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Science fact and science fiction: Part I
In a recent interview, Margaret Atwood speculated that the world we currently live in is not a million light years away from the dystopias such as those we might find in her fiction. Her MaddAddam...
A Family Record of The Great War (Scrapbook)
The story of the Great War tends to be told from the perspective of large-scale historical events – more personal stories are often overshadowed by the strategy, the battles, the victories and...
Literature of the Great War.
by Sammy Jay. Collecting literature of the Great War has never been so timely. After the recent centenary commemorations, the war has acceded into the halls of History proper, and yet at the...
Winged Squadrons: The RAF and the War Photographs of Cecil Beaton
"Here is something entirely new and dynamic, and yet still almost as mysterious and inexplicable as death itself. Never before have battles been fought six miles above the surface of the earth at a...
Wanted for Incitement to Murder: Winston S. Churchill
One of the most famous propaganda images of the Second World War, this photo of Winston Churchill with a Thompson sub-machine gun, or Tommy gun, was taken while the Prime Minister was inspecting a...
Knowledge is Power: Shakespeare, Bacon, & Modern Cryptography
The Shakespeare authorship controversy has been an 150-year-old battle that seems a no-win situation, but that doesn't mean there's no silver lining. In a fascinating and little-known by-way of...
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Photographs
Among the joys of cataloguing rare books and historical materials are the serendipitous moments of discovery and connection. We recently obtained a mysterious set of 27 photographs related to the...
Libertas Americana
One of the most rewarding aspects of the book trade is acting as a matchmaker between cultural institutions and historically significant items. At Peter Harrington we recently had the pleasure of...
Marching As To War
Marching As To War is our fifth e-catalogue, comprising 90 items on warfare throughout history. Below is a small selection. VILLARI, Luigi. Fire and Sword in...
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