Here is a miscellany of images that will likely be of interest to Everyman's Library collectors and other curious individuals.
As Laurence Sterne writes in Tristram Shandy, "there is no disputing against HOBBY-HORSES."
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Aldine House, the offices of J. M. Dent and Sons, was located on Bedford Street in the Covent Garden district of London. The photo is from The House of Dent: 1888-1938. The sketch is from Aldine House (1926) and is probably the work of Herbert Railton. The floor plan of the Temple Press in Letchworth is from A Tour of the Temple Press (1935). For further interesting information on the Temple Press, see the exhibit of photographs at the UNC Wilson Library website. |
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The Bookmark was a quarterly published by Dent from 1925-38 and is of considerable interest to collectors. The original Everyman Magazine was a weekly published by Dent and which appeared from 1912-15. Despite its name, it had little to do with Everyman's Library. It was revived by a different publisher in 1929 and had a brief run. Dent re-acquired rights to the name and incorporated it into The Bookmark. See Seymour 43-5. |
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| Photo courtesy of Charles Bowers
This fine set of quarter pigskin encyclopedias in a revolving wooden bookstand with the Temple sundial device decals on its sides is the proud possession of Charles Bowers of Toronto. Avid Everyman collectors would be willing to sacrifice spare or vestigial body parts to acquire such a rare and beautiful item, but Mr. Bowers remains unmoved. Dents sold bookstands, bookshelves, boxed sets, and other EML related items too numerous to mention, not to mention nearly impossible to find. |
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Not a thumbnail, the image above is an enlarged version of a stamp (3/4 x 3/4 in., or 2 x 2 cm) which appears usually on the inside of the rear free endpaper in EML Stevenson volumes. The 1912 General Regulations allowed for the collection of copyright royalties on published works by means of stamps. The stamps were produced from 1925-44 by the Society of Authors, Playrights and Composers at the request of Stevenson's heir and stepson, Lloyd Osborn, to facilitate his collection of royalties on his stepfather's works. For other details, see Seymour 37-8. |