fromThe Hobbitwere carried over, in particular amagicring, now revealed to be the One Ring, which must be destroyed before it can be used by the terrible Dark Lord, Sauron, to rule the world. ButThe Lord of the Ringsis also an extension of Tolkien’s Silmarillion tales, which gave the...
And second, I’ll apology in advance for the fact that there will be a fair number of posts about books from the early 1930s that will probably, on average, deserve their neglect if not for their function as sources for movies from what’s known as the Pre-Code era, which has become...
There is an embossed seal from the Long Island Historical Society on the title page and the last page of text; and, on the copyright page is a stamped withdrawn stamp from the Brooklyn Historical Society. Without a dust jacket as probably issued. One of only 400 copies printed. The ...
The story then jumps back and forth in time looking back at Clio’s life with each part retold by a selection of people who knew Clio from very different perspectives. The non-linear story is slightly confusing initially, but I really got into it by the second half as the glimpses of ...
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Printer:The Vase Press Ltd Size:4⅜" x 7" Contents include:'100 Not Out'. Announcing the publication of the 100th Penguin Book, Apsley Cherry-Garrard'sThe Worst Journey in The World. Production of a limp cloth case available from booksellers for covering Penguin books. ...
Servicemen bound for Guadalcanal grab books as they board. (U.S. Navy) Men carried the Armed Services Editions into battle, from Omaha Beach to Iwo Jima to Okinawa. They read them to their buddies in their ship’s hammocks. They read by the light of artillery shells at night. ...
Impossible City by Simon Kuper is an expat’s view of Parisian society in the 21st century and how it has changed over the last two decades. Kuper bought an apartment in Paris in 2000 and still lives in the French capital with his American wife and their three children. From the point ...
'AB' Pelican Shakespeare (U.S.) (AB1 - AB38) From the very begining of the setting up of Penguin Books, Penguin looked to a range of other countries to increase their markets. English speaking America was a natural market - and Penguin opened up a subsidiary, Penguin Books (New York)...