Inspiring Older Readers
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Madman's Drum posted on 24 Jan 2016
I was surprised and delighted to stumble on a good copy of the first edition of Lynd Ward’s Madman’s Drum in Leominster
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Posters For The People : Art of the WPA posted on 17 Jan 2016
This book celebrates the 75th anniversary of Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal Programme ...
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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes posted on 14 Jan 2016
This superb two volume slipcase edition of all the Sherlock Holmes short stories proves that there was an original incarnation of the famous detective...
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Celestial Charts : Antique Maps Of The Heavens posted on 10 Jan 2016
Looking at the sky at night and trying to make sense of the stars and the patterns they make has been a human obsession..
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Penguin Designer Classics posted on 03 Jan 2016
Back in 2006 Penguin Books commissioned five leading contemporary designers to produce new covers for classic titles.
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The Rock Pack posted on 30 Dec 2015
Pop-up books are just for kids - right? Wrong.
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The Book Cover In The Weimar Republic posted on 27 Dec 2015
This is a BIG book - both it's physical size and it's scope is pretty daunting....
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Notes From The Sofa posted on 22 Dec 2015
This is Raymond Brigg's first new book for a decade - and it's not a children's book.
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Silent Theater: The Art of Edward Hopper posted on 15 Dec 2015
I love Edward Hopper. He really appeals to my romantic notion of America and especially New York
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High Street posted on 13 Dec 2015
What makes a book a cult object and expensively collectible? There’s no single answer to that question ...