OLD BOOKS, NEW EDITIONS
DES is Gaining a Whole New Generation of Readers
Starting in 2001, publishing companies have been reissuing vintage DES books,
delighting both new readers, and long-time fans who can now complete their DES
libraries.
Champion of mid-century women writers,
Furrowed Middlebrow
has joined forces with
Dean Street Press
to make even more of DES's books available to twenty-first century readers.
Their latest collaboration, in January 2022, offers ELEVEN of the most
delightful of DES's books, with charming cover art selected from the jackets
of her original Collins or Rinehart editions (with one exception...can you tell
which one?)
All are in Paperback, some* are in Kindle or Kobo. Scott has all the details
here.
(*because others are already available as e-books)
Order them now from your favourite online
bookseller.
Check
Dean Street Press
for details.
Also, just go and check out Scott's
Furrowed Middlebrow Blog
because he has much to say about many books which might well appeal to readers
of DES
And he's published
lots of mid-twentieth century women authors
through Dean Street Press.
In 2019 and 2020, the team of Furrowed Middlebrow and Dean Street Press
reissued
eight earlier DES books,
all still available.
Anglophile Books
Anglophile Books
has a long tradition of carrying a tempting array of
DES books,
new and used.
In 2001, they started the trend of reissuing
hard-to-find D E Stevenson books with
The Empty World
(1936)
a long-out-of-print and very rare book,
followed by a collection of DES's
poetry
Alister and Co.
And you can treat yourself to a reissue of
Near Neighbours,
a delightful book by DES's friend and near neighbour, Molly Clavering
Greyladies
Greyladies, in Edinburgh, after first publishing
newly found DES manuscripts,
reissued new editions some of DES's earliest books.
They are now
out of print from Greyladies, but
a few vintage gems can still be ordered from the exclusive US
distributor,
Anglophile Books
, on the links below.
Five Windows
Republished in 2016. First published 1953.
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The English Air
First published in 1940, this family story on the eve of World War Two is now
available
in a new edition
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Peter West
DES's first published novel, 1923
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Persephone Books
Persephone Books,
in England, has published several DES books, including
Miss Buncle's Book,
Miss Buncle Married
and
The Two Mrs. Abbotts.
And in October 2021, they added a lovely Classic Edition of
Miss Buncle's Book
Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks, a US publisher, has reissued a number of DES's books, in
paper and as ebooks.
You can find them
here.
Audio Books
Originally recorded and published by Isis in the UK, they appear to been
aborbed into the world of Audible and Amazon.
You can find these beautifully narrated books at
audible.com,
audible.ca,
and
audible.co.uk
Bloomsbury Books
Bloomsbury Books
has published the charming
Mrs. Tim of the Regiment
in paper and as an ebook.
The Usual Suspects
Of course, be sure to look in all your favourite second-hand book shops and
on-line purveyors of books old and new, such as eBay and
AbeBooks.
Don't forget garage sales and Grandma's bookcases.
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