Henderson's
Henderson's, better known as The Bomb Shop, was a
Shop
Few records exist of Francis Henderson's early life, but he had connections with Russian émigrés and developed a passion for
The advertising potential of the shop's nickname was quickly recognised, and both adverts and
The shop also proved to be radical in its acceptance of technology. The first Penguincubator, an early book vending machine developed by Allen Lane of Penguin Books, was installed at the shop.[8]
Publications
Henderson's publishing press began when Francis Henderson took over the Brotherhood Publishing Company (an organisation run by the Brotherhood Church). In Henderson's hands, the Brotherhood's profits and donations became a source of income to fund his own imprints. Henderson claimed his press ran at significant losses due to his copyright-waiver, but his refusal to pay authors their royalties or to repay the Maudes' loans to the press caused significant trouble in the Tolstoyan community and fed the growing schism surrounding Chertkov.[9] Henderson eventually lost the rights to Maude's translation of Resurrection, and Chertkov took greater control over Tolstoyan publishing.[9]
Outside the world of politics, Henderson's also contributed to the then-burgeoning
Henderson's had close ties to the publisher
They must be rebel. Rebel a thousand years ago, rebel yesterday, rebel since lunch: not yet rebel at all, but likely to be rebel next week: rebel in politics, rebel in sex, rebel in religion – anything anyhow or anywhere rebel, anything smelling or tasting of rebel (even if a bit anachronistically) at once qualified for inclusion.[3]
References
- ^ a b Dave Cope and Ross Bradshaw. "Radical Bookshop History Project" (PDF). Left on the Shelf. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ISBN 0805710116.
- ^ a b Victor Gollancz (1953). More for Timothy: Being the Second Instalment of an Autobiographical Letter to His Grandson. p. 297.
- ^ Carol L. Peaker (2007). Reading Revolution: Russian Émigrés and the Reception of Russian Literature in England, c. 1890—1905 (D.Phil). Wolfson College, Oxford. pp. 92–93.
- ^ George Simmers (15 May 2008). "The Bomb Shop". Great War Fiction. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ISBN 0902818430.
- ISBN 978-1135434021.
- ^ "What Publishers Today Can Learn from Allen Lane: Fearlessness". Publishing Perspectives. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ a b Carol L. Peaker (2007), Ibid., page 191–193
- ISBN 978-1446467923.
- ISBN 0415967139.
- ISBN 978-1448207800.
- ^ The Sphere: An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home. Vol. 77. 1919. p. 145.
- ^ Louis Esson (1948). Louis Esson and the Australian Theatre. p. 23.
- ^ Brown University and University of Tulsa. "Coterie: A Quarterly: Art, Prose, and Poetry". Modernist Journals Project. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Denys Val Baker (1947). Little reviews: 1914–1943. p. 15.
- ^ We got rhythm: images of music and dance. Hunterian Art Gallery. 1996. p. 22.
- ISBN 978-0571294800.