Stuart Kells is an author and book-trade historian. His history of Penguin Books won the prestigious Ashurst Business Literature Prize. He is also the author of Rare, a biography of Kay Craddock, the first female president of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers; and The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders.
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Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. To research this book, Stuart Kells traveled around the world with his young fa... SEE MORE