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Private Passions – A Bloomsbury rare book exhibition for Fendi Couture, curated with Kim Jones
In January 2021, Fendi showcased its first womenswear collection under artistic director Kim...
Style and Substance The trial of Oscar Wilde
By Madeleine Joelson and Kate Clairmont “In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is...
Author: Lauren Hepburn
Lauren Hepburn is an experienced freelance writer, editor and journalist.
Dover Street – A fashionable history
43 Dover Street, Peter Harrington’s Mayfair shop, has a fashionable history. In the...
A plague on all your books: Great works written in isolation
By Adam Douglas, senior specialist at Peter Harrington Many writers need isolation to get their...
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Chinese Myths and Folklore with Dr Matt Wills
Handcrafted Papercuts by Women in ChinaOur Asia specialist Dr Matt discusses Myths and Folklore, an album of beautifully handcrafted papercuts made by Chinese students at the Ai Dao Women's Bible School in the 1930s. The stories they depict in this artwork range from...
One of Our Sixty Fine Items
LAWRENCE, T. E. The Foundations of Arab Revolt.Our senior specialist Adam Douglas shares a copy of The Foundations of Revolt owned by Robin Buxton. This is the famously rare first state of the prospectus for Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which includes the controversial...
Leadership with John Ryan
John Ryan present our Leadership catalogue which presents five centuries of print history, alongside significant manuscript and striking visual material. Revolutionaries and radicals, premiers and presidents, royalty and military commanders, founders of religions, and...