Hi all



Richard's been asked to spread the word about the latest Crime catalogue from the Bibliomaniacs - just released, it's their biggest catalogue yet with 150 entries. Some of you likely get it anyway but we thought it would be good to offer it to all on our lists. A note from Richard:



'I've known Jonathan Cooper for many years now and I wholeheartedly recommend this great catalogue to you. As you might imagine, over the years I've have added some lovely books to my already over-full shelves - some real gems!



His father, John Cooper, together with Barry Pike, put together the hugely informative and fascinating reference work, Detective Fiction: A Collector's Guide - a must for any crime fiction fan!



I urge you to check out the website - Perusing previous catalogues offers many hours of great fun - though not perhaps for the 'goodies' you might've missed.'



This link or the pic below takes you to the download page:

Next, because it's a sunny bank holiday weekend, I thought I'd offer up a free ePub of a vintage classic. It's one that many won't have come across. Not crime this time - but a (very short) hilarious, tongue-in-cheek sequel to the infamous novel Zuleika Dobson. I republished it in 2009 and still love it - almost every line is brilliant. 



“...but here was Zuleika face to face for the first time with a Cambridge

undergraduate; and undergraduates, she assumed (as Dr Johnson

assumed of the waters of the sea), were much the same everywhere.

She hoped that the young man would not fall in love with her too

violently before she had had her lunch.”



In 1911’s Zuleika Dobson, Max Beerbohm introduced us to the stunningly attractive and exotic young conjurer, describing the fatally dramatic events occasioned by her arrival in Oxford. Thirty years later S. C. Roberts picked up Zuleika’s tale and invited us to accompany her as she set out to explore Cambridge’s collegiate landscape in this short, piquant and hilarious sequel. Download here or via the pic above.



Sir Sydney Castle Roberts (1887–1966) was a well-known and popular figure around Cambridge throughout his life. Secretary of Cambridge University Press from 1922 to 1948, he was Master of Pembroke College from 1948 to 1958 and Vice-Chancellor of the

University from 1949 to 1951.



And finally - the cover for the next reissue due in a week or so.

I thought the original cover so fantastic that I decided to use it and create something of an homage.



Do enjoy your weekend!



All best,



Jon & Richard