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Hector Hugh Munro died 100 years ago tomorrow. I'm pleased to say that I'm far from the only one marking Saki's centenary. ...

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDITION HAS NOW SOLD OUT ORIGIN ALLY PUBLISHED IN 1902, AND NEVER REPRINTED... UNTIL NOW A FORGOTTEN INSTALMENT...

It's very nearly 100 years since the death of one of my favourite writers, Hector Hugh Munro, aka Saki. He was killed at the Somm...

Here's a very, very special book. It fairly reeks of history. It's a breviary,  Breviarium Sanctae Ambianensis Ecclesiae  to be...

He's not been mentioned here for a little while, but longtime readers of this blog will know of the enthusiasm round these parts for the...

Long time readers of the blog will know how excited I get at any new discovery when it comes to one of my favourite writers, H. H. Munro, ak...

Once a year for about a decade, I would disappear from work for an afternoon to go and have a long lunch with Jack Langguth. He died earlier...

A quick post to cover a newsworthy event for those legions out there following developments in the World of Impossibly Rare Saki Dust Jacket...

As final preparations are made for the 'formal' opening of The Little Shop (tm) on the 21st (do come along if you're in the area...

Saki Sighting: Another rare dust jacket surfaces online As any readers of this blog will know, few things tend to make me more gi...

A Saki Letter, and an early Lady of Comics A fly-by post today (apologies for the recent lack, but Things Are Afoot), just to link to a...

You wait decades for a rare Saki dust jacket to come along... The Unbearable Bassington —  art by Harry Rountree There was much...

A previously unknown piece by John Hall Thorpe? The Saki dust jacket artist revealed! After my  previous post   about this wonder...

Is this one of the rarest dust jackets in the world? Saki,  Beasts and Super-Beasts , in DJ I've been on holiday, hence the lack of...