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“The Maiden of Maiden Flights”: Clara Adams and the Early Years of Commercial Air Travel

When Clara Adams crossed the Atlantic aboard the Graf Zeppelin in October 1928, she did so not as a pilot or journalist but as a paying passenger. The journey nevertheless secured her a place in...

Sangorski and Rivière: The Fruits of a Winning Partnership

"Assume one found the craftsmen capable of producing a magnificent manuscript with gorgeous decorative illumination, and rich, delicately-detailed painting on vellum. Continue to assume that these...

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Christmas Quiz 2025

Christmas Quiz 2025

“I sincerely hope your Christmas in Hertfordshire may abound in the gaieties which that season generally brings…” - Miss Bingley to Jane Bennet, Pride and Prejudice  Performing Arts 1. It’s a...

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A Leaf from the Life of the Austen Sisters – A Remarkable Survival

A Leaf from the Life of the Austen Sisters – A Remarkable Survival

Whenever a major literary anniversary approaches, we try to think ahead, keeping back a few of the most popular titles of the author in question. In Jane Austen’s case, the difficulty is that her...

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Things found in a rare bookshop: towards a history of manicules

Things found in a rare bookshop: towards a history of manicules

🖝 Among all the strange things you might find in a rare bookshop, few are more charming and yet more overlooked than the humble manicule – that is, the motif of a hand with a pointing forefinger,...

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Meet Margherita della Gherardesca

Meet Margherita della Gherardesca

Margherita recently joined our New York team as a Gallery Assistant and has been enthusiastic about getting the new space off the ground. It was a pleasure to speak with her about her background in...

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Meet Sophia Critchley

Meet Sophia Critchley

Sophia started working in our rare book gallery in New York earlier this year and has been a huge part of what is a big company milestone for Peter Harrington. In this blog post, learn all about her...

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You Only Live Twice: How James Bond mirrored the life of his creator

You Only Live Twice: How James Bond mirrored the life of his creator

​If there’s an author we always have to keep in stock, it’s Ian Fleming. Generations have grown up reading the books and watching the movies of the quintessentially English MI6 agent; and while the...

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Enter The World of Jazz

A little over a hundred years ago they asked “What is jazz”? To which Louis Armstrong made the timeless reply, “If you have to ask, you’ll never know”. But a perhaps more troubling question
still is how do you collect jazz? Our experts have put togeher a remarkable gathering of 50 items whichevoke the ephemeral moment and improvisatory spirit of jazz.

The Booksellers

Meet the people behind the books.

Meet Margherita della Gherardesca

Meet Margherita della Gherardesca

Margherita recently joined our New York team as a Gallery Assistant and has been enthusiastic about getting the new space off the ground. It was a pleasure to speak with her about her background in...

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Meet Sophia Critchley

Meet Sophia Critchley

Sophia started working in our rare book gallery in New York earlier this year and has been a huge part of what is a big company milestone for Peter Harrington. In this blog post, learn all about her...

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Ian Smith

Ian Smith

Ian Smith has been selling books since his school days, going on to join the rare book trade straight out of university. He joined Peter Harrington over ten years ago and has spent much of this time...

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Simon Cumming

Simon Cumming

We had the pleasure of interviewing one of the newest members of our team at Peter Harrington: bookseller & cataloguer, Simon. Learn all about his journey into the trade, what he finds most...

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Ben Houston

Ben Houston

Ben Houston has enjoyed a rewarding career in the rare book trade for over twenty years. Since joining Peter Harrington over ten years ago, he has witnessed the company grow from its fledgling...

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Nigel Bents

Nigel Bents

From his own design work crafting "epic ephemera" to twenty years' worth of memories at Peter Harrington, the head of our design team, Nigel Bents, has lots of stories to tell.Nigel, you are one of...

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