This week marks 200 years since Jane Austen passed away, here at World of Rare Books we need to celebrate Jane Austen and her wonderful work this week. Jane Austen was born on the 16th December 1775, she passed away due to illness on the 18th July 1817. This year marks 200 years since her […]
Month: July 2017
Frame of Mind
Tucked away in Bognor, West Sussex, there’s an open, bright and cheerful picture framing warehouse with a stunning flower garden. It is here, where local adults with mental health issues, learning disabilities or dementia can come once or twice a week to take part in the skillful work of picture framing. Frame of Mind is […]
Step back in time | First Published Books | Volume 2
Another month and another fanstastic line up of great authors and their first published works. It’s the novel that launched them into literary fame. As there are many classic authors we would love to cover, we are going to split this into a series of blog posts. Here are another group of our favourites here […]