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 […]
Category: Greatest Authors
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 […]
Author Focus | Arthur Ransome
Here at World of Rare Books, we love to focus on the interesting lives of the greatest authors that this world has offered us. This year marks 50 years without this great children’s author who is best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series. Arthur Ransome was the son of Cyril and Edith Ransome, […]