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Welcome to Heywood Hill’s 2018 Christmas Shopping Guide, featuring our booksellers’ favourite books for the coming season. Whether you’re in search of riveting new fiction, a beautiful art book, or something a little more special, there is something here to suit all tastes and requirements. It has been another busy year for us at Heywood Hill, and our moniker ‘the biggest little bookshop in the world’ has never felt more true. We continue to serve loyal readers and collectors in over 75 different countries and have built libraries on land (usually in private homes but sometimes corporate head-quarters), at sea (a fleet of cruise ships), and in the sky (private jets). Our ultimate literary Christmas gift is, of course, Heywood Hill’s famous bespoke book subscription service, A Year in Books. Lucky recipients are assigned a personal bookseller who individually choses a new book to send them each month. Five exceptionally talented booksellers – the most talented bunch in the bookselling business – look after our subscribers. Read more about the service on page 16. Meanwhile, our merry band of booksellers continues to thrive, and grow: there are now sixteen of us working on the good ship HMS HH. Most recently Andrew McGeachin joined the team as our new Head of Rare Books, leading a newly reinvigorated Rare Books department. Read more about them on page 24. I do hope you enjoy our Christmas Shopping Guide. As ever, our knowledgeable and enthusiastic booksellers are ready to offer their advice and expertise, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any bookish quandaries that may arise.
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Biography, Memoir & Letters History, Politics & Current Affairs Science, Philosophy & Religion Fashion & Interior Design Art & Architecture Sport & Hobbies Food & Drink Special Books Order Form Poetry & Literary Criticism A Year in Books Fiction Crime & Thrillers Children’s Books Rare Books & Libraries
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BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR & LETTER S 2
David Lough (ed.) Darling Winston: Forty Years of Correspondence Between Churchill and his Mother £30.00 Including many letters which have never been published before, Darling Winston provides new insight into Churchill’s early emotional and intellectual development. Both mother and son write with great verve, revealing a complex and intimate parent-child relationship.
Adam Sisman (ed.) More Dashing: Further Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor £30.00 Our famous former neighbour, and regular customer, Patrick Leigh Fermor was a man of exceptional wit and insight. His letters brim with warmth and exuberance and feature countless fascinating glimpses of twentieth-century figures, ranging from Jackie Onassis and Oswald Mosely to Camilla Parker-Bowles and Peter Mandelson.
Diarmaid MacCulloch Thomas Cromwell: A Life £30.00 One of British history’s most notorious and elusive figures, Thomas Cromwell rose to power during a period of unprecedented upheaval, yet his exact role in this has been difficult to define. In this masterful new biography, MacCulloch uncovers new connections, providing the most persuasive and complete portrayal of Cromwell yet.
Adam Zomoyski Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth £30.00 Elegant, incisive, and revealing, this new landmark biography is the first written in English to return to original-language European sources. Zomoyski presents Napoleon Bonaparte as neither god-like genius nor megalomaniac villain, but as a man, and seeks only to understand the conditions that led to his extraordinary trajectory.
Andrew Roberts Churchill: Walking with Destiny £35.00 Over 1000 biographies later, Winston Churchill continues to fascinate contemporary readers. This latest addition to his legend promises to be the most intimate and revealing yet: Roberts draws on over 40 new sources, including the diaries of King George VI, to produce a portrait of Churchill which is fresh and unexpected.
Anna Beer Patriot or Traitor: The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh £18.99 Sir Walter Ralegh is a man steeped in myth, but the reality of his life is stranger even than fiction: poet, soldier, courtier, and spy, he was a central figure throughout the Elizabethan age. In her scholarly, eloquent prose, Beer expertly captures the dichotomies which define him.
Kamal Ahmed The Life and Times of a Very British Man £16.99 The son of a Sudanese scientist and a grammar school-educated Yorkshire woman, BBC News economics editor Ahmed grew up in 1970s London. In this witty and humane memoir, Ahmed tells the story of his own coming-of-age and makes the case for a new conversation about race, Britishness, and belonging.
Angela Steidele Gentleman Jack: A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer, and Secret Diarist £16.99 Anne Lister was a radical figure of the Regency period: a proud lesbian, she chose to remain unmarried, travelled the world, and slept with a pistol under her pillow. Steidele’s ground-breaking book sheds new light on this cult historical figure.
Adrian Dangar Life on the Edge: Tristan Voorspuy’s Fatal Love of Africa A £20.00
Life on the Edge
From the Foreword by Robin Hanbury-Tenison:
‘TristanVoorspuy was one of a kind. A charismatic, towering figure, he cut a swathe through society, the British Army and, above all, East Africa...’
ADRIAN DANGAR
DRIAN DANGAR first met Tristan Voorspuy thirty years ago, and with his help later established Wild & Exotic, a travel company specialising in riding safaris and tailor-made journeys around the world. He has travelled extensively throughout Africa, South America and Asia on numerous writing and travel assignments, and is a regular contributor to Country Life, The Field and Horse & Hound. His first book, True to the Line, a memoir of his career as a huntsman and Master of Foxhounds, was published by Quiller in 2017. Adrian lives in rural North Yorkshire with his wife and family and enjoys field sports, travel and the countryside.
Tristan Voorspuy’s adventurous life was tragically cut short as he attempted to defend the Kenyan ranch that he had loved and transformed into a celebrated game reserve. Heywood Hill will donate a portion of profits made from the sale of this book to the Voorspuy Conservation Trust set up in his memory. Front cover photograph by Adrian Dangar Back cover photograph by Offbeat Safaris Author photograph by Rachel Dangar
ADRIAN DANGAR
Life on the Edge O nce described by Joanna Lumley as “the man with no fear”, Tristan Voorspuy spent his life living up to the legend. From his epic Cairo to Cape Town motorbike ride, to extraordinary wildlife encounters and many death-defying light aircraft near misses, Life on the Edge tells the extraordinary story of an adventurer and horseman determined to live life to the full. This was a life defined by a love of Africa, often shared with appreciative clients on Offbeat riding safaris, famous for life-changing adventures and innumerable close shaves with dangerous big game. But Life on the Edge is also the story of compassion, conservation and, ultimately, tragedy. In the last two decades of his life, Voorspuy helped transform the overgrazed and drought-blighted Sosian Ranch in Northern Kenya into a celebrated game reserve, acclaimed tourist destination and successful cattle ranch. True to form, it was while defending this property that an unarmed Tristan was gunned down and killed, a murder that sent shockwaves around the world.
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an imprint of Quiller Publishing Ltd Wykey House, Wykey, Shrewsbury SY4 1JA Tel: 01939 261616 Email: info@quillerbooks.com www.quillerpublishing.com
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Nell Stevens Mrs Gaskell and Me: Two Women, Two Love Stories, Two Centuries Apart £14.99 In 1857, novelist Elizabeth Gaskell fled England for Rome. In 2013, Stevens is writing her thesis on the network of writers and artists living in Rome in the nineteenth century. This highly unusual and beautifully written memoir combines the loves and lives of two women across the centuries. www.heywoodhill.com
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HISTORY , POLITICS & C U R R E N T A F FA I R S 4
Adrian Tinniswood Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the Royal Household £25.00 Behind the Throne tells the story of domestic life in the royal households, from Elizabeth I to the present day. Often comprised of thousands of individuals – from stablemasters, to dentists, to the Assistant Table Decker – royal households were communities, working together to ensure the sovereign’s life ran smoothly.
Kate Hubbard Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England £20.00 Born in 1521, Bess of Hardwick rose to be one of the richest and most powerful women in England, second only to the queen herself. This new biography traces Bess’s life as a builder of houses within the context of the maledominated world of Elizabethan architecture.
James Pope-Hennessey & Hugo Vickers The Quest for Queen Mary £25.00 Edited by acclaimed royal biographer Vickers, the notes taken by Pope-Hennessey when researching his official biography of Queen Mary appear for the first time in their full, unexpurgated form. The result is riveting and often hilarious, providing a far more intimate portrait than the original.
Max Hastings Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 £30.00 Whilst many writers treat the war in Vietnam as an American tragedy, Hastings positions it resolutely as a tragedy of the Vietnamese people. This impressive account of the conflict combines military and political history with first-hand accounts, including interviews with numerous participants from both sides.
Ben Macintyre The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War £25.00 A compulsive and brilliantly told tale of betrayal, duplicity and courage from one of Britain’s greatest historians. The Spy and the Traitor tells the story of Oleg Gordievsky, the KGB officer who for over a decade acted as a spy for MI6, changing the course of the Cold War.
Christopher Howse Soho in the Eighties £20.00 This enthralling and clear-sighted chronicle brings to life the boozy environs of eighties bohemian London. With an eclectic cast including well-known figures such as Francis Bacon, Tom Baker, and John Hurt, Soho in the Eighties raises a glass to a bygone era.
David Gilmour The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience £30.00 The result of extensive and detailed research, The British in India conveys the rich diversity of British people – ranging from viceroys, officials and soldiers, to merchants, doctors and teachers – living in India from the reign of Elizabeth I to the present day.
Isabel Hardman Why We Get the Wrong Politicians £18.99 Politicians are consistently voted the least trusted professional group in the UK, and yet – aside from some notable exceptions – they are decent and hardworking people doing an extremely difficult job. Award-winning journalist Hardman seeks to discover the root of this dissatisfaction and suggest measures to reduce it.
Helena Kennedy Eve Was Shamed: How British Justice is Failing Women £20.00 In the wake of the #MeToo movement, eminent lawyer and human rights thinker Kennedy puts forward the case that the British legal system is unfairly discriminating against women. Urgent, authoritative, and shocking, this is a timely reappraisal of British justice.
Michael Lewis The Fifth Risk £20.00 Troubling and inspiring in equal parts, Lewis’s look at the minutiae of American government day-to-day operations asks: what are the consequences if the people given control over government have no idea how it works?
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Tim Flannery Europe: A Natural History £25.00 For the past 100 billion years, Europe has been at the crossroads of the world. In this unprecedented ecological history, Flannery charts the development of the continent, demonstrating the vital role it played in the evolution of our species, and many others.
Peter Wohlleben The Secret Network of Nature: The Delicate Balance of All Living things £14.99 From the bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, The Secret Network of Nature uncovers the intricate web of connections that makes up the natural world, describing how different animals, plants, rivers, rocks and weather systems interact and cooperate, and what is at stake when this delicate balance is disrupted.
Stephen Hawking Brief Answers to the Big Questions £14.99 Are we alone in the universe? What is inside a black hole? Where did we come from? The final book from legendary scientist Professor Stephen Hawking offers simultaneously profound and accessible reflections on some of the biggest questions in modern science.
Neil MacGregor Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples £30.00 A panoramic study of religion which takes in 40,000 years of global history, Living with the Gods is concerned with the stories societies tell themselves. Examining objects, places, and practices, the book asks how shared beliefs contribute to a sense of shared identity, and how they define and divide us.
Fergus Butler-Gallie A Field Guide to the English Clergy: A Compendium of Diverse Eccentrics, Pirates, Prelates and Adventurers; All Anglican, Some Even Practicing £12.99 From ‘Mad Jack’ who swapped his surplice for a leopard skin, to Bishop Launcelot Fleming who commandeered a Navy helicopter to ensure he reached church on time, this compendium of the many eccentrics to have served in the Anglican church is both hilarious and engaging.
FASHION & INTERIOR DESIGN
Ines de la Fressange & Marin Montagut Maison: Parisian Chic at Home £30.00 This stylish volume with extensive photographs and exquisite watercolour illustrations offers a unique glimpse inside fifteen homes which epitomise Parisian chic. Effortlessly blending vintage and contemporary styles, Maison offers a wealth of inspiration for recreating the French aesthetic in the home.
David Mlinaric & Denny Moore Great English Interiors £39.99 Spanning five centuries, this lavishly illustrated book gives a look inside some of Britain’s finest manor houses, halls, castles and public buildings. Striking photography is accompanied by a series of complementary essays that enlighten readers on the events and personalities that lend each site its cultural significance.
Giles Kime Nina Campbell Interior Decoration: Elegance and Ease £40.00 Interior designer Nina Campbell is one of the most respected in Britain, renowned for creating elegant, traditional spaces which radiate comfort and ease. This beautiful book invites readers into Campbell’s own home, as well as examining some of her high-profile commissions of the last five years.
Kassia St Clair The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History £20.00 From the author of the highly-acclaimed The Secret Lives of Colour comes this compellingly argued alternative history of civilisation and human creativity. From the mummies of Ancient Egypt, to the lab-blended fibres that allowed astronauts to walk on the moon, The Golden Thread reveals the extraordinary significance and influence of fabric.
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Alexandra Palmer Dior: History and Modernity, 1947-1957 £39.95
CHRISTIAN DIOR ANATOMIES
C H RIST I A N DI OR History & Modernity | 1947–1957
Featuring dazzling photography by renowned Dior photographer Laziz Hamani, and sketches and material from the Christian Dior Heritage collection, this volume showcases some of Dior’s most striking designs, and examines how his sensational ‘New Look’ revived the Paris haute couture industry in the wake of WWII. www.heywoodhill.com
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ART & ARCHIT ECT URE
David Cannadine & Jeremy Musson The Country House: Past, Present, Future: Great Houses of the British Isles £65.00 In this beautifully produced volume, renowned historian Cannadine explores how our idea of ‘the country house’, long a subject of cultural fascination, has developed over the last forty years, accompanied by hundreds of photographs which draw back the curtain on important historic houses throughout the British Isles.
The Earl of Shaftesbury & Tim Knox The Rebirth of an English Country House: St. Giles House £40.00 Set in the idyllic Dorset countryside, St. Giles House has been home to the Earl of Shaftesbury’s family since the fifteenth century. The Rebirth of a Country House invites readers to look inside this now brilliantly restored home, which is perfectly suited to twenty-first century living whilst simultaneously honouring its rich past.
Matthew Rice Rice’s Language of Buildings £20.00 With over 400 watercolour illustrations and hand-drawn annotations, this delightful book decodes the grammar and vocabulary of British buildings, explaining the evolution of style from Norman castles to Norman Foster, and enabling readers to better appreciate and understand the architectural world.
Jessica Douglas-Home William Simmonds: The Silent Heart of the Arts and Crafts Movement £20.00 This new biography uncovers the life and work of sculptor William Simmonds, an often-forgotten key figure in the arts and crafts movement between the world wars. Known for his exquisite carvings in oak, pine, ebony and ivory, Simmonds’ circle included figures such as John Singer Sargent and D. H. Lawrence.
Manfred Sellink et al. Bruegel: The Master £42.00 The spectacular catalogue to accompany the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna’s large monograph exhibition of the leading sixteenth century Flemish painter, Pieter Bruegel the Elder – the first exhibition of its kind. Recent research featured here allows readers to experience Bruegel’s virtuoso creative process. 8
Thomas Kren et al. The Renaissance Nude £48.00 Featuring over 250 different paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and illuminated manuscripts, The Renaissance Nude explores the emergence and acceptance of the naked body as artistic subject during the Renaissance period. Including work by Albrecht Durer, Donatello, and Raphael, amongst many others, this is vital reading for any lover of art history.
John Klein Matisse and Decoration £45.00 This attractive volume takes a fresh look at the later and often less-appreciated works of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated artists. Many of the works featured in this book were designed in the innovative medium of the paper cut-out, a technique whose function and significance Klein here reevaluates.
Alison Smith (ed.), Edward Burne-Jones £40.00 Accompanying a major exhibition of Edward Burne-Jones’ work at Tate Britain, this volume examines what made Burne-Jones’ art so distinctive and charts the trajectory of his career from establishment outsider to one of the most revered artists of the European fin de siècle.
Jimmy Nelson Homage to Humanity £90.00 From celebrated photographer Nelson comes this truly unique volume, which follows thirty-four disappearing tribes in Asia, Africa, Mexico, Australia and India. The book offers a multimedia experience (each page is scannable, leading to additional content that includes music, audio-files, and 360° films), which allows readers to fully immerse themselves in the tribes’ worlds.
Massimiliano Gioni & Margot Norton (eds.) Sarah Lucas: Au Natural £59.95 Au Natural is to date the most thorough survey of this provocative British artist, sculptor and photographer. Featuring eight essays as well as an interview with the artist, this volume demonstrates the incredible breadth and complexity of Lucas’s work in sculpture, photography, and installation over the past three decades. www.heywoodhill.com
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Mark Roskams Equestrian Life: From Riding Houses to Country Estates £40.00
n the nineteenth century there were thousands of British gunmakers plying their trade the length and breadth of the land building all qualities of gun and rifle. Gunmakers have dwindled to a very small number today but the nature of the trade has changed from volume production to exclusive best guns only.
This beautiful visual study of the equestrian lifestyle showcases the stables and interiors of country houses and estates across Britain and Ireland. Featuring polo ponies, thoroughbreds, hunt horses and carriage teams, this volume brilliantly demonstrates the diversity of Britain and Ireland’s equine homes.
British gunmakers have embraced the new technology on offer and by using a combination of CNC machining and new steels allied to traditional gunmaking skills, they are building superb quality guns and rifles to the highest standards. Unlike their competitors, British guns are not entirely built by machine and there is a large element of hand craftsmanship in every example built. Not content to rest on their historical laurels, they have introduced new designs and brought their creations right up to date for twenty-first century requirements. Guns and rifles are all built to the exact specifications of the customer and no two are alike. Each gun is individually made yet designed to embrace modern requirements such as high pheasants, steel shot and so on. This book shows the great variety of guns and rifles on offer entirely built in Great Britain today and how British gunmakers still continue to lead the world in best quality guns and rifles.
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Donald Dallas British Gunmakers of the 21st Century £30.00 Whilst British gun production has significantly reduced since the nineteenth century, the quality of weapon created has only increased. This book demonstrates the incredible skill and craftmanship of modern British gunmakers, as well as the enormous variety of guns and rifles they produce.
Simon de Burton Classic Cars: A Century of Masterpieces £40.00 From the Alfa Romeo 6C to the Porsche 996 GT3, this attractive book features the most significant and highly regarded cars from the 1930s onwards, as chosen by an enthusiast and collector. With striking photography, this is the perfect gift for any motoring aficionado.
Linda Jane Holden & Roger Foley The Gardens of Bunny Mellon £45.00 The Gardens of Bunny Mellon features all of Mellon’s own gardens, as well as those she designed at The White House and for Hubert de Givenchy. Illustrated with Mellon’s own garden plans, sketches, and watercolours, as well as with archival and specially commissioned photographs, this is a beautiful testament to the skill of a legendary gardener. 10
Brian Levison Remarkable Village Cricket Grounds £25.00 This inventory of village
grounds showcases the incredible variety of grassroots cricket venues throughout the country, including grounds by the seaside, on hilltops, and on village greens. A remarkable testament to British life.
FOOD & DR I NK
John Williams The Ritz London: The Cookbook £30.00
The first cookbook to showcase the dishes served at London’s iconic hotel, featuring a hundred different recipes, divided into four seasons. The recipes reflect the glorious opulence of their home, and along the way chef Williams shares his culinary philosophy and expertise.
Tom Parker Bowles Fortnum & Mason: Christmas & Other Winter Feasts £30.00 Including exclusive stories from the Fortnum & Mason archives, this joyous celebration of winter food is filled with tempting recipes perfect for Christmas and New Year celebrations, as well as ideas for Guy Fawkes and Burns Night.
Magnus Nilsson The Nordic Baking Book £25.95 Acclaimed chef and photographer Nilsson explores the rich baking culture of the Nordic region, with 450 tempting recipes. From breads and pastries to cakes and cookies, The Nordic Baking Book incorporates both modern and traditional baking from Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Rajat Parr & Jordon Mackay The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste: A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe £30.00 The most in-depth work of its kind, this seminal addition to the wine canon is the first definitive reference book to describe, region by region, how the great wines of Europe should taste. An unmissable book for any aspiring sommelier, or amateur wine enthusiast.
Dan Jones The Big Book of Gin £20.00 As well as providing over a hundred recipes, from classic cocktails to homemade syrups, The Big Book of Gin explores the history of gin, and tracks the various trends it has experienced, up to its most recent renaissance. Adorned with stylish photography and beautiful illustrations, this is the definitive guide to London’s most celebrated spirit. www.heywoodhill.com 1 1
SPECIAL B O OK S
Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray: Manuscript Facsimile £200.00 A beautifully produced, limited edition facsimile of Wilde’s original manuscript, this exceptional document shows the text as it was originally composed, allowing the reader to follow Wilde’s editing process. Each book is hand-numbered from 1 to 1000 and is presented in a gilt-embossed slipcase. A very special gift for any lover of literature.
Pascale Heurtal The Art of Natural History £195.00 This entirely exquisite book comes presented in an illustrated slipcase and is printed on high quality vellum. The beautiful yet scientific artworks included in this volume are infinitely detailed depictions of flora and fauna, representing three centuries worth of global exploration.
Massimo Listri The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries £150.00 This stunning photographic tour of the world’s oldest and finest libraries beautifully reveals their architectural, historical and imaginative wonder. Featured libraries include the papal collections of the Vatican Apostolic Library, Trinity College Library, home to the Book of Kells, and the Laurentian Library in Florence. A visual feast that will delight any bibliophile.
Martin Gayford Lucian Freud £395.00 Lucian Freud was one of the twentieth and early twentyfirst centuries’ greatest and most significant painters. With over 480 illustrations, this sumptuous collection, presented in two hardback volumes with a slipcase, is the most comprehensive retrospective of Freud’s work to date.
François Chaille et al. The Cartier Collection: Jewelry £325.00 This luxurious two-volume slipcased work reproduces in actual size more than 600 objects and drawings from the vast Cartier archive, allowing readers to fully appreciate the incredible artistry involved in these unique creations.
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POETRY & LITERARY CRITICISM
Carol Ann Duffy Sincerity £14.99 Duffy’s last full collection as Poet Laureate, Sincerity displays a poet at the height of her powers. Taking as its central theme the notion of time and its passage, the collection ranges from the deeply personal to the political and is at once intimate and radical.
Clive James The River in the Sky £14.99 An autobiographical, book-length poem from one of the country’s best-loved writers. In The River in the Sky, James reflects upon ‘the fragile treasures of his life’, never shying away from grand questions about the nature of existence, but ultimately finding meaning in small moments of connection.
William Shakespeare & James Anthony Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold £9.99 With a foreword from Stephen Fry, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold is the result of a bold project to demystify Shakespeare’s verse for a modern audience. Published alongside their original, each of Shakespeare’s sonnets is rewritten in modern language, whilst retaining their rhythm and rhyme patterns and, hopefully, their magic.
Colm Tóibín Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce £14.99 In this illuminating and engrossing study of literary influence, award-winning novelist Tóibín explores the complex relationships between three of Ireland’s greatest writers and their fathers, as well as examining the often surprising ways these relationships surface in their work.
David McClay (ed.) Dear Mr Murray: Letters to a Gentleman Publisher £16.99 Published in celebration of the 250th anniversary of John Murray, this collection features letters from authors as various as Charles Darwin, Jane Austen, and Lord Byron, providing a captivating window into over two hundred years of literary history, and revealing the remarkable friendships and occasional animosities formed in the world of books. www.heywoodhill.com 1 5
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Haruki Murakami Killing Commendatore £20.00 An homage to The Great Gatsby, the novel follows a young artist who, abandoned by his wife, discovers a mysterious painting in the mountain home of a famous colleague. To understand its mystery, he must undertake a journey of ideas,encompassing war and art, love and loneliness, creation and destruction.
Barbara Kingsolver Unsheltered £20.00 In 2016, Willa Knox, struggling to uphold both her family and their home, becomes fascinated by nineteenth-century science teacher Thatcher Greenwood. In 1871, Thatcher is maligned for promoting the ideas of Charles Darwin. Timely and thought-provoking, Unsheltered demonstrates that Orange Prize-winning Kingsolver remains a force to be reckoned with.
Kate Atkinson Transcription £20.00 In 1940, 18-year-old Juliet Anderson is recruited by MI5 and tasked with monitoring the movements of Fascist sympathisers in the UK. Ten years later, the war is over and Juliet believes her past is behind her – but is it? Wise, warm, and not without wit, this is a novel of great depth and intelligence.
Markus Zusak Bridge of Clay £18.99 Zusak’s first novel since his multi-award-winning The Book Thief twelve years ago, Bridge of Clay is the powerful and inventive story of five brothers living in a house without adults, and without rules. At its centre is Clay, a distinctive and unforgettable narrator, struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of his father. 18
Ben Schott Jeeves and the King of Clubs £16.99 Approved by the Wodehouse estate, and highly approved of by us, this new tale reveals that Jeeves has been secretly working as an agent for British intelligence. Now, he and Bertie must work together to foil a Fascist plot, taking them on an uproarious adventure through London’s clubland and the West End.
Sarah Moss Ghost Wall £12.99 Sylvie and her parents are taking part in an exercise of experimental archaeology to recreate the conditions of an Iron Age settlement in the Northumberland countryside. However, her father’s determination to understand the psychology of human sacrifice threatens to spiral out of control in this oppressively atmospheric novel.
Sally Rooney Normal People £14.99 The much anticipated follow-up to Rooney’s highly acclaimed debut Conversations with Friends, Normal People follows Connell and Marianne as they negotiate their relationship from young adolescence into adulthood. The novel is an emotionally intelligent exploration of how power in its many forms – physical, financial, sexual, social – operates within relationships.
Sarah Perry Melmoth £16.99 Following the success of 2016’s The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry returns with a modern gothic tale exploring themes of guilt, mercy, and redemption. Twenty years ago, Helen Franklin did something bad, and she has lived in self-imposed ascetism ever since. However, when a mysterious manuscript comes into her possession, Helen is forced to confront her past.
Sebastian Faulks Paris Echo £20.00 Nineteen-year-old Tariq has come to Paris to discover the history of his mother, who died when he was ten. Hannah is a post-doctoral researcher collecting testimonies from women who survived the German occupation. Themes of empire, identity and memory are interwoven with expert story-telling in this glorious evocation of the city.
William Boyd Love is Blind £18.99 Young pianist Brodie Moncur jumps at the chance to abandon his life in Edinburgh and move to Paris. There he meets the beautiful Russian soprano Lika Blum and begins a passionate love affair that will shape the rest of his life. This is a story of love, music, and revenge, set against a dazzlingly realised backdrop of fin-de-siècle Europe. www.heywoodhill.com 1 9
CRIME & THRILLERS
Anthony Horowitz The Sentence is Death £20.00 The second instalment of Horowitz’s bestselling series starring PI Daniel Hawthorne. When a celebrity divorce lawyer is found bludgeoned to death by a bottle of vintage wine, the police call on the PI and his sidekick, author Anthony, to help solve the case. Horowitz’s intelligent and playful take on the crime genre is a joy to read.
Laura Purcell The Corset £12.99 A dark Victorian tale of cruelty, revenge, and needlework. Dorothea Truelove is a passionate advocate of phrenology and is delighted at the chance to meet and study Ruth Butterham, a young seamstress awaiting trial for murder. Ruth insists she is guilty; that her supernatural sewing is her weapon. Is she mad, or a murderer?
Mick Herron The Drop £9.99 Heywood Hill favourite Herron returns with a new Slough House novella. When Solomon Dortmund spots an envelope being passed along in a Marylebone café, his suspicions are aroused. But when he relays the information to colleague John Bachelor, a series of life-altering events are set in motion…
Ian Rankin In a House of Lies £20.00 This gripping new Rebus novel confirms iconic crime writer Rankin’s position at the top of his game. The discovery of skeletal remains identified as a private investigator whose disappearance went unsolved over a decade ago threatens to unearth skeletons in Rebus’ own past.
Susan Hill The Comforts of Home £18.99 The latest instalment in Hill’s Simon Serraillier series. The DCI’s rest on a remote Scottish island is interrupted when he becomes embroiled in a murder inquiry with the overstretched local police, causing his personal and professional lives to intertwine in ways more complex than ever before.
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CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS
Michael Morpurgo Grandpa Christmas £9.99 A stunning Christmas picture book, in which a young girl receives heartfelt festive missives from her grandfather. Beautifully illustrated by Jim Field.
Davide Cali Great Dog £10.95 With charming illustrations by Miguel Tanco, this lovely book celebrates individuality, showing that there are many ways to be great.
David Litchfield The Bear, The Piano, The Dog and The Fiddle £11.99 Set in New Orleans with a new cast of animal musicians, this big-hearted sequel to the bestselling The Bear and the Piano teaches that friendship, like good music, lasts forever.
AGES 5-7
Lauren Child Hubert Horatio: How to Raise Your Grown-Ups £12.99 Child revisits one of her best-loved characters in these brand-new, laugh-outloud stories about a rather unconventional family.
Joyce Lankester Brisley Milly Molly Mandy Stories £9.99 A beautiful 90th anniversary gift edition of these much-loved classic stories, colour-illustrated throughout.
Alex T. Smith Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets £9.99 Highly illustrated throughout, the second Mr Penguin book promises to deliver slapstick humour, mystery, and adventure. www.heywoodhill.com 2 1
CHILDREN’S AGES 7-9
Katherine Rundell Into The Jungle £16.99 A gorgeously produced book with illustrations by Kristjana S Williams, these new tales featuring characters from Rudyard Kipling’s much-loved classic The Jungle Book are sure to delight.
Santa Montefiore and Simon Sebag Montefiore Royal Rabbits of London: The Great Diamond Chase £10.99 In this delightful story, Shylo and the brave Royal Rabbits of London must discover who has stolen the biggest, most beautiful diamond in the world.
Jessie Burton The Restless Girls £14.99 A beautifully presented retelling of the classic fairy tale ‘The Twelve Dancing Princesses’, with sumptuous illustrations by Angela Barrett.
AGES 9-12
Hilary McKay The Skylarks’ War £12.99 With understated drama and crisp wit reminiscent of E. Nesbit, this heartfelt tale follows the loves and losses of a family in England during the First World War.
Patrick Ness And the Ocean Was Our Sky £12.99 From the awardwinning author of A Monster Calls, a haunting retelling of Moby Dick, told from the perspective of the whale.
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Way Past Winter £10.99 In this magical, folkloric tale, Mia and her sisters must travel across ice and snow to rescue their kidnapped brother.
AGES 12+
Marcus Sidgwick The Monsters We Deserve £12.99 A taut, menacing ghost story, written in celebration of the centenary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Susin Nielsen No Fixed Address £12.99
Candy Gourlay Bone Talk £10.99 An outstanding, multi-faceted coming-of-age novel featuring a remote head-hunting tribe in the latenineteenth-century Philippines.
The moving and good-humoured story of a young boy who attempts to solve his family’s housing crisis by winning a game show.
NON-FICTION GIFT Alastair Humphreys Great Adventurers: The Incredible Expeditions of 20 Great Explorers £12.99
With illustrations by Kevin Ward, this colourful, engaging book features a range of explorers of different ages, genders and abilities, detailing their inspiring adventures across the globe. (Ages 7+)
David Hockney & Martin Gayford A History of Pictures for Children £14.95 Told through a series of conversations between the authors, this excellent book leads children on a journey through the history of art. (Ages 10+)
Fiona Waters (ed.) I am the Seed that Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year £9.99 A lovely book featuring illustrations by Frann PrestonGannon, and containing poems by Walter de la Mere, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost, amongst others. (Ages 2+) www.heywoodhill.com 2 3
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Heywood Hill’s newly invigorated Rare Books Department is led by Andrew McGeachin, former Managing Director of Sotheran’s, along with rare books specialists Jasper Jennings and Nicole Mansour. Collectively, the team have over 50 years of experience in dealing with old and rare books and prints, ranging from early printing to signed copies of contemporary writers. The department’s new catalogue comes from the personal library of legendary British publisher Tom Maschler, who published 15 Nobel laureates during his tenure at Jonathan Cape. Our catalogue includes around 150 books, many inscribed to Tom Maschler by his authors, from Thomas Pynchon to Ian McEwan, Doris Lessing to Gabriel García Márquez. Heywood Hill Rare Books is interested in buying fine and scarce books, both antiquarian and contemporary, from individual items to formed collections.
Please direct any enquiries to rarebooks@heywoodhill.com
Ever wanted a proper library on your favourite subject? This is what we do at Heywood Hill Private Libraries, for those who value books, whether individuals or companies. Each project is different, but our process is the same: we find out what the client wants and then we choose the books that we know they will enjoy over a lifetime. A library can be any size, from a well-chosen shelf of contemporary novels, to a series of rooms containing a range of new, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes. Recent projects have included a library on the history of capitalism, a large collection on creative responses to the natural world, and a private library of modern American fiction. Our expertise lies in researching any given subject to identify the ideal bibliography and then in finding the right books, in the most appealing editions that the project’s budget will allow.
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