It would have carried books like these:
* Ariel: a Shelley Romance — André Maurois
* A Farewell to Arms — Ernest Hemingway
* Poet's Pub — Eric Linklater
* Madame Claire — Susan Ertz
* The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club — Dorothy L. Sayers
* The Mysterious Affair at Styles — Agatha Christie
* Twenty-Five — Beverley Nichols
* William — E.H. Young
* Gone to Earth — Mary Webb
* Carnival — Compton Mackenzie
Photo credits: Van - I Hate Music, via Libraryland. Shelved books - Book Oasis, via Bugs Eat Books.
I recognize some authors, but not others. Are there some books on this list that are overlooked treasures that I should place on my reading list?
ReplyDeleteI doubt it Ninabi. I've only read two of these, and wouldn't highly recommend either. The Dorothy Sayers would probably be good; I haven't a clue about the others.
ReplyDeleteCrazy thing it's starting to remind me of that Simpsons episode with the Book Burning Van, lol.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, I think they used to have book vans when I was younger, mainly for the book fairs at school, mainly elementary schools.
However, a book delivery van owned by the Penguin company? I'm going to guess it might've been a deliver van to distribute to the public, since I'm guessing this was before big brand bookstores.
Yes, Bellona Club is brilliant, with lots of satire about fads and fashions of the time. Mysterious Affair at Styles was Christie's first book - not up to later ones, but ingenious and interesting. And readable!
ReplyDeleteThis van might inspire me to learn to drive..
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