Collins Library
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The Collins Library is an imprint of McSweeney's
Books that publishes unusual out-of-print books. The imprint is named for its editor, Paul Collins
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McSweeney's
McSweeney's is an American publishing house founded by editor Dave Eggers.Apart from its book list, McSweeney's is responsible for four regular publications: the quarterly literary journal,...
Books that publishes unusual out-of-print books. The imprint is named for its editor, Paul Collins
Paul Collins (writer)
Paul Collins is an American writer, editor and associate professor of English at Portland State University. He is best known for his work with McSweeney's and The Believer, as editor of the Collins Library imprint for McSweeney's Books, and for his appearances on National Public Radio's Weekend...
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Publications
- English as She Is SpokeEnglish As She Is SpokeEnglish as She Is Spoke is the common name of a 19th century book falsely credited to José da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino, which was intended as a Portuguese-English conversational guide or phrase book, but is regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour, as the given English translations...
, by José da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino (1855) (McSweeney's, 2002) ISBN 0-9719047-4-X - To Ruhleben—And Back, by Geoffrey Pike (1916) (McSweeney's, 2003) ISBN 0-9719047-8-2
- Lady into FoxLady into FoxLady into Fox was David Garnett's first novel under his own name, published in 1922. This short and enigmatic work won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Hawthornden Prize a year later.-Plot summary:...
, by David GarnettDavid GarnettDavid Garnett was a British writer and publisher. As a child, he had a cloak made of rabbit skin and thus received the nickname "Bunny", by which he was known to friends and intimates all his life.-Early life:...
(1922) (McSweeney's, 2004) ISBN 1-932416-05-6 - The Riddle of the Traveling Skull, by Harry Stephen KeelerHarry Stephen KeelerHarry Stephen Keeler was a prolific but little-known American author.- Biography :Born in Chicago in 1890, Keeler spent his childhood exclusively in this city, which was so beloved by the author that a large number of his works took place in and around it...
(1934) (McSweeney's, 2005) ISBN 1-932416-26-9 - The Lunatic at LargeThe Lunatic at LargeThe Lunatic at Large is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Lyell Johnstone. An aristocratic matron attempts to arrange a sutiable marriage for her daughter. It is based on a novel by J...
, by J. Storer CloustonStorer CloustonJoseph Storer Clouston was an Orcadian author and historian.-Life and work:J S Clouston OBE, the son of psychiatrist Sir Thomas Clouston, was from an "old Orkney family", according to his obituary in The Scotsman...
(1899) (McSweeney's, 2007) ISBN 1-932416-70-6 - Curious Men, by Frank BucklandFrancis Trevelyan BucklandFrancis Trevelyan Buckland was an English surgeon, zoologist, popular author and natural historian. He was the son of William Buckland, the noted geologist and palaeontologist.- Life :...
(McSweeney's, 2008) ISBN 1-934781-20-7 - The Rector and the Rogue, by W.A. SwanbergW.A. SwanbergWilliam Andrew Swanberg, , pen-name W.A. Swanberg, was a Pulitzer-Prize-winning American biographer. He is perhaps best known for Citizen Hearst, his biography of William Randolph Hearst. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1907 and earned his B.A. at the University of Minnesota in 1930. He...
(1969) (McSweeney's, 2011) ISBN 1-936365-23-5