by Rebecca Reed, CRM Executive. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865 by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll. Three years before this date Charles rowed a boat up the Isis on the 4th July 1862 with Reverend Robinson Duckworth, Lorina Charlotte Liddell, Alice Pleasance Liddell and Edith Mary […]
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Who is the better detective, Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot?
As avid readers of the crime fiction genre, here at World of Rare Books we just can not decide who is the best detective out of the two most well-known figures in crime fiction. Whilst they each have different methods, it is very hard to compare them. Sherlock focuses on a clue and all the […]
Step back in time | First Published Books Volume Four
We bring you volume four of our brilliant first published books series. These classic authors debuted the below books before launching a fantastic novel later that just took off. So here are another group of our favourites here from World of Rare Books. George Eliot – Adam Bede (1859) Adam Bede was the first novel […]