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The Secret Vice of Ian Fleming.
In July 1963 the “Printing and the Mind of Man” exhibition at Earl’s Court introduced the general public to an unsuspected facet of one of the best-selling authors of the day. It turned out that suave...
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The Ship that Sailed to Mars: Timlin’s Masterpiece
The Ship that Sailed to Mars is one of those books that will reduce even adults into a state of childish awe. Written and illustrated by William M. Timlin, Peter Harrington has an incredible quarto...
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Peter Harrington Presents: Andy Warhol.
From September 1st, Peter Harrington will be exhibiting an extensive collection of rare, signed and limited edition prints, books and proofs by legendary pop artist Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol remains...
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Doré’s London
Gustave Doré’s illustrations of Victorian London are not only singularly beautiful, but revealed to his contemporaries the harsh reality of life in this vibrant city. Although it was not a depiction of...
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Peter Harrington Summer Catalogue 2016: Staff Favourites
Items from the Summer Catalogue are on display at 100 Fuham Road “Let us go, then, exploring, this summer morning, when all are adoring the plum blossom and the bee.” ― Virginia Woolf, Orlando...
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Nightingales and Roses: the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Edmund Dulac, ‘Night’, illustration for 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...
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Bloomsberries
KENNEDY, Richard, A Bloomsbury Evening. 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...
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Buried treasure and trouble-making: the lesser-known works of Roald Dahl
The 13th September 2016 marked the celebration of Roald Dahl 100, the one hundredth birthday of one of the best-loved children’s authors of all time. Into the lives of children all over the world,...
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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 and...
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Mad, bad and dangerous to read: banned books
Vittorio Matteo Corcos, Dreams, 1896. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna Mad, bad and dangerous to read: banned books In The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Lord Henry refutes Dorian’s claim that the...
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