Book written by Helene Hanff in 1970 concerning the 20-year correspondence between her and Frank Doel, chief buyer at Marks & Co.. Based in New York City she first made contact in 1949 when searching for a particular book. A friendship developed between Hanff and Doel and other staff members but Doel died and the shop closed before Hanff made it to London to visit.
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84 Charing Cross Road
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Booksellers - Marks & Co.
84 Charing Cross Road. The booksellers Marks & Co. were on this site whi...
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Edgar Wallace
Prolific writer: crime, novels, journalism, plays films. Born 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich to an unmarried mother. Â Adopted by a Billingsgate fish porter and wife. Â Aged 18 joined the army medical...
Person, Cinema, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Theatre
2 memorials
Dr. John William Polidori
This entry has kindly been written for us by Franklin Bishop, expert on Polidori, and editor of "John William Polidori ‘The Vampyre’ and other writings", 2005. Polidori wrote The Vampyre, a novell...
1 memorial
Dositey Obradovich
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1 memorial
Martin Chuzzlewit
Novel by Charles Dickens.  Originally published in serial form 1843–4.  The picture is an ilustration by Fred Barnard from the 1870s.
2 memorials
Ford Madox Ford
Born Surrey as Ford Hermann Hueffer, of an English mother and German father, Francis Heuffer. Grew up in Pre-Raphaelite circles. On the death of their father in 1889 Ford and his brother went to li...
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1 memorial
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