Stuart Kells is an author and book-trade historian. His history of Penguin Books won the prestigious Ashurst Business Literature Prize. He is also the author of Rare, a biography of Kay Craddock, the first female president of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers; and The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders.
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