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I frequently agonise over my mother’s habit of writing my/my partner’s/my children’s name in a book that she is giving a...
17/05/2021

I frequently agonise over my mother’s habit of writing my/my partner’s/my children’s name in a book that she is giving as a gift and genuinely don’t know how she brings herself to do so. Yesterday I was turfing out some Pelicans so that we can clear some more bookshelves and came across a keeper. Nowt terribly special and someone got there first with their initials but then my brother had taken a red pen to it - it’s not going anywhere and it was used when I did my history degree....

I frequently agonise over my mother’s habit of writing my/my partner’s/my children’s name in a book that she is giving as a gift and genuinely don’t know how she brings herself to do so. Yesterday …

The book We’re going to delve into the world of Pan Books kicking off with this dust-jacketed beauty Mr Perrin and Mr Tr...
14/05/2021

The book We’re going to delve into the world of Pan Books kicking off with this dust-jacketed beauty Mr Perrin and Mr Triall by Hugh Walpole (first published in 1911), this edition was published in 1948 (Pan number 48). Described as a tragi-comedy, the book tells the tale of wretched Vincent Perrin, dashing Archie Triall and the beautiful Isabel Dasent; spoiler alert ......

The book We’re going to delve into the world of Pan Books kicking off with this dust-jacketed beauty Mr Perrin and Mr Triall by Hugh Walpole (first published in 1911), this edition was published in…

Two books to take a look at here; one has been claimed as a 'colouring-in' book and the other designed as such. I like t...
14/05/2021

Two books to take a look at here; one has been claimed as a 'colouring-in' book and the other designed as such. I like to view them as 'enhanced' illustrations. Junior Modern Poetry selected by Richard Wilson 1936 At first I thought that these were coloured illustrations, then I realised that one very careful owner had 'enhanced' the already gorgeous pictures adorning this book - and really enhanced exceptionally well....

Two books to take a look at here; one has been claimed as a ‘colouring-in’ book and the other designed as such. I like to view them as ‘enhanced’ illustrations. Junior Moder…

*edited to say that I need to find out how to choose the photo that is shared - hit the link to see the pink and purple ...
06/05/2021

*edited to say that I need to find out how to choose the photo that is shared - hit the link to see the pink and purple mentioned below! I’ll do better next time!*
Looking at the cover of Nevil Shute's Pastoral (Pan 4th printing 1969 - M series) sent me into a spin as I realise that my knowledge is so slim it's unlikely that I'll be able to find out who actually illustrated it. I will be googling the heck out of it and practicing Twittering but for now, check out the beautiful fuchsia pink of the title which stands out on the purple hues of the illustration....

Looking at the cover of Nevil Shute’s Pastoral (Pan 4th printing 1969 – M series) sent me into a spin as I realise that my knowledge is so slim it’s unlikely that I’ll be ab…

Take a look at this blog post if you're at all interested in Pan Books and their rather special covers
15/10/2018

Take a look at this blog post if you're at all interested in Pan Books and their rather special covers

The book We’re going to delve into the world of Pan Books kicking off with this dust-jacketed beauty Mr Perrin and Mr Triall by Hugh Walpole (first published in 1911), this edition was published in…

08/04/2018

If I continue at this rate – by ### I will be posting daily! I’m going to wait until I have space in time to fill in the blanks because working dates out and using numbers for anything …

22/07/2017

We'll be posting some photos of lovely books and special items very soon; get in touch if you see something that you like

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