsberries
Leafy London squares, boldly painted furniture, cottage-style gardens and unorthodox ménages: the loose circle of writers and artists which came to be known as the Bloomsbury Group are perhaps as...
Nightingales and Roses: the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Perhaps one of the best-known, best-loved and most-illustrated poems in the English language, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a unique publishing phenomenon. Translated (or, as Fitzgerald put it,...
Peter Harrington Summer Catalogue 2016: Staff Favourites
“Let us go, then, exploring, this summer morning, when all are adoring the plum blossom and the bee.” ― Virginia Woolf, Orlando (Summer Catalogue, item 256) (SOLD) Spanning almost three centuries,...
The Nonesuch Dickens
Originally published in 1937, the Nonesuch Dickens continues to be a sought-after collector's piece for anyone. The director of the Limited Editions Club of New York, George Macy, described the...
My Left Foot, the Autobiography of Christy Brown
The story of Christy Brown is as inspirational as it is curious. Born with severe Cerebral Palsy, Brown was spared a life in convalescent hospitals by his parents, incredulous at the suggestion of...
The Timeless Works of Graham Greene
In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. - Graham Greene The licentious lifestyle of Graham Greene would be of little surprise to even the casual reader – the author’s...
Love in Letters – Author to Author (Part Two)
Last week, we offered up some salacious script from the very soul of particularly lovelorn writers. They can be found here. Not all love is that which stirs the loins, however. History has offered...
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