Visit the Hamish Hamilton archive
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Channel: Penguin Books UK · 2013 · Entertainment
Intrigue, adventure, romance, stationery... Here are some of the meaningful scraps of paper housed in the Hamish Hamilton archive. The great dramas of 20th century publishing revealed in the marks left behind by typewriters, fountain pens and telegram operators. Featuring Chandler, Sartre, Salinger, Thurber, Orwell and others. Music by Lights of Harmac: https://soundcloud.com/lights-of-harmac Subscribe to our channel for regular Penguin updates: https://www.youtube.com/user/penguinbooks For more literary updates from Penguin... Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penguinbooks And follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PenguinUKBooks http://www.penguin.co.uk/ | http://fivedials.com/
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