Pick of the week
In 1958, inspired by the initiative of a group of provincial book dealers that had held a fair at Sotheby's during the previous summer closed). I am delighted that the catalogue has an essay on the event's history by Keith Fletcher and Adrian Harrington, who pay tribute to Vanessa Clewes Salmon and the late Heather McConnell, two of the PRs who helped to make it so successful.
