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Taking to the Air An Illustrated History of Flight Lily Ford The possibilities of flight have long fascinated us. Each innovation captivated a broad public, from those who gathered to witness winged medieval visionaries jumping from towers, to those who tuned in to watch the moon landings. Taking to the Air tells the history of flight through the eye of the spectator, and later, the passenger. Throughout history, the visibility of airborne objects from the ground made for a spectacle of flight, with sizeable crowds gathering for eighteenth-century balloon launches and early twentieth-century air shows.
Hardback ÂŁ25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5261 1 224 pages, 240 x 165 mm 150 colour illustrations Publishing September 2018
Focusing on moments of great cultural impact, this book is a visual celebration of the wonder of flight, based on the large and diverse collection of print imagery held by the British Library. It is a study of how flight has been thought and pictured.
Lily Ford is a cultural historian and filmmaker. She teaches and produces films at the Derek Jarman Lab, Birkbeck, University of London. She reviews books on aviation and related subjects for the Times Literary Supplement.
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Taking to the Air An Illustrated History of Flight Lily Ford The possibilities of flight have long fascinated us. Each innovation captivated a broad public, from those who gathered to witness winged medieval visionaries jumping from towers, to those who tuned in to watch the moon landings. Taking to the Air tells the history of flight through the eye of the spectator, and later, the passenger. Throughout history, the visibility of airborne objects from the ground made for a spectacle of flight, with sizeable crowds gathering for eighteenth-century balloon launches and early twentieth-century air shows.
Hardback ÂŁ25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5261 1 224 pages, 240 x 165 mm 150 colour illustrations Publishing September 2018
Focusing on moments of great cultural impact, this book is a visual celebration of the wonder of flight, based on the large and diverse collection of print imagery held by the British Library. It is a study of how flight has been thought and pictured.
Lily Ford is a cultural historian and filmmaker. She teaches and produces films at the Derek Jarman Lab, Birkbeck, University of London. She reviews books on aviation and related subjects for the Times Literary Supplement.
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Holmes and Watson A Miscellany
The Whole Art of Dress A Cavalry Officer
S C Roberts A classic book on two of English literature’s most iconic characters.
As we look back upon past centuries, and can scarce repress our laughter at many of the absurd fancies in costumes our ancestors wore … our present beloved fashions, equally in their turn … may become subjects of wonder and mirth to our future descendants.
First published in 1953, this is one of the earliest and best studies of Sherlock Holmes. S C Roberts searches Conan Doyle’s stories for clues and develops biographies of the characters, revealing information about their lives and personalities which less observant readers may fail to notice.
Part fashionable guide, part defence of dandyism, this manual for menswear was originally published in 1830. It advises on the nuances of men’s fashion, on how to perfect all elements of dress, from the elegant staple of cravatiana to the delightful whimsy of masquerade dress. Colour, cut and fabric choice are scrutinised, with accompanying advice given on the subjects of posture – one must not turn the toes in! – and the male grooming regime.
Holmes and Watson also features two classic ‘unrecorded adventures’ – pastiche tales by a master of the form.
Hardback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5216 1 160 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
Sir Sydney Castle Roberts (1887– 1966) was a publisher, university administrator, noted Sherlockian, and first president of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. He served as Secretary of Cambridge University Press, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
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This new edition includes an introduction by the President of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, reflecting on the book’s importance as a classic work of Holmesiana.
Hardback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5271 0 128 pages, 200 x 130 mm 6 B&W illustrations Publishing September 2018
A definitive guide to the rules of dress and decorum, this is a handbook that the fashionably inclined gentleman simply cannot do without.
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Holmes and Watson A Miscellany
The Whole Art of Dress A Cavalry Officer
S C Roberts A classic book on two of English literature’s most iconic characters.
As we look back upon past centuries, and can scarce repress our laughter at many of the absurd fancies in costumes our ancestors wore … our present beloved fashions, equally in their turn … may become subjects of wonder and mirth to our future descendants.
First published in 1953, this is one of the earliest and best studies of Sherlock Holmes. S C Roberts searches Conan Doyle’s stories for clues and develops biographies of the characters, revealing information about their lives and personalities which less observant readers may fail to notice.
Part fashionable guide, part defence of dandyism, this manual for menswear was originally published in 1830. It advises on the nuances of men’s fashion, on how to perfect all elements of dress, from the elegant staple of cravatiana to the delightful whimsy of masquerade dress. Colour, cut and fabric choice are scrutinised, with accompanying advice given on the subjects of posture – one must not turn the toes in! – and the male grooming regime.
Holmes and Watson also features two classic ‘unrecorded adventures’ – pastiche tales by a master of the form.
Hardback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5216 1 160 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
Sir Sydney Castle Roberts (1887– 1966) was a publisher, university administrator, noted Sherlockian, and first president of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. He served as Secretary of Cambridge University Press, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
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This new edition includes an introduction by the President of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, reflecting on the book’s importance as a classic work of Holmesiana.
Hardback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5271 0 128 pages, 200 x 130 mm 6 B&W illustrations Publishing September 2018
A definitive guide to the rules of dress and decorum, this is a handbook that the fashionably inclined gentleman simply cannot do without.
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Shelf Life Writers on Books and Reading Alex Johnson Without answering in detail, I shall assume that the book-buyer is a booklover, that his love is a tenacious, not a transitory love, and that for him the question is how best to keep his books. W E Gladstone Books; reading, collecting and the physical housing of them has brought the book-lover joy – and stress – for centuries. Fascinated writers have tried to capture the particular relationships we form with our library, and the desperate troubles we will undergo to preserve it.
Hardback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5286 4 176 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing October 2018
Alex Johnson is a freelance journalist, part of the digital team at The Independent and a property columnist for the i newspaper. He is also the author of four books, including Improbable Libraries, Bookshelf, and Shedworking: The Alternative Workplace Revolution. His latest title, A Book of Book Lists, was published by the British Library in 2017.
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With Alex Johnson as your guide, immerse yourself in this eclectic anthology and hear from an iconic prime minister musing over the best way to store your books and an illustrious US president explaining the best works to read outdoors. Enjoy serious speculations on the psychological implications of reading from a 19thcentury philosopher, and less serious ones concerning the predicament of dispensing with unwanted volumes or the danger of letting children (the ‘enemies of books’) near your collection. The many facets of book-mania are pondered and celebrated with both sincerity and irreverence in this lively selection of essays, poems, lectures and commentaries ranging from the 16th to the 20th century.
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Shelf Life Writers on Books and Reading Alex Johnson Without answering in detail, I shall assume that the book-buyer is a booklover, that his love is a tenacious, not a transitory love, and that for him the question is how best to keep his books. W E Gladstone Books; reading, collecting and the physical housing of them has brought the book-lover joy – and stress – for centuries. Fascinated writers have tried to capture the particular relationships we form with our library, and the desperate troubles we will undergo to preserve it.
Hardback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5286 4 176 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing October 2018
Alex Johnson is a freelance journalist, part of the digital team at The Independent and a property columnist for the i newspaper. He is also the author of four books, including Improbable Libraries, Bookshelf, and Shedworking: The Alternative Workplace Revolution. His latest title, A Book of Book Lists, was published by the British Library in 2017.
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With Alex Johnson as your guide, immerse yourself in this eclectic anthology and hear from an iconic prime minister musing over the best way to store your books and an illustrious US president explaining the best works to read outdoors. Enjoy serious speculations on the psychological implications of reading from a 19thcentury philosopher, and less serious ones concerning the predicament of dispensing with unwanted volumes or the danger of letting children (the ‘enemies of books’) near your collection. The many facets of book-mania are pondered and celebrated with both sincerity and irreverence in this lively selection of essays, poems, lectures and commentaries ranging from the 16th to the 20th century.
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Atlas A World of Maps from the British Library Tom Harper From the publication in 1595 of the first ‘atlas’ by Flemish cartographer Gerhard Mercator, the term has become a universally adopted title for books containing accurate, uniform, and evenly spread maps of all or some of the world. This is an atlas with a difference. Few of the maps in this book could reasonably be called ‘accurate’ in the modern sense and could almost certainly not be used to plan a journey. Yet this atlas can help us to travel in a way that regular atlases do not, because by looking at old maps and getting to know their stories we can be transported back to the times in which they were made. Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 5291 8 256 pages, 280 x 220 mm Over 100 colour illustrations Publishing October 2018
Tom Harper is lead curator of antiquarian maps at the British Library. His publications include the British Library exhibition catalogue Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line, and A History of the Twentieth Century in 100 Maps, which he coauthored in 2014.
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The generous, full-colour illustrations of each map in this book range from the giant Klencke Atlas (1660) to Hokusai’s Map of China (1840–41), from a 1682 pirate map of Guatemala to 20th-century cartographic postcards featuring maps of Australia. Atlas is the definitive printed showcase of the British Library’s extensive and unparalleled map collection.
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Atlas A World of Maps from the British Library Tom Harper From the publication in 1595 of the first ‘atlas’ by Flemish cartographer Gerhard Mercator, the term has become a universally adopted title for books containing accurate, uniform, and evenly spread maps of all or some of the world. This is an atlas with a difference. Few of the maps in this book could reasonably be called ‘accurate’ in the modern sense and could almost certainly not be used to plan a journey. Yet this atlas can help us to travel in a way that regular atlases do not, because by looking at old maps and getting to know their stories we can be transported back to the times in which they were made. Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 5291 8 256 pages, 280 x 220 mm Over 100 colour illustrations Publishing October 2018
Tom Harper is lead curator of antiquarian maps at the British Library. His publications include the British Library exhibition catalogue Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line, and A History of the Twentieth Century in 100 Maps, which he coauthored in 2014.
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The generous, full-colour illustrations of each map in this book range from the giant Klencke Atlas (1660) to Hokusai’s Map of China (1840–41), from a 1682 pirate map of Guatemala to 20th-century cartographic postcards featuring maps of Australia. Atlas is the definitive printed showcase of the British Library’s extensive and unparalleled map collection.
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Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms Edited by Claire Breay and Joanna Story
The Anglo-Saxon period stretches from the arrival of Germanic groups on British shores in the early 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. During these centuries, the English language was used and written down for the first time, pagan populations were converted to Christianity, and the foundations of the kingdom of England were laid.
Hardback £40 ISBN 978 0 7123 5202 4 Paperback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5207 9 272 pages, 280 x 220 mm 160 colour illustrations Publishing October 2018
Claire Breay is head of ancient, medieval and early modern manuscripts at the British Library. Joanna Story is professor of early medieval history at Leicester University.
This richly illustrated new book – which accompanies a landmark British Library exhibition – presents AngloSaxon England as the home of a highly sophisticated artistic and political culture, deeply connected with its continental neighbours. At the heart of the book is the British Library’s outstanding collection of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, the richest source of evidence about Old English language and literature, including Beowulf and other poetry; the Lindisfarne Gospels, one of Britain’s greatest artistic and religious treasures; the St Cuthbert Gospel, the earliest intact European book; and historical manuscripts such as Bede’s Ecclesiastical History and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. This book, and the exhibition it accompanies, chart a fascinating and dynamic period in early medieval history, and will bring to life our understanding of these formative centuries.
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Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms Edited by Claire Breay and Joanna Story
The Anglo-Saxon period stretches from the arrival of Germanic groups on British shores in the early 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. During these centuries, the English language was used and written down for the first time, pagan populations were converted to Christianity, and the foundations of the kingdom of England were laid.
Hardback £40 ISBN 978 0 7123 5202 4 Paperback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5207 9 272 pages, 280 x 220 mm 160 colour illustrations Publishing October 2018
Claire Breay is head of ancient, medieval and early modern manuscripts at the British Library. Joanna Story is professor of early medieval history at Leicester University.
This richly illustrated new book – which accompanies a landmark British Library exhibition – presents AngloSaxon England as the home of a highly sophisticated artistic and political culture, deeply connected with its continental neighbours. At the heart of the book is the British Library’s outstanding collection of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, the richest source of evidence about Old English language and literature, including Beowulf and other poetry; the Lindisfarne Gospels, one of Britain’s greatest artistic and religious treasures; the St Cuthbert Gospel, the earliest intact European book; and historical manuscripts such as Bede’s Ecclesiastical History and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. This book, and the exhibition it accompanies, chart a fascinating and dynamic period in early medieval history, and will bring to life our understanding of these formative centuries.
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A History of America in 100 Maps Susan Schulten
In this richly visual narrative, acclaimed historian Susan Schulten explores five centuries of American history through maps. From the voyages of European discovery to the digital age, she reveals the many ways that maps have shaped history. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps have the power to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past.
Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 5217 8 256 pages, 280 x 220 mm 100 colour illustrations Publishing November 2018
Susan Schulten is professor and chair of history at the University of Denver. She is the author of Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America and The Geographical Imagination in America 1880–1950.
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Schulten draws on both official and ephemeral artefacts – maps of exploration, political conflict and territorial control as well as education, science and tourism. Many of the maps in this volume have been deemed important for their role in exploration, statecraft, and diplomacy. But readers will also find lesser-known maps made by soldiers on the front, Native American tribal leaders, and the first generation of girls to be publicly educated. By exploring both iconic as well as unfamiliar treasures, Susan Schulten offers us a fresh perspective on the American past. Most of the maps in this book are from the British Library collection – the richest storehouse of American mapping outside North America. Many have not been reproduced before.
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A History of America in 100 Maps Susan Schulten
In this richly visual narrative, acclaimed historian Susan Schulten explores five centuries of American history through maps. From the voyages of European discovery to the digital age, she reveals the many ways that maps have shaped history. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps have the power to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past.
Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 5217 8 256 pages, 280 x 220 mm 100 colour illustrations Publishing November 2018
Susan Schulten is professor and chair of history at the University of Denver. She is the author of Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America and The Geographical Imagination in America 1880–1950.
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Schulten draws on both official and ephemeral artefacts – maps of exploration, political conflict and territorial control as well as education, science and tourism. Many of the maps in this volume have been deemed important for their role in exploration, statecraft, and diplomacy. But readers will also find lesser-known maps made by soldiers on the front, Native American tribal leaders, and the first generation of girls to be publicly educated. By exploring both iconic as well as unfamiliar treasures, Susan Schulten offers us a fresh perspective on the American past. Most of the maps in this book are from the British Library collection – the richest storehouse of American mapping outside North America. Many have not been reproduced before.
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Medieval Illumination Manuscript Art in England and France 700–1200 Illuminated manuscripts from England and France are among the greatest masterpieces of medieval European art. This beautiful new book showcases dozens of fine examples, some of which have never before been exhibited and are rarely reproduced. It reveals the close artistic and intellectual connections between Anglo-Saxon and Norman England and medieval France, where scribes and illuminators often shared stylistic ideas and subject-matter.
Paperback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5212 3 160 pages, 255 x 190 mm Publishing October 2018
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Among the manuscripts featured here are Gospel-books and saints’ lives, histories and herbals. Together they give rich insights into the culture of medieval Europe. They are a significant source of evidence for Anglo-Saxon Britain; many will feature in the British Library’s Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition. Curators from the British Library in London and the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris have collaborated on a major project, funded by The Polonsky Foundation, to study these manuscripts in detail – this book introduces their findings alongside stunning images.
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Medieval Illumination Manuscript Art in England and France 700–1200 Illuminated manuscripts from England and France are among the greatest masterpieces of medieval European art. This beautiful new book showcases dozens of fine examples, some of which have never before been exhibited and are rarely reproduced. It reveals the close artistic and intellectual connections between Anglo-Saxon and Norman England and medieval France, where scribes and illuminators often shared stylistic ideas and subject-matter.
Paperback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5212 3 160 pages, 255 x 190 mm Publishing October 2018
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Among the manuscripts featured here are Gospel-books and saints’ lives, histories and herbals. Together they give rich insights into the culture of medieval Europe. They are a significant source of evidence for Anglo-Saxon Britain; many will feature in the British Library’s Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition. Curators from the British Library in London and the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris have collaborated on a major project, funded by The Polonsky Foundation, to study these manuscripts in detail – this book introduces their findings alongside stunning images.
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The Gothic Stories of H P Lovecraft Edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes
Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5246 8 288 pages, 210 x 148 mm Publishing August 2018
H P Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American writer little-known in his own lifetime, but is now regarded as one of the most influential 20th-century writers in the horror genre. Many of his most celebrated stories – including ‘The Rats in the Walls’, ‘The Call of Cthulhu’, At the Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Out of Time – form the basis of the Cthulhu Mythos.
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The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books Martin Edwards
H P Lovecraft is best known for his tales of cosmic horror, in which unnameable nightmares torment the limits of human consciousness. This mastery of weird and unspeakable terror is underpinned by the writer’s sizeable contribution to Gothic fiction.
A fascinating guide to this era of bodies in libraries, poisoned chocolates and inspectors with pipes and moustaches. Sunday Times
This new collection of Lovecraft’s stories is the first to concentrate on his Gothic writing and includes tales from the beginning to the very end of the author’s career.
Irresistible for aficionados and a reliable reading list for newcomers. Publishers Weekly
The writer’s weird vision mixes brilliantly with the trappings of earlier Gothic horror to form innovative mosaics of frightful fiction that will long haunt the reader’s subconscious. Xavier Aldana Reyes is the editor of Horror: A Literary History published by the British Library in 2016.
No one could doubt the extent of Edwards’s knowledge. Mail on Sunday
Paperback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5221 5 Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5696 1 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm 30 colour illustrations Publishing July 2018
Martin Edwards is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is an award-winning crime writer, Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, was published in 2015 to international acclaim, and won the Edgar, Agatha, H R F Keating and Macavity awards for the year’s best book about the genre.
This book tells the story of crime fiction published during the first half of the twentieth century. The diversity of this much-loved genre is breathtaking, and so much greater than many critics have suggested. To illustrate this, the leading expert on classic crime discusses one hundred books ranging from The Hound of the Baskervilles to Strangers on a Train which highlight the entertaining plots, the literary achievements, and the social significance of vintage crime fiction. This book serves as a companion to the acclaimed British Library Crime Classics series but it tells a very diverse story. It presents the development of crime fiction – from Sherlock Holmes to the end of the golden age – in an accessible, informative and engaging style.
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The Gothic Stories of H P Lovecraft Edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes
Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5246 8 288 pages, 210 x 148 mm Publishing August 2018
H P Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American writer little-known in his own lifetime, but is now regarded as one of the most influential 20th-century writers in the horror genre. Many of his most celebrated stories – including ‘The Rats in the Walls’, ‘The Call of Cthulhu’, At the Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Out of Time – form the basis of the Cthulhu Mythos.
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The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books Martin Edwards
H P Lovecraft is best known for his tales of cosmic horror, in which unnameable nightmares torment the limits of human consciousness. This mastery of weird and unspeakable terror is underpinned by the writer’s sizeable contribution to Gothic fiction.
A fascinating guide to this era of bodies in libraries, poisoned chocolates and inspectors with pipes and moustaches. Sunday Times
This new collection of Lovecraft’s stories is the first to concentrate on his Gothic writing and includes tales from the beginning to the very end of the author’s career.
Irresistible for aficionados and a reliable reading list for newcomers. Publishers Weekly
The writer’s weird vision mixes brilliantly with the trappings of earlier Gothic horror to form innovative mosaics of frightful fiction that will long haunt the reader’s subconscious. Xavier Aldana Reyes is the editor of Horror: A Literary History published by the British Library in 2016.
No one could doubt the extent of Edwards’s knowledge. Mail on Sunday
Paperback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5221 5 Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5696 1 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm 30 colour illustrations Publishing July 2018
Martin Edwards is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is an award-winning crime writer, Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, was published in 2015 to international acclaim, and won the Edgar, Agatha, H R F Keating and Macavity awards for the year’s best book about the genre.
This book tells the story of crime fiction published during the first half of the twentieth century. The diversity of this much-loved genre is breathtaking, and so much greater than many critics have suggested. To illustrate this, the leading expert on classic crime discusses one hundred books ranging from The Hound of the Baskervilles to Strangers on a Train which highlight the entertaining plots, the literary achievements, and the social significance of vintage crime fiction. This book serves as a companion to the acclaimed British Library Crime Classics series but it tells a very diverse story. It presents the development of crime fiction – from Sherlock Holmes to the end of the golden age – in an accessible, informative and engaging style.
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BRITISH LIBRARY TALES OF THE WEIRD
A Literary Christmas An Anthology
From the Depths and Other Strange Tales of the Sea Edited by Mike Ashley
Even Lady Bobbin … could not prevent the day from being marked by a good deal of crossness, much over-eating, and a series of startling incidents. The battle opened, as it were, with the Christmas stockings.
NEW EDITION Hardback with jacket £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5276 5 152 pages, 210 x 149 mm Over 30 colour and B&W illustrations Publishing September 2018
Authors also include: Jane Austen, George Eliot, G K Chesterton, D H Lawrence, Emily Brontë, Rudyard Kipling, John Donne, Thomas Hardy, Christina Rossetti, Samuel Pepys, Anthony Trollope, and Benjamin Zephaniah
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For as long as Christmas has been celebrated, poets and writers have sought to explore every aspect of it, whether the story of the Nativity, gatherings with family and friends, or the festive traditions that have grown over the centuries. A Literary Christmas is a seasonal anthology collecting poems, short stories and prose extracts by some of the greatest poets and writers in the English language. Like Charles Dickens’s ghosts of Christmas past and present, these texts represent times old and new – from Thomas Tusser counting the cost of a Tudor feast to P G Wodehouse’s wry short story about Christmas on a diet. Enjoy a convivial Christmas Day as described by Nancy Mitford. Venture out into the snow in the company of Dickens’s ever-popular Mr Pickwick. Entertain the children with the seasonal tales of Dylan Thomas, Kenneth Grahame and George Mackay Brown. This beautifully redesigned new edition is perfect for any lover of great literature.
From atop the choppy waves to the choking darkness of the abyss, the seas are full of mystery and rife with tales of inexplicable events and encounters with the unknown. In this anthology we see a thrilling spread of narratives; sailors are pitched against a nightmare from the depths which becomes visible only under the UV light of a camera; a German U-boat commander is tormented by the voices of his victims via Morse code; a ship ensnares itself in the kelp of the Sargasso Sea and dooms a crew of mutineers, seemingly out of revenge for her lost captain…
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5236 9 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing July 2018
The supernatural is set alongside the grim affairs of sailors scorned in these salt-soaked tales, recovered from obscurity for the 21st century.
Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than one hundred books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. He is series consultant for British Library Science Fiction Classics and his books include Adventures in The Strand, Out of This World, and The Age of Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880–1950. His multi-volume history of science fiction magazines is published by Liverpool University Press.
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BRITISH LIBRARY TALES OF THE WEIRD
A Literary Christmas An Anthology
From the Depths and Other Strange Tales of the Sea Edited by Mike Ashley
Even Lady Bobbin … could not prevent the day from being marked by a good deal of crossness, much over-eating, and a series of startling incidents. The battle opened, as it were, with the Christmas stockings.
NEW EDITION Hardback with jacket £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5276 5 152 pages, 210 x 149 mm Over 30 colour and B&W illustrations Publishing September 2018
Authors also include: Jane Austen, George Eliot, G K Chesterton, D H Lawrence, Emily Brontë, Rudyard Kipling, John Donne, Thomas Hardy, Christina Rossetti, Samuel Pepys, Anthony Trollope, and Benjamin Zephaniah
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For as long as Christmas has been celebrated, poets and writers have sought to explore every aspect of it, whether the story of the Nativity, gatherings with family and friends, or the festive traditions that have grown over the centuries. A Literary Christmas is a seasonal anthology collecting poems, short stories and prose extracts by some of the greatest poets and writers in the English language. Like Charles Dickens’s ghosts of Christmas past and present, these texts represent times old and new – from Thomas Tusser counting the cost of a Tudor feast to P G Wodehouse’s wry short story about Christmas on a diet. Enjoy a convivial Christmas Day as described by Nancy Mitford. Venture out into the snow in the company of Dickens’s ever-popular Mr Pickwick. Entertain the children with the seasonal tales of Dylan Thomas, Kenneth Grahame and George Mackay Brown. This beautifully redesigned new edition is perfect for any lover of great literature.
From atop the choppy waves to the choking darkness of the abyss, the seas are full of mystery and rife with tales of inexplicable events and encounters with the unknown. In this anthology we see a thrilling spread of narratives; sailors are pitched against a nightmare from the depths which becomes visible only under the UV light of a camera; a German U-boat commander is tormented by the voices of his victims via Morse code; a ship ensnares itself in the kelp of the Sargasso Sea and dooms a crew of mutineers, seemingly out of revenge for her lost captain…
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5236 9 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing July 2018
The supernatural is set alongside the grim affairs of sailors scorned in these salt-soaked tales, recovered from obscurity for the 21st century.
Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than one hundred books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. He is series consultant for British Library Science Fiction Classics and his books include Adventures in The Strand, Out of This World, and The Age of Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880–1950. His multi-volume history of science fiction magazines is published by Liverpool University Press.
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Haunted Houses
Glimpses of the Unknown
Two Novels by Charlotte Riddell
Lost Ghost Stories
Edited by Andrew Smith
Edited by Mike Ashley A figure emerges from a painting to pursue a bitter vengeance; a faithful butler continues to serve his master despite being shot dead days ago; the last words of a dying man haunt the airwaves, only to return via telegram to reveal his murderer.
From the once-popular yet unfairly neglected Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell comes a pair of novels which cleverly upholster the familiar furniture of the ‘haunted house’ story. In ‘An Uninhabited House’, the hauntings are seen through the perspective of the solicitors who hold the deed of the property. Here we find a shrewd comedic skewering of this host of scriveners and clerks, and a realist approach to the consequences of a ‘haunted house’ – how does one let such a property? Slowly the safer world of commerce and law gives way as the encounter with the supernatural entity becomes more and more unavoidable… Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5251 2 354 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing August 2018
Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906) was an exceptionally popular Irish-born writer of over 50 books and numerous short stories. She was part-owner and editor of the London literary journal St James’s Magazine and a renowned figure of the literary canvas of lateVictorian England.
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In ‘Fairy Water’, Riddell again subverts the expectations of the reader, suggesting a complex moral character for her haunting spirit. Once again, her writing style is succinct and witty, rendering the story a spirited and approachable read despite its age.
From the vaults of the British Library comes a new anthology celebrating the best works of forgotten, never before republished, supernatural fiction from the early 20th century.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5266 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
Waiting within are malevolent spirits eager to possess the living and mysterious spectral guardians – a diverse host of phantoms exhumed from the rare pages of literary magazines and newspaper serials to thrill once more.
Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than one hundred books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. He is series consultant for British Library Science Fiction Classics and his books include Adventures in The Strand, Out of This World, and The Age of Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880–1950. His multi-volume history of science fiction magazines is published by Liverpool University Press.
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Haunted Houses
Glimpses of the Unknown
Two Novels by Charlotte Riddell
Lost Ghost Stories
Edited by Andrew Smith
Edited by Mike Ashley A figure emerges from a painting to pursue a bitter vengeance; a faithful butler continues to serve his master despite being shot dead days ago; the last words of a dying man haunt the airwaves, only to return via telegram to reveal his murderer.
From the once-popular yet unfairly neglected Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell comes a pair of novels which cleverly upholster the familiar furniture of the ‘haunted house’ story. In ‘An Uninhabited House’, the hauntings are seen through the perspective of the solicitors who hold the deed of the property. Here we find a shrewd comedic skewering of this host of scriveners and clerks, and a realist approach to the consequences of a ‘haunted house’ – how does one let such a property? Slowly the safer world of commerce and law gives way as the encounter with the supernatural entity becomes more and more unavoidable… Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5251 2 354 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing August 2018
Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906) was an exceptionally popular Irish-born writer of over 50 books and numerous short stories. She was part-owner and editor of the London literary journal St James’s Magazine and a renowned figure of the literary canvas of lateVictorian England.
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In ‘Fairy Water’, Riddell again subverts the expectations of the reader, suggesting a complex moral character for her haunting spirit. Once again, her writing style is succinct and witty, rendering the story a spirited and approachable read despite its age.
From the vaults of the British Library comes a new anthology celebrating the best works of forgotten, never before republished, supernatural fiction from the early 20th century.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5266 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
Waiting within are malevolent spirits eager to possess the living and mysterious spectral guardians – a diverse host of phantoms exhumed from the rare pages of literary magazines and newspaper serials to thrill once more.
Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than one hundred books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. He is series consultant for British Library Science Fiction Classics and his books include Adventures in The Strand, Out of This World, and The Age of Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880–1950. His multi-volume history of science fiction magazines is published by Liverpool University Press.
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Mortal Echoes
Spirits of the Season
Encounters with the End
Christmas Hauntings
Edited by Greg Buzwell
Edited by Tanya Kirk A strange figure fortells tragedy on the railway tracks. A plague threatens to encroach upon an isolated castle. The daughter of an eccentric scientist falls victim to a poisonous curse.
Festive cheer turns to maddening fear in this new collection of seasonal hauntings, presenting the best Christmas ghost stories from the 1850s to the 1960s.
The stories in this anthology depict the haunting moment when characters come face-to-face with their own mortality. Spanning two centuries, Mortal Echoes features some of the finest writers in the English language – including Edgar Allan Poe, Graham Greene, May Sinclair and H G Wells. Intriguing, unsettling and often strangely amusing, this collection explores humanity’s transient existence, and what it means to be alive.
The traditional trappings of the holiday are turned upside down as restless spirits disrupt the merry games of the living, Christmas trees teem with spiteful pagan presences and the Devil himself treads the boards at the village pantomime. As the cold night of winter closes in and the glow of the hearth begins to flicker and fade, the uninvited visitors gather in the dark in this distinctive assortment of haunting tales.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5281 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing October 2018
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5252 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing October 2018
Greg Buzwell is curator of contemporary literary archives and manuscripts at the British Library. He is the editor of two fiction collections for the British Library: The Face in the Glass (2014) and Out of the Deep (2017).
Tanya Kirk is lead curator of printed heritage collections 1601–1900 at the British Library, and was the co-curator of the major exhibition Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination (2014–15). She edited The Haunted Library: Classic Ghost Stories which was published by the British Library in 2016.
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Mortal Echoes
Spirits of the Season
Encounters with the End
Christmas Hauntings
Edited by Greg Buzwell
Edited by Tanya Kirk A strange figure fortells tragedy on the railway tracks. A plague threatens to encroach upon an isolated castle. The daughter of an eccentric scientist falls victim to a poisonous curse.
Festive cheer turns to maddening fear in this new collection of seasonal hauntings, presenting the best Christmas ghost stories from the 1850s to the 1960s.
The stories in this anthology depict the haunting moment when characters come face-to-face with their own mortality. Spanning two centuries, Mortal Echoes features some of the finest writers in the English language – including Edgar Allan Poe, Graham Greene, May Sinclair and H G Wells. Intriguing, unsettling and often strangely amusing, this collection explores humanity’s transient existence, and what it means to be alive.
The traditional trappings of the holiday are turned upside down as restless spirits disrupt the merry games of the living, Christmas trees teem with spiteful pagan presences and the Devil himself treads the boards at the village pantomime. As the cold night of winter closes in and the glow of the hearth begins to flicker and fade, the uninvited visitors gather in the dark in this distinctive assortment of haunting tales.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5281 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing October 2018
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5252 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing October 2018
Greg Buzwell is curator of contemporary literary archives and manuscripts at the British Library. He is the editor of two fiction collections for the British Library: The Face in the Glass (2014) and Out of the Deep (2017).
Tanya Kirk is lead curator of printed heritage collections 1601–1900 at the British Library, and was the co-curator of the major exhibition Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination (2014–15). She edited The Haunted Library: Classic Ghost Stories which was published by the British Library in 2016.
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BRITISH LIBRARY SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS
Four-Sided Triangle William F Temple
Shoot at the Moon William F Temple
The Endeavour has made rocket ship history. With its automatic pilot and artificial gravity, anyone is qualified to fly to the moon. But the scientists who designed it did not envision the hidden dangers of lunar exploration. Nor did they foresee the kind of violence that could erupt among the five mismatched crew members in a lonely space capsule.
The idea was too big for the mind to grasp in all its implications at the first attempt. But when you did get a grip on it, just to let the imagination rove with the possibilities! Science is on the verge of a revolution. A cutting-edge new replication process is invented, and any matter can be reproduced – Shakespeare’s signature, works of art, even… a human being?
The Endeavour’s captain, Franz Brunel of the British Space Service, has to contend with the many perils that await him on the surface of the moon. Soon a murderer is among them.
When a brilliant scientist believes that this perfect replication process offers the solution to an excruciating love triangle, the limits of the new technology are tested – and impossible questions of identity and originality threaten to tear apart the best-laid plans of paradise. Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5231 4 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing July 2018
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5256 7 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
This unjustly neglected novel from 1966 has not been reprinted in over fifty years. With its appearance as a British Library Science Fiction Classic, contemporary readers have the chance to enjoy Temple’s unusual blend of traditional SF with a darkly ironic tone.
William F Temple (1914–1989) was a major writer of British science fiction in the 1950s. His best-known novel is Four-Sided Triangle, partly due to its film adaptation.
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BRITISH LIBRARY SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS
Four-Sided Triangle William F Temple
Shoot at the Moon William F Temple
The Endeavour has made rocket ship history. With its automatic pilot and artificial gravity, anyone is qualified to fly to the moon. But the scientists who designed it did not envision the hidden dangers of lunar exploration. Nor did they foresee the kind of violence that could erupt among the five mismatched crew members in a lonely space capsule.
The idea was too big for the mind to grasp in all its implications at the first attempt. But when you did get a grip on it, just to let the imagination rove with the possibilities! Science is on the verge of a revolution. A cutting-edge new replication process is invented, and any matter can be reproduced – Shakespeare’s signature, works of art, even… a human being?
The Endeavour’s captain, Franz Brunel of the British Space Service, has to contend with the many perils that await him on the surface of the moon. Soon a murderer is among them.
When a brilliant scientist believes that this perfect replication process offers the solution to an excruciating love triangle, the limits of the new technology are tested – and impossible questions of identity and originality threaten to tear apart the best-laid plans of paradise. Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5231 4 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing July 2018
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5256 7 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
This unjustly neglected novel from 1966 has not been reprinted in over fifty years. With its appearance as a British Library Science Fiction Classic, contemporary readers have the chance to enjoy Temple’s unusual blend of traditional SF with a darkly ironic tone.
William F Temple (1914–1989) was a major writer of British science fiction in the 1950s. His best-known novel is Four-Sided Triangle, partly due to its film adaptation.
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BRITISH LIBRARY CRIME CLASSICS
Lost Mars
The Golden Age of the Red Planet Edited and introduced by Mike Ashley
Moonrise
The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures Edited and introduced by Mike Ashley
The Pocket Detective 100+ Puzzles Compiled by Kate Jackson Polish off your magnifying glass and step into the shoes of your favourite detectives as you unlock tantalising clues and solve intricate puzzles. There are over 100 criminally teasing challenges to be scrutinised, including word searches, anagrams, snapshot covers, and crosswords – a favourite puzzle of crime fiction’s golden age. Suitable for all ages and levels, this is the ultimate test for fans of the British Library Crime Classics series.
An antique shop owner gets a glimpse of the red planet through an intriguing artefact. A Martian’s wife contemplates the possibility of life on Earth. A resident of Venus describes his travels across the two alien planets. These ten short stories, centred around the planet Mars, include writing by H G Wells, Ray Bradbury and J G Ballard, as well as many lesser-known SF writers. They reveal much about how we understand our place in the universe.
Before the Apollo 11 mission succeeded in landing on the Moon in 1969, writers and visionaries were fascinated by how we might get there and what we might find. Interest peaked from the late 1800s when the prospect of lunar travel became more viable. This anthology of twelve short stories, all centred around the Moon, features John Wyndham and Arthur C Clarke, as well as lesser-known writers for dedicated fans of the genre to discover.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5240 6 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm Published April 2018
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5275 8 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm Published April 2018
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For six years, the British Library has brought neglected crime fiction writers into the spotlight in a series of republished novels and anthologies. There are now more than 50 British Library Crime Classics titles to collect. Hardback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5296 3 144 pages, 155 x 100 mm Over 100 B&W and full-colour puzzles Publishing October 2018
Kate Jackson reviews classic crime fiction on her blog crossexaminingcrime.
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BRITISH LIBRARY CRIME CLASSICS
Lost Mars
The Golden Age of the Red Planet Edited and introduced by Mike Ashley
Moonrise
The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures Edited and introduced by Mike Ashley
The Pocket Detective 100+ Puzzles Compiled by Kate Jackson Polish off your magnifying glass and step into the shoes of your favourite detectives as you unlock tantalising clues and solve intricate puzzles. There are over 100 criminally teasing challenges to be scrutinised, including word searches, anagrams, snapshot covers, and crosswords – a favourite puzzle of crime fiction’s golden age. Suitable for all ages and levels, this is the ultimate test for fans of the British Library Crime Classics series.
An antique shop owner gets a glimpse of the red planet through an intriguing artefact. A Martian’s wife contemplates the possibility of life on Earth. A resident of Venus describes his travels across the two alien planets. These ten short stories, centred around the planet Mars, include writing by H G Wells, Ray Bradbury and J G Ballard, as well as many lesser-known SF writers. They reveal much about how we understand our place in the universe.
Before the Apollo 11 mission succeeded in landing on the Moon in 1969, writers and visionaries were fascinated by how we might get there and what we might find. Interest peaked from the late 1800s when the prospect of lunar travel became more viable. This anthology of twelve short stories, all centred around the Moon, features John Wyndham and Arthur C Clarke, as well as lesser-known writers for dedicated fans of the genre to discover.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5240 6 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm Published April 2018
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5275 8 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm Published April 2018
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For six years, the British Library has brought neglected crime fiction writers into the spotlight in a series of republished novels and anthologies. There are now more than 50 British Library Crime Classics titles to collect. Hardback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5296 3 144 pages, 155 x 100 mm Over 100 B&W and full-colour puzzles Publishing October 2018
Kate Jackson reviews classic crime fiction on her blog crossexaminingcrime.
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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery Leonard Gribble
The Division Bell Mystery Ellen Wilkinson
No one had tackled Doyce. He had been alone when he fell. He had simply folded up like a jack-knife and slipped to the ground. What had happened?
Through the double clamour of Big Ben and the shrill sound of the bell rang a revolver shot. When a financier is shot in the House of Commons, it is assumed to be suicide. Suspecting foul play, Robert West, a parliamentary private secretary, takes on the role of amateur sleuth. Used to turning a blind eye to covert dealings, West must now uncover the shocking secret behind the man’s demise, amid distractions of the Press and the unexpected allure of the dead man’s enigmatic daughter.
The 1939 Arsenal side is firing on all cylinders and celebrating a string of victories. They appear unstoppable, but the Trojans – a side of amateurs who are on a winning streak of their own – may be about to silence the Gunners. Moments into the second half the whistle blows, but not for a goal or penalty. One of the Trojans has collapsed on the pitch. By the end of the day, he is dead.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 52260 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing July 2018
Leonard Gribble (1908–1985) was a prolific writer from Devon who wrote under several pseudonyms including Leo Grex and Piers Marlowe. His books often focused on the particulars of policing and the judicial system. He was one of the founding members of the Crime Writers’ Association in 1953.
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Gribble’s unique mystery, featuring the actual Arsenal squad of 1939, sends Inspector Anthony Slade into the world of professional football to investigate a case of deadly foul play on and off the pitch.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5241 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing August 2018
This novel was originally published in 1932. It was the only mystery novel to be written by Ellen Wilkinson, and offers an insider’s perspective of political scandal. This edition includes a foreword by Rachel Reeves MP.
Ellen Wilkinson (1891–1947) was a Labour Party politician, who played a prominent role in the Jarrow March and served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death.
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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery Leonard Gribble
The Division Bell Mystery Ellen Wilkinson
No one had tackled Doyce. He had been alone when he fell. He had simply folded up like a jack-knife and slipped to the ground. What had happened?
Through the double clamour of Big Ben and the shrill sound of the bell rang a revolver shot. When a financier is shot in the House of Commons, it is assumed to be suicide. Suspecting foul play, Robert West, a parliamentary private secretary, takes on the role of amateur sleuth. Used to turning a blind eye to covert dealings, West must now uncover the shocking secret behind the man’s demise, amid distractions of the Press and the unexpected allure of the dead man’s enigmatic daughter.
The 1939 Arsenal side is firing on all cylinders and celebrating a string of victories. They appear unstoppable, but the Trojans – a side of amateurs who are on a winning streak of their own – may be about to silence the Gunners. Moments into the second half the whistle blows, but not for a goal or penalty. One of the Trojans has collapsed on the pitch. By the end of the day, he is dead.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 52260 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing July 2018
Leonard Gribble (1908–1985) was a prolific writer from Devon who wrote under several pseudonyms including Leo Grex and Piers Marlowe. His books often focused on the particulars of policing and the judicial system. He was one of the founding members of the Crime Writers’ Association in 1953.
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Gribble’s unique mystery, featuring the actual Arsenal squad of 1939, sends Inspector Anthony Slade into the world of professional football to investigate a case of deadly foul play on and off the pitch.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5241 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing August 2018
This novel was originally published in 1932. It was the only mystery novel to be written by Ellen Wilkinson, and offers an insider’s perspective of political scandal. This edition includes a foreword by Rachel Reeves MP.
Ellen Wilkinson (1891–1947) was a Labour Party politician, who played a prominent role in the Jarrow March and served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death.
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The Belting Inheritance Julian Symons
The Colour of Murder Julian Symons
Cleverly told ... brilliant character work and plotting up to the usual Symons standard. Observer
One of our most ingenious and stylish home-grown crime novelists. Spectator A book to delight every puzzle-suspense enthusiast. New York Times
Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the Second World War. Long afterwards a stranger arrives at Belting, claiming to be the missing David Wainwright – who was not killed after all, but held captive for years in a Russian prison camp. With Lady Wainwright’s health fading, her inheritance is at stake, and the family is torn apart by doubts over its mysterious long-lost son. Belting is shadowed by suspicion and intrigue – and then the first body is found. Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5232 1 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
This atmospheric novel of family secrets, first published in 1964, is by a winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger.
John Wilkins meets a beautiful, irresistible girl, and his world is turned upside down. Looking at his wife, and thinking of the girl, everything turns red before his eyes – the colour of murder. This award-winning crime novel from 1957 is a gripping examination of the psychology of murder and the nature of justice.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5227 7 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
Julian Symons (1912–1984) was a notable writer of British crime fiction from the 1950s until his death, publishing more than thirty novels in total. He served as President of the prestigious Detection Club, won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and is well known as the author of Bloody Murder, a classic history of crime fiction.
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The Belting Inheritance Julian Symons
The Colour of Murder Julian Symons
Cleverly told ... brilliant character work and plotting up to the usual Symons standard. Observer
One of our most ingenious and stylish home-grown crime novelists. Spectator A book to delight every puzzle-suspense enthusiast. New York Times
Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the Second World War. Long afterwards a stranger arrives at Belting, claiming to be the missing David Wainwright – who was not killed after all, but held captive for years in a Russian prison camp. With Lady Wainwright’s health fading, her inheritance is at stake, and the family is torn apart by doubts over its mysterious long-lost son. Belting is shadowed by suspicion and intrigue – and then the first body is found. Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5232 1 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
This atmospheric novel of family secrets, first published in 1964, is by a winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger.
John Wilkins meets a beautiful, irresistible girl, and his world is turned upside down. Looking at his wife, and thinking of the girl, everything turns red before his eyes – the colour of murder. This award-winning crime novel from 1957 is a gripping examination of the psychology of murder and the nature of justice.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5227 7 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing September 2018
Julian Symons (1912–1984) was a notable writer of British crime fiction from the 1950s until his death, publishing more than thirty novels in total. He served as President of the prestigious Detection Club, won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and is well known as the author of Bloody Murder, a classic history of crime fiction.
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The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories
Murder by Matchlight E C R Lorac
Edited by Martin Edwards Includes a short story by the author.
A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned admist the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street’s Christmas shopping. Lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder.
A man who played about on the fringes of the Black Market, who had fought for Sinn Fein, who lived by his wits – and who finally became dangerous to somebody and was knocked over the head in the blackout. It may prove to be a sordid story, but I certainly find it an interesting one.
This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season – from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow, to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations. With neglected stories by John Bude and E C R Lorac, as well as tales by little-known writers of crime fiction, Martin Edwards blends the cosy atmosphere of the fireside story with a chill to match the temperature outside. This is a gripping seasonal collection sure to delight mystery fans.
London, 1945. The capital is shrouded in the darkness of the blackout, and mystery abounds in the parks after dusk.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5247 5 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing October 2018
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5222 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing November 2018
Martin Edwards is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is an award-winning crime writer, Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, was published in 2015 to international acclaim. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books was published by the British Library in 2017.
E C R Lorac was a pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett (1894–1958) who was a prolific writer of crime fiction from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a member of the prestigious Detection Club. Her books have been almost entirely neglected since her death, but deserve rediscovery as fine examples of classic British crime fiction in its golden age.
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During a stroll through Regent’s Park, Bruce Mallaig witnesses two men acting suspiciously around a footbridge. In a matter of moments, one of them has been murdered; Mallaig’s view of the assailant is but a brief glimpse of a ghastly face in the glow of a struck match. The murderer’s noiseless approach and escape seems to defy all logic, and even the victim’s identity is quickly thrown into uncertainty. Lorac’s shrewd yet personable CID man MacDonald must set to work once again to unravel this near-impossible mystery.
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The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories
Murder by Matchlight E C R Lorac
Edited by Martin Edwards Includes a short story by the author.
A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned admist the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street’s Christmas shopping. Lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder.
A man who played about on the fringes of the Black Market, who had fought for Sinn Fein, who lived by his wits – and who finally became dangerous to somebody and was knocked over the head in the blackout. It may prove to be a sordid story, but I certainly find it an interesting one.
This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season – from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow, to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations. With neglected stories by John Bude and E C R Lorac, as well as tales by little-known writers of crime fiction, Martin Edwards blends the cosy atmosphere of the fireside story with a chill to match the temperature outside. This is a gripping seasonal collection sure to delight mystery fans.
London, 1945. The capital is shrouded in the darkness of the blackout, and mystery abounds in the parks after dusk.
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5247 5 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing October 2018
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5222 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm Publishing November 2018
Martin Edwards is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is an award-winning crime writer, Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, was published in 2015 to international acclaim. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books was published by the British Library in 2017.
E C R Lorac was a pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett (1894–1958) who was a prolific writer of crime fiction from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a member of the prestigious Detection Club. Her books have been almost entirely neglected since her death, but deserve rediscovery as fine examples of classic British crime fiction in its golden age.
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During a stroll through Regent’s Park, Bruce Mallaig witnesses two men acting suspiciously around a footbridge. In a matter of moments, one of them has been murdered; Mallaig’s view of the assailant is but a brief glimpse of a ghastly face in the glow of a struck match. The murderer’s noiseless approach and escape seems to defy all logic, and even the victim’s identity is quickly thrown into uncertainty. Lorac’s shrewd yet personable CID man MacDonald must set to work once again to unravel this near-impossible mystery.
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BRITISH LIBRARY CRIME CLASSICS
Fire in the Thatch A Devon Mystery E C R Lorac
Blood on the Tracks The Murder Railway Mysteries of My Aunt
Death Makes a Prophet
Edited by Martin Edwards Richard Hull
John Bude
Seven Dead J Jefferson Farjeon
The Long Arm of the Law
Classic Police Stories Edited by Martin Edwards
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5260 4 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5270 3 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5280 2 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5691 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5688 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5687 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Excellent Intentions
Weekend at Thrackley
Bats in the Belfry
Foreign Bodies
Alan Melville
E C R Lorac
Somebody at the Door
Richard Hull
Edited by Martin Edwards
Portrait of a Murderer
A London Mystery
A Christmas Crime Story
Raymond Postgate
Anne Meredith
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5201 7 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5211 6 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5255 0 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5699 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5245 1 Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5686 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5235 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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BRITISH LIBRARY CRIME CLASSICS
Fire in the Thatch A Devon Mystery E C R Lorac
Blood on the Tracks The Murder Railway Mysteries of My Aunt
Death Makes a Prophet
Edited by Martin Edwards Richard Hull
John Bude
Seven Dead J Jefferson Farjeon
The Long Arm of the Law
Classic Police Stories Edited by Martin Edwards
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5260 4 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5270 3 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5280 2 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5691 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5688 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5687 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Excellent Intentions
Weekend at Thrackley
Bats in the Belfry
Foreign Bodies
Alan Melville
E C R Lorac
Somebody at the Door
Richard Hull
Edited by Martin Edwards
Portrait of a Murderer
A London Mystery
A Christmas Crime Story
Raymond Postgate
Anne Meredith
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5201 7 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Crime Classics
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5211 6 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5255 0 240 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5699 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5245 1 Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5686 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5235 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Verdict of Twelve Raymond Postgate
The Incredible Crime A Cambridge Mystery Lois Austen-Leigh
Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm
The Methods of Sergeant Cluff
Gil North
Gil North
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5674 9 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5602 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5646 6 176 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5647 3 176 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Scarweather
Family Matters
Continental Crimes
Miraculous Mysteries
Anthony Rolls
Anthony Rolls
Edited by Martin Edwards
Edited by Martin Edwards
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5664 0 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5669 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 978 0 7123 5679 4 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5673 2 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Crime Classics
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Verdict of Twelve Raymond Postgate
The Incredible Crime A Cambridge Mystery Lois Austen-Leigh
Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm
The Methods of Sergeant Cluff
Gil North
Gil North
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5674 9 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5602 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5646 6 176 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5647 3 176 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Scarweather
Family Matters
Continental Crimes
Miraculous Mysteries
Anthony Rolls
Anthony Rolls
Edited by Martin Edwards
Edited by Martin Edwards
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5664 0 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5669 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 978 0 7123 5679 4 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5673 2 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Death in the Tunnel
The Secret of High Eldersham
Calamity in Kent
The Sussex Downs Murder
The Cornish Coast Murder
The Lake District Murder
Miles Burton
Miles Burton
John Rowland
John Bude
John Bude
John Bude
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5641 1 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5609 1 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5783 8 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5796 8 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5715 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5716 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Murder in the Museum
Death of a Busybody
Death on the Riviera
The Cheltenham Square Murder
The Poisoned Chocolates Case
John Rowland
George Bellairs
The Dead Shall Be Raised & Murder of a Quack
John Bude
John Bude
Anthony Berkeley
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5637 4 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5648 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5653 4 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
George Bellairs
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5784 5 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Crime Classics
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5644 2 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5652 7 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Death in the Tunnel
The Secret of High Eldersham
Calamity in Kent
The Sussex Downs Murder
The Cornish Coast Murder
The Lake District Murder
Miles Burton
Miles Burton
John Rowland
John Bude
John Bude
John Bude
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5641 1 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5609 1 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5783 8 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5796 8 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5715 9 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5716 6 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Murder in the Museum
Death of a Busybody
Death on the Riviera
The Cheltenham Square Murder
The Poisoned Chocolates Case
John Rowland
George Bellairs
The Dead Shall Be Raised & Murder of a Quack
John Bude
John Bude
Anthony Berkeley
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5637 4 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5648 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5653 4 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
George Bellairs
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5784 5 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Crime Classics
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5644 2 224 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5652 7 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Serpents in Eden
Countryside Crimes ed. Martin Edwards
Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries
Crimson Snow
Silent Nights
Capital Crimes
ed. Martin Edwards
ed. Martin Edwards
ed. Martin Edwards
Winter Mysteries
Christmas Mysteries
London Mysteries
ed. Martin Edwards
Resorting to Murder
Holiday Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5794 4 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 0993 6 384 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5665 7 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5610 7 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5749 4 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5748 7 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Murder of a Lady
Death of Anton
Quick Curtain
Thirteen Guests
The Z Murders
Alan Melville
Alan Melville
J Jefferson Farjeon
J Jefferson Farjeon
Mystery in White
A Scottish Mystery Anthony Wynne
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5623 7 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Crime Classics
J Jefferson Farjeon
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5788 3 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5789 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5601 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5621 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5770 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Serpents in Eden
Countryside Crimes ed. Martin Edwards
Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries
Crimson Snow
Silent Nights
Capital Crimes
ed. Martin Edwards
ed. Martin Edwards
ed. Martin Edwards
Winter Mysteries
Christmas Mysteries
London Mysteries
ed. Martin Edwards
Resorting to Murder
Holiday Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5794 4 304 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 0993 6 384 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5665 7 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5610 7 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5749 4 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5748 7 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Murder of a Lady
Death of Anton
Quick Curtain
Thirteen Guests
The Z Murders
Alan Melville
Alan Melville
J Jefferson Farjeon
J Jefferson Farjeon
Mystery in White
A Scottish Mystery Anthony Wynne
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5623 7 272 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Crime Classics
J Jefferson Farjeon
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5788 3 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5789 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5601 5 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5621 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5770 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Murder in Piccadilly
The Female Detective
The Notting Hill Mystery
Charles Kingston
Andrew Forrester
Charles Warren Adams
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5745 6 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5795 1 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5759 3 336 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5626 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Mystery in the Channel
Death of an Airman
Freeman Wills Crofts
Freeman Wills Crofts
Christopher St John Sprigg
The Santa Klaus Murder
Death on the Cherwell
Murder Underground
Mavis Doriel Hay
Mavis Doriel Hay
Mavis Doriel Hay
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5649 7 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5651 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5615 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5630 5 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5726 5 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5725 8 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Antidote to Venom
The Hog’s Back Mystery
Freeman Wills Crofts
Freeman Wills Crofts
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5779 1 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5797 5 336 pages, 190 x 130 mm
The 12.30 From Croydon
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Crime Classics
A Scream in Soho John G Brandon
Crime Classics
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Murder in Piccadilly
The Female Detective
The Notting Hill Mystery
Charles Kingston
Andrew Forrester
Charles Warren Adams
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5745 6 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5795 1 320 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5759 3 336 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5626 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Mystery in the Channel
Death of an Airman
Freeman Wills Crofts
Freeman Wills Crofts
Christopher St John Sprigg
The Santa Klaus Murder
Death on the Cherwell
Murder Underground
Mavis Doriel Hay
Mavis Doriel Hay
Mavis Doriel Hay
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5649 7 352 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5651 0 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5615 2 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5630 5 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5726 5 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5725 8 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Antidote to Venom
The Hog’s Back Mystery
Freeman Wills Crofts
Freeman Wills Crofts
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5779 1 288 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5797 5 336 pages, 190 x 130 mm
The 12.30 From Croydon
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Crime Classics
A Scream in Soho John G Brandon
Crime Classics
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BRITISH LIBRARY CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Great Voyages
Daring Adventurers From James Cook to Gertrude Bell
Around the World in 80 Maps
My Book of Stories
My Book of Stories
Clare Hibbert
Write Your Own Adventure Stories Deborah Patterson
Deborah Patterson
Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5285 7 96 pages, 280 x 220 mm
Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5693 0 96 pages, 280 x 220 mm
Paperback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5635 0 96 pages, 200 x 170 mm
Paperback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5642 8 96 pages, 200 x 170 mm
Revolutions
Revolutions
My Book of Stories
My Book of Stories
Deborah Patterson
Moments in History that Changed the World
Beliefs and Ideas that Changed the World
Clare Hibbert
Clare Hibbert
Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5670 1 64 pages, 280 x 210 mm
Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5680 0 64 pages, 280 x 210 mm
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Children’s Books
Write Your Own Myths Deborah Patterson
Write Your Own Fairy Tales
Write Your Own Shakespearean Tales Deborah Patterson
Paperback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5643 5 96 pages, 200 x 170 mm
Paperback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5634 3 96 pages, 200 x 170 mm
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BRITISH LIBRARY CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Great Voyages
Daring Adventurers From James Cook to Gertrude Bell
Around the World in 80 Maps
My Book of Stories
My Book of Stories
Clare Hibbert
Write Your Own Adventure Stories Deborah Patterson
Deborah Patterson
Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5285 7 96 pages, 280 x 220 mm
Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5693 0 96 pages, 280 x 220 mm
Paperback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5635 0 96 pages, 200 x 170 mm
Paperback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5642 8 96 pages, 200 x 170 mm
Revolutions
Revolutions
My Book of Stories
My Book of Stories
Deborah Patterson
Moments in History that Changed the World
Beliefs and Ideas that Changed the World
Clare Hibbert
Clare Hibbert
Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5670 1 64 pages, 280 x 210 mm
Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5680 0 64 pages, 280 x 210 mm
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Children’s Books
Write Your Own Myths Deborah Patterson
Write Your Own Fairy Tales
Write Your Own Shakespearean Tales Deborah Patterson
Paperback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5643 5 96 pages, 200 x 170 mm
Paperback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5634 3 96 pages, 200 x 170 mm
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BRITISH LIBRARY CLASSIC THRILLERS
Passage of Arms
A Kind of Anger
The Light of Day
Eric Ambler
Eric Ambler
Eric Ambler
The Philosophy of Coffee Brian Williams
Peonies and Pomegranates
Botanic Illustrations from Asia Celia Fisher
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5655 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5645 9 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
The End of the Web
The Last Best Friend
George Sims
George Sims
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5650 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
This is an entertaining introduction to the history and culture of coffee, from the humble origins of the bean in northeast Africa, to what it is today, a global phenomenon that is enjoyed around the world. It includes chapters on the rise of the coffeehouse, legal bans on coffee, Brazil’s domination of the world coffee trade and the birth of the espresso. Hardback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5230 7 80 pages, 198 x 130 mm 15 B&W illustrations Published January 2018
Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5682 4 192 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Classic Thrillers
Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5684 8 192 pages, 190 x 130 mm
This book describes the origins of flowers and fruits brought to the West by collectors or traders, with quotations from the people of Asia who first appreciated, cultivated and wrote about them. It tells the history of gardens in the East, followed by seventy-four alphabetical plant entries, with illustrations from a range of books, manuscripts, paintings and drawings – the majority of them by Asian and Middle Eastern artists. A must-have for every gardener and appreciator of beautiful artwork. Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 0974 5 192 pages, 210 x 148 mm 80 colour illustrations Published March 2018
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BRITISH LIBRARY CLASSIC THRILLERS
Passage of Arms
A Kind of Anger
The Light of Day
Eric Ambler
Eric Ambler
Eric Ambler
The Philosophy of Coffee Brian Williams
Peonies and Pomegranates
Botanic Illustrations from Asia Celia Fisher
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5655 8 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5645 9 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
The End of the Web
The Last Best Friend
George Sims
George Sims
Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5650 3 256 pages, 190 x 130 mm
This is an entertaining introduction to the history and culture of coffee, from the humble origins of the bean in northeast Africa, to what it is today, a global phenomenon that is enjoyed around the world. It includes chapters on the rise of the coffeehouse, legal bans on coffee, Brazil’s domination of the world coffee trade and the birth of the espresso. Hardback £9.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5230 7 80 pages, 198 x 130 mm 15 B&W illustrations Published January 2018
Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5682 4 192 pages, 190 x 130 mm
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Classic Thrillers
Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5684 8 192 pages, 190 x 130 mm
This book describes the origins of flowers and fruits brought to the West by collectors or traders, with quotations from the people of Asia who first appreciated, cultivated and wrote about them. It tells the history of gardens in the East, followed by seventy-four alphabetical plant entries, with illustrations from a range of books, manuscripts, paintings and drawings – the majority of them by Asian and Middle Eastern artists. A must-have for every gardener and appreciator of beautiful artwork. Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 0974 5 192 pages, 210 x 148 mm 80 colour illustrations Published March 2018
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Mapping the Heavens Peter Whitfield
James Cook The Voyages
William Frame with Laura Walker
Throughout history people have sought ways in which to map the heavens. This beautifully illustrated book reveals how the structure of the universe has been conceived, explained and depicted. With examples ranging from the Stone Age to the Space Age, it offers a challenging exploration of the tension between rigorous scientific knowledge and the continuing search for cause, certainty and harmony in the universe. This new edition includes a wider range of stunning maps of the skies, including imagery from the latest voyages of space exploration. Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5265 9 192 pages, 280 x 220 mm 140 colour illustrations Published March 2018
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Recent Highlights
This landmark book coincides with a major exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s first voyage. A stunningly illustrated, object-centred history, it offers a once in a generation opportunity to discover the uniquely rich Cook collection at the British Library. The authors explore a series of themes including the navigation and charting of the Pacific; first encounters between Western and indigenous cultures; the representation of the voyages in art; and scientific discovery and the natural world. Hardback £40 ISBN 978 0 7123 5295 6 Paperback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5290 1 224 pages, 280 x 220 mm 120 colour illustrations Published April 2018
Warfare in Medieval Manuscripts Pamela Porter
The ways of war in the Middle Ages never cease to fascinate. There is a glamour associated with knights in shining armour, but it is easy to overlook the fact that war was a serious business. This new edition depicts the art of war with an updated selection of illustrations from the British Library’s medieval manuscripts. It reveals a wealth of social and military background on heraldry, armour, knights and chivalry, castles, sieges, and the arrival of gunpowder. Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5605 3 128 pages, 190 x 150 mm 60 colour illustrations Published May 2018
Buddhism Illuminated Manuscript Art from Southeast Asia
San San May and Jana Igunma
Manuscripts from Southeast Asia are a vital source for our understanding of Buddhist ideas and practices in the region. The British Library has one of the richest collections, including finely painted copies of Buddhist scriptures, literary works, historical narratives, and works on traditional medicine, law, cosmology and fortune-telling. This is the first book in English to showcase the beauty and variety of Buddhist manuscript art, illustrating over 100 examples and reproducing many works that have never before been photographed. Hardback £50 ISBN 978 0 7123 5206 2 256 pages, 280 x 220 mm 80 colour illustrations Published May 2018
Recent Highlights
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Mapping the Heavens Peter Whitfield
James Cook The Voyages
William Frame with Laura Walker
Throughout history people have sought ways in which to map the heavens. This beautifully illustrated book reveals how the structure of the universe has been conceived, explained and depicted. With examples ranging from the Stone Age to the Space Age, it offers a challenging exploration of the tension between rigorous scientific knowledge and the continuing search for cause, certainty and harmony in the universe. This new edition includes a wider range of stunning maps of the skies, including imagery from the latest voyages of space exploration. Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5265 9 192 pages, 280 x 220 mm 140 colour illustrations Published March 2018
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Recent Highlights
This landmark book coincides with a major exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s first voyage. A stunningly illustrated, object-centred history, it offers a once in a generation opportunity to discover the uniquely rich Cook collection at the British Library. The authors explore a series of themes including the navigation and charting of the Pacific; first encounters between Western and indigenous cultures; the representation of the voyages in art; and scientific discovery and the natural world. Hardback £40 ISBN 978 0 7123 5295 6 Paperback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5290 1 224 pages, 280 x 220 mm 120 colour illustrations Published April 2018
Warfare in Medieval Manuscripts Pamela Porter
The ways of war in the Middle Ages never cease to fascinate. There is a glamour associated with knights in shining armour, but it is easy to overlook the fact that war was a serious business. This new edition depicts the art of war with an updated selection of illustrations from the British Library’s medieval manuscripts. It reveals a wealth of social and military background on heraldry, armour, knights and chivalry, castles, sieges, and the arrival of gunpowder. Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5605 3 128 pages, 190 x 150 mm 60 colour illustrations Published May 2018
Buddhism Illuminated Manuscript Art from Southeast Asia
San San May and Jana Igunma
Manuscripts from Southeast Asia are a vital source for our understanding of Buddhist ideas and practices in the region. The British Library has one of the richest collections, including finely painted copies of Buddhist scriptures, literary works, historical narratives, and works on traditional medicine, law, cosmology and fortune-telling. This is the first book in English to showcase the beauty and variety of Buddhist manuscript art, illustrating over 100 examples and reproducing many works that have never before been photographed. Hardback £50 ISBN 978 0 7123 5206 2 256 pages, 280 x 220 mm 80 colour illustrations Published May 2018
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Art and Design
The Ghost Stories of M R James Edited by Roger Luckhurst
Graven Images The Art of the Woodcut Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5672 5
The Paper Zoo Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5743 2
Writing Britain’s Ruins Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 0978 3
Alice’s Adventures Under Ground Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5600 8
Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5210 9
Magic in Medieval Manuscripts Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5205 5
A Book of Book Lists A Bibliophile’s Compendium Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5225 3
The Cocktail Book Hardback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5690 9
The Gentleman’s Art of Dressing with Economy Hardback £7.95 ISBN 978 0 7123 5886 6
The Old Man’s Guide to Health and Longer Life Hardback £6.95 ISBN 978 0 7123 5898 9
The Philosophy of Beards Hardback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5766 1
Bloomsbury Beyond the Establishment Paperback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5656 5
Camden Town Dreams of Another London Paperback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5694 7
Soho The Heart of Bohemian London Paperback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5657 2
The Art and History of Calligraphy Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5668 8
Gift/Humour
M R James is the master of the British ghost story, renowned for his tales which lead the reader through subtle, coiling suspense to sudden, quiet terror. In this new collection from the British Library, Professor Roger Luckhurst has selected the stories which epitomise James’s slowly escalating sense of unease and dread, which ultimately shifts into the wildly uncanny. This collection immerses the reader in James’s signature atmosphere of chilling uncertainty, and contains some of the finest ghost stories in the English language.
History
Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5205 5 288 pages, 210 x 148 mm Published February 2018 Physical Training Simplified The Whole Man Considered Hardback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5683 1
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Selected Backlist
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Art and Design
The Ghost Stories of M R James Edited by Roger Luckhurst
Graven Images The Art of the Woodcut Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5672 5
The Paper Zoo Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5743 2
Writing Britain’s Ruins Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 0978 3
Alice’s Adventures Under Ground Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5600 8
Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5210 9
Magic in Medieval Manuscripts Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5205 5
A Book of Book Lists A Bibliophile’s Compendium Paperback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5225 3
The Cocktail Book Hardback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5690 9
The Gentleman’s Art of Dressing with Economy Hardback £7.95 ISBN 978 0 7123 5886 6
The Old Man’s Guide to Health and Longer Life Hardback £6.95 ISBN 978 0 7123 5898 9
The Philosophy of Beards Hardback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5766 1
Bloomsbury Beyond the Establishment Paperback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5656 5
Camden Town Dreams of Another London Paperback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5694 7
Soho The Heart of Bohemian London Paperback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5657 2
The Art and History of Calligraphy Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5668 8
Gift/Humour
M R James is the master of the British ghost story, renowned for his tales which lead the reader through subtle, coiling suspense to sudden, quiet terror. In this new collection from the British Library, Professor Roger Luckhurst has selected the stories which epitomise James’s slowly escalating sense of unease and dread, which ultimately shifts into the wildly uncanny. This collection immerses the reader in James’s signature atmosphere of chilling uncertainty, and contains some of the finest ghost stories in the English language.
History
Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5205 5 288 pages, 210 x 148 mm Published February 2018 Physical Training Simplified The Whole Man Considered Hardback £7.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5683 1
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The Book of the British Library Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5837 8
A History of Children’s Books in 100 Books Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5698 5
Censored A Literary History of Subversion & Control Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5689 3
Fashion Illustration in Britain Society and the Seasons Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5200 0
Food Fights & Culture Wars Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5658 9
Lines in the Ice Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5606 0
Medieval Monsters Hardback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5790 6
Persuading the People Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5654 1
Night in the Front Line And Other Second World War Stories Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5697 8
Out of the Deep And Other Supernatural Tales Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5675 6
Silver Bullets Classic Werewolf Stories Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5220 8
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Tales Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5754 8
The Prisoner’s Defence And Other First World War Stories Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5671 8
Science Fiction A Literary History Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5692 3
The Writer Abroad Paperback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5787 6
Charting the Oceans Paperback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5616 9
Maps
Picturing India Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 5695 4
Literature
Decadence A Literary Anthology Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5663 3
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Rough Spirits and High Society The Culture of Drink Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5215 4
Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths Hardback £40 ISBN 978 0 7123 5677 0
The Haunted Library Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5604 6
Lost in a Pyramid Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5617 6
Selected Backlist
Tudor Monarchs Lives in Letters Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5774 6
The Curious Map Book Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5619 0
A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5856 9
London: A History in Maps Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 5879 8
London: A Life in Maps Paperback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5607 7
Audio
Horror: A Literary History Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5608 4
Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line Hardback £40 ISBN 978 0 7123 5662 6
Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps Paperback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5771 5
British Bird Sounds Two CDs £16 inc. VAT ISBN 978 0 7123 0512 9
Dawn Chorus CD £10 inc. VAT ISBN 978 0 7123 0520 4
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The Book of the British Library Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5837 8
A History of Children’s Books in 100 Books Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5698 5
Censored A Literary History of Subversion & Control Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5689 3
Fashion Illustration in Britain Society and the Seasons Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5200 0
Food Fights & Culture Wars Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5658 9
Lines in the Ice Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5606 0
Medieval Monsters Hardback £10 ISBN 978 0 7123 5790 6
Persuading the People Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5654 1
Night in the Front Line And Other Second World War Stories Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5697 8
Out of the Deep And Other Supernatural Tales Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5675 6
Silver Bullets Classic Werewolf Stories Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5220 8
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Tales Hardback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5754 8
The Prisoner’s Defence And Other First World War Stories Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5671 8
Science Fiction A Literary History Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5692 3
The Writer Abroad Paperback £12.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5787 6
Charting the Oceans Paperback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5616 9
Maps
Picturing India Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 5695 4
Literature
Decadence A Literary Anthology Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5663 3
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Rough Spirits and High Society The Culture of Drink Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5215 4
Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths Hardback £40 ISBN 978 0 7123 5677 0
The Haunted Library Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5604 6
Lost in a Pyramid Paperback £8.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5617 6
Selected Backlist
Tudor Monarchs Lives in Letters Hardback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5774 6
The Curious Map Book Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5619 0
A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps Hardback £25 ISBN 978 0 7123 5856 9
London: A History in Maps Hardback £30 ISBN 978 0 7123 5879 8
London: A Life in Maps Paperback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5607 7
Audio
Horror: A Literary History Hardback £20 ISBN 978 0 7123 5608 4
Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line Hardback £40 ISBN 978 0 7123 5662 6
Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps Paperback £14.99 ISBN 978 0 7123 5771 5
British Bird Sounds Two CDs £16 inc. VAT ISBN 978 0 7123 0512 9
Dawn Chorus CD £10 inc. VAT ISBN 978 0 7123 0520 4
Selected Backlist
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This recipe collection offers a wideranging compendium of historic serves. Some of them sippers might recognise today; others might otherwise have been lost to the sands of time. But for the amateur cocktail sleuth, all provide a fascinating picture of the past. Sipsmith London
As seen in the Guardian’s ‘best stocking-filler books of 2017’
A fantastic little tome and drinker’s companion that might otherwise have languished in obscurity... The experience of flipping through The Cocktail Book – the turn-of-the-century parlance of the original recipes unchanged – is akin to discovering a sort of drinker’s time capsule. The Hedonist
The modern pub is a beautiful thing, but ultimately it’s just a space for food, drink and entertainment. The inns that flourished in the coaching age were so much more. Metro
It’s not often we Gin Kinners see products about gin that we want even more than gin itself — but the British Library has just cracked it... Drinking has never been so cerebral! We absolutely love it. The Gin Kin
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Press Coverage Highlights
An idiosyncratic look at hard liquor... the library’s involvement means the illustrations are sumptuous: every page has something delightful. New Statesman
Rough Spirits & High Society: The Culture of Drink... tackles the history of alcohol, how various cultures have used and abused it, and dips into what drink says about British class divisions and attitudes to public morality. The Sunday Herald
Brian Williams’s The Philosophy of Coffee is an espresso of a book: a short, potted, illustrated history with a strong British perspective. The Spectator A beautifully illustrated guide to everything we could ever want to know about our morning cup of Joe. STYLIST Besides tips on brewing and infusion, [Brian] also dazzles us with statistics... we are all caffeine addicts now. Tatler It’s an entertaining – and fastidiously researched – journey through the history of coffee. Caffeine Magazine
The perfect introduction to the subject... Williams has a light, positive and engaging style that makes the book a fun and easy read, you’ll start it and next thing you know you’ll have finished. London Lamppost This isn’t a book solely for coffee obsessives... it is a fascinating read and very accessible to nonspecialists. Double Skinny Macchiato I whipped through Brian’s book in a few hours and thoroughly enjoyed his light-hearted and informative tale – one of history, economics, politics and social change. Scotland Coffee Lovers
Press Coverage Highlights
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This recipe collection offers a wideranging compendium of historic serves. Some of them sippers might recognise today; others might otherwise have been lost to the sands of time. But for the amateur cocktail sleuth, all provide a fascinating picture of the past. Sipsmith London
As seen in the Guardian’s ‘best stocking-filler books of 2017’
A fantastic little tome and drinker’s companion that might otherwise have languished in obscurity... The experience of flipping through The Cocktail Book – the turn-of-the-century parlance of the original recipes unchanged – is akin to discovering a sort of drinker’s time capsule. The Hedonist
The modern pub is a beautiful thing, but ultimately it’s just a space for food, drink and entertainment. The inns that flourished in the coaching age were so much more. Metro
It’s not often we Gin Kinners see products about gin that we want even more than gin itself — but the British Library has just cracked it... Drinking has never been so cerebral! We absolutely love it. The Gin Kin
54
Press Coverage Highlights
An idiosyncratic look at hard liquor... the library’s involvement means the illustrations are sumptuous: every page has something delightful. New Statesman
Rough Spirits & High Society: The Culture of Drink... tackles the history of alcohol, how various cultures have used and abused it, and dips into what drink says about British class divisions and attitudes to public morality. The Sunday Herald
Brian Williams’s The Philosophy of Coffee is an espresso of a book: a short, potted, illustrated history with a strong British perspective. The Spectator A beautifully illustrated guide to everything we could ever want to know about our morning cup of Joe. STYLIST Besides tips on brewing and infusion, [Brian] also dazzles us with statistics... we are all caffeine addicts now. Tatler It’s an entertaining – and fastidiously researched – journey through the history of coffee. Caffeine Magazine
The perfect introduction to the subject... Williams has a light, positive and engaging style that makes the book a fun and easy read, you’ll start it and next thing you know you’ll have finished. London Lamppost This isn’t a book solely for coffee obsessives... it is a fascinating read and very accessible to nonspecialists. Double Skinny Macchiato I whipped through Brian’s book in a few hours and thoroughly enjoyed his light-hearted and informative tale – one of history, economics, politics and social change. Scotland Coffee Lovers
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