On Books

The speeches and writings of MK Gandhi - the earliest anthologies

The speeches and writings of MK Gandhi - the ea...

It is almost a century since M.K. Gandhi returned permanently to India, in 1915. He was a London-trained lawyer in his mid forties, already possessing an international reputation after twenty...

The speeches and writings of MK Gandhi - the ea...

It is almost a century since M.K. Gandhi returned permanently to India, in 1915. He was a London-trained lawyer in his mid forties, already possessing an international reputation after twenty...

Book tokens, eighteenth century style

Book tokens, eighteenth century style

The National Book Tokens scheme goes back to 1932. I imagine that this is their busiest time of year, and I was always happy to be given book tokens myself...

Book tokens, eighteenth century style

The National Book Tokens scheme goes back to 1932. I imagine that this is their busiest time of year, and I was always happy to be given book tokens myself...

"You are always welcome in a bookshop": discuss

"You are always welcome in a bookshop": discuss

My friend Angus O’Neill (Omega Bookshop) found this gem of a bookmark tucked into a 1936 pocket edition of Norman Douglas’s South Wind, an outré title which - at that...

"You are always welcome in a bookshop": discuss

My friend Angus O’Neill (Omega Bookshop) found this gem of a bookmark tucked into a 1936 pocket edition of Norman Douglas’s South Wind, an outré title which - at that...