W.E. Williams: Educator Extraodinary
| Author: | Gertrude Williams |
| Date: | 1999 |
| ISBN: | 0952740125 |
| Type: | PCS Publication |
| Pages: | 148 |
| Medium: | Hardback |
| Focus: | History of Penguin, Penguin Personalities |
Previously unpublished manuscript dating from 1980, Gertrude Williams’ biography of her husband, a key figure in British culture for at least a third of the 20th century. Williams was the main Pelican editor; he ran army education during WWII, and was one of the founders of the Arts Council. Hardbound book with dustwrapper, based on the design of Williams’ own memoir of Allen Lane, published by the Bodley Head after Lane’s death. The book includes a selection of correspondence mostly to Lane from Williams, which round off this influential but now undeservedly forgotten author, editor, critic, personality and ‘mover and shaker’ in the arts