At the end of last week (just a few days ago now) something in my readings and research for my projects led me to pull out my first edition copy of Arthur Quiller-Couch: a biographical study of Q by F. Brittain (Cambridge at the University Press, 1947). I have no memory of when and where…
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I promised myself a library…
When I turned 10, my parents gave me this book– Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales illustrated by Jiří Trnka (published by Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, ©1959, 1972). My father had purchased it at the Vancouver Airport. I remember so clearly being woken up, with breakfast on a tray and receiving the book. The $4.95 in pencil…