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Category Archives: Bibliophilia
New German Edition of Remote People Reviewed
A review of the 2018 German edition of Waugh’s Remote People is published in this month’s online issue of literaturkritik.de. The German title is Expeditionen eines englischen Gentleman, literally “Expeditions of an English Gentleman”. This review is by Sylvia Heudecker who … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Newspapers, Remote People
Tagged Abyssinia, German translations, literaturkritik.de
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Mid-Month Roundup: Schoolroom Confusion
Our latest roundup starts with references to Waugh’s school days and ends with the 1970s Penguin reprints: —The Independent newspaper has published a list of what it considers the Top 10 examples of celebrities overlapping at the same school. Private … Continue reading
Waugh and Norman Mailer: “The Naked and the Read”
This week’s TLS has an article (“The Naked and the Read”) about Norman Mailer’s library. This is by J Michael Lennon, Mailer’s archivist and authorized biographer. Mailer seems to have been a book accumulator rather than a book collector like … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Bibliophilia, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged J Michael Lennon, Norman Mailer, TLS
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Penguin Book Cover Exhibit Opens
An exhibit has opened at the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft devoted to a Penguin Book “modern makeover by designers from the worlds of music, fashion and street art (including Banksy).” This began in 1998 and is explained by one … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Events, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged 20 Years of Penguin Essentials, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, John Hamilton, Penguin Books, The Independent
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Waviana in the Book Trade
A Baltimore dealer has on offer an original Hollywood film script of Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One as written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood. This is Royal Books on 25th St. This is a July 1964 draft of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Bibliophilia, Film, Items for Sale, The Loved One
Tagged Cambridge University Library Soecial Colections, John Gielgud, Royal Books, Terry Southern, William Burges
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Sotheby’s to Sell Small Waugh Collection
Sotheby’s London has scheduled a the sale of small collection of signed copies and first editions of books by Evelyn Waugh on 11-12 December. These are apparently from a larger otherwise unidentified Hampstead Collection of two collectors living in that … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Bibliophilia, Black Mischief, First Editions, London
Tagged Lygon family, Sotheby's
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Sheed and Ward and Waugh
The Catholic Register, based in Toronto, has published a background story on Frank Sheed, who was a founder of the publishing house Sheed and Ward, among whose authors was Evelyn Waugh. The story begins: Born in Australia in 1897, Frank … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Edmund Campion, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic Register (Toronto), Frank Sheed, Sheed and Ward
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Penguin Classic Brideshead Gets New Cover
Penguin UK has reissued the Penguin Modern Classics paperback edition of Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited with a new cover. This is part of a redesign of this line of books adopted earlier this year: In 2017, the [Penguin Modern Classics] series … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Penguin Books UK
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POMF and the ISBN
An article in the TLS discusses the history of the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) which appears on the copyright page of all books. According to Adrian Tahourdin, this was introduced in the late 1960s and became more important after computers … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Adrian Tahourdin, ISBN, TLS
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Maggs Bros to Mount Waugh Artwork Exhibit
Maggs Bros Ltd, a London bookselling institution since 1853, will move into new quarters in Bloomsbury later this month. After many years in Berkeley Square, they will now be quartered at 48 Bedford Square from 25 May. According to an … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Events, London
Tagged Maggs Bros booksellers, Waugh artwork exhibit
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