The Dusty Bookcase

The Wars shines brightly, even as Timothy Findley's star falls. A Penguin Modern Classic, it's assigned to reluctant high school and...

Beginning with the above, London publisher Grant Richards' 1897 first edition of An African Millionaire , six handsome Grant Allen books...

A correspondent wonders why I gave Tutis Classics a pass in the last post . The reason is simple: the greatest offence done to Grant Allen...

Further to Tuesday's post . The cover of the Leadenhead Michael's Crag might not be as attractive as Rand McNally's (above), bu...

Michael's Crag Grant Allen London: Leadenhall, 1893 194 pages This review, revised and rewritten, now appears in my ne...