We’re taking a trip back in time to bring you 5 key literary moments that happened in the month of August. 3rd August – The final installment of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens was published on this day in 1861. The novel was originally published weekly as a series in Dickens’s weekly periodical All the […]
Children’s Fiction – The Illustrators
There is something very beautiful and endearing about a children’s storybook. In some cases the illustrations are as memorable and as loved as the stories they’re depicting. Here at World of Rare Books we’re very lucky that we get to see lots of these books pass through on a weekly basis. Trouble is they do […]
Celebrating the life of Beatrix Potter – 150 years
The books we read as children hold so much meaning as we get older. The stories we loved and admired would then be passed down generations. None more so than the wonderful tales written by Beatrix Potter. The world created by Potter has touched the hearts of so many and continues to fascinate and entertain […]