We’re taking a trip back in time to bring you 5 key literary moments that happened in the month of September. 5th September – The cult classic by Jack Kerouac “On The Road” was published on this day in 1957. This ‘coming of age’ tale helped define the iconic 1950’s Beat Generation. 13th September – […]
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This Month in Literary History – August
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 […]