Swan's Fine Books
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Laurelle Swan, the proprietor, was drawn to old books as a child. Having completed a successful career in business and corporate sales, Laurelle decided to share her love of fine books with others, and thus Swan's Fine Books was born.
Swan's Fine Books
8M ago
I had intended (what is that old saying about the road to Hell???) to write a longer blog entry on Firsts London. Which clearly did not happen. Suffice it to say that ..read more
Swan's Fine Books
8M ago
Everyone asked me, “why Wales?” As with so many things in life, there was the long ..read more
Swan's Fine Books
9M ago
Being an American, while I have a great deal of respect for the institution of ..read more
Swan's Fine Books
9M ago
A conference, in which we visit museums and private collections. We eat and we drink. We renew acquaintances ..read more
Swan's Fine Books
9M ago
It’s probably been – my goodness, at least fifteen years since my last visit, if not twenty. So much water has gone under the proverbial bridge in those years. It was time for me to return ..read more
Swan's Fine Books
10M ago
In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (and likely earlier) it was not uncommon for a woman to publish her work either under a pseudonym, such as Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880) publishing as George Elliot; or anonymously such as Jane Austen (1775-1817) whose incredibly popular ..read more
Swan's Fine Books
1y ago
Ernest Taylor Pyle (1900-1945) covered WWII often telling stories about "ordinary American soldiers". Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1944, he was killed by enemy fire during the ..read more
Swan's Fine Books
1y ago
Ernest Taylor Pyle (1900-1945) covered WWII often telling stories about "ordinary American soldiers". Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1944, he was killed by enemy fire during the ..read more