RSSEver wondered what goes on in a little but lovely office where books are born? Welcome to the door that opens into the world of A & B... no need to knock, come right in!
Behind-The-Books Blog
Wednesday Cover Story: Mo’ Moustaches Please (there’s a prize in it!)
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
We would love to join in the spirit of Movember, but neither I, nor my colleagues in the A&B office will be sporting a moustache this month. As an all-women office, we’re more inclined to go to great lengths to hide any hint of facial hair, let alone show it off. So, who could we find to sport the Mo for Allison & Busby? I toyed with the idea of using our postman or courier or delivery man from the printers as our A&B poster boy…but no, not a moustache in sight. But then, I spotted him…right there on our archive shelves.
So here I present to you, The A&B Mo – sported by the great D H Lawrence on the cover of Son & Lover: The Young D H Lawrence, by Phillip Callow.
So, there you have it. The novel way (pun intended) to support Movember without sprouting your own tash. Scour your shelves or your brains and tell me the title of a book with a Mo on the cover and you’ll automatically enter a giveway for a gorgeous copy of The Affair Of…Omnibus, by James Anderson (set in the 1930s when I’m sure there were plenty of ‘voluntarily-grown’ moustaches around…)
Enter by midnight 30 November by commenting below, on our Facebook page or via twitter #Mogiveaway and share your Mo covers with the world! (T&C here)
Chiara Priorelli, Publicity & Online Marketing Manager
The Complete works of Conan Doyle
I would like to enter the above in your Movember prize draw.
Posted on November 10th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: A Celebration Of The Great Detective
I have this book, Poirot has one of the most iconic mo’s!
Posted on November 15th, 2011 at 10:45 am
PG Wodehouse Jeeves and the feudal spirit.
Movember prize draw
Posted on November 15th, 2011 at 11:09 am
Death on a Branch Line by Andrew Martin.
Murder from an earlier era when railways ran on time and moustaches could conceal a sandwich from the buffet.
I would like to enter the above in your Movember prize draw.
Posted on November 15th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Posted on November 16th, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Life and Times of Hercule Poirot (Paperback)
Posted on November 16th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
the necrpolis railway, andrew martin
Posted on November 16th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Dali’s Mustache – Salvador Dali
Posted on November 18th, 2011 at 1:35 pm
IHave found a wonderful book on the subject and you could take your pick – A Guide to the Bizarre Beards and Magnificent Moustaches of Hindustan. These guys do it with style!
Posted on November 20th, 2011 at 7:41 am
As Hubby is a keen F1 fan I can remember the book Nigel Mansell – my autobiography on my coffee table for too long!
Posted on November 23rd, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Hairy Bikers cookbook, double tache value…
Posted on November 23rd, 2011 at 10:57 pm
how about Lemmy white line fever
the bio of lemmy of motorhead fame
Having had a good look at my bookshelves I found a book.
My copy of Agatha Christie’s Double Sin. On the cover has the siloettes of Marple and Poirot, and of course Poirot has a moustache. Does that count??
Posted on November 24th, 2011 at 9:08 am
A certain detective is sporting a fine moustache on the cover of “Hercule Poirot’s Casebook”.
Posted on November 24th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Dali’s mustache by Salvador Dali & Phillipe Halsman 
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler 
Bowdrie’s Law by Louis L’Amour
Posted on November 24th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
Posted on November 24th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith
Posted on November 24th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Dali’s Mustache – Salvador Dali
Posted on November 25th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Hairy Bikers cookbook – double tache whammy!
Posted on November 25th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Charles Dickens: A Life
Posted on November 26th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Charlie Chaplin Interviews
Posted on November 28th, 2011 at 3:21 am
The World Beard and Moustache Championships: The First Official Book (Michael Ames
Posted on November 28th, 2011 at 10:36 am
Richard Herring – Hitler Moustache
Posted on November 28th, 2011 at 11:40 am
Death on a Branch Line by Andrew Martin
Posted on November 28th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Railway to the Grave by Edward Marston
Posted on November 28th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Charles Dickens, A Life
Posted on November 29th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
Posted on November 29th, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Rats, everyone’s done the easy ones!
My copy of Ashworth Hall by Anne Perry (Harper Collins aperback, 1999) has three moustaches and a full beard!
Posted on November 29th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Andre Agassi ‘Open – An Autobiography’
Posted on November 30th, 2011 at 6:26 am
Thucydides – History of the Peloponnesian war
Posted on November 30th, 2011 at 11:46 am
quite a sad and timely one at the moment – Steve Jobs, the exclusive biography by Walter Isaacson
Posted on November 30th, 2011 at 2:28 pmLeave a Comment
Currently we are...
…Reading
Going Too Far, by Catherine Alliott. Susie: I rarely read 'girly' books but came across Alliott a few years ago. I've read 3 of her books thus far, and was delighted to spot this one for 30p in a charity shop. I've not opened it as yet but am hoping for another witty, grown-up, middle-class romcom, with lots of 4x4s and country houses!
- Reminder! @rachelcaine at @Foyles Charing X London, 6.30pm tonight...talk, Q&A, signing & special reading from next book, Bitter Blood!
(about 10 hours ago) - RT @mary_russell: Almost let the 153rd birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle pass without remark. He did make my husband a household name
(about 10 hours ago) - RT @sangeetabhargav: Am doing a reading and signing at Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden, London at 8:00 pm today!
(about 10 hours ago) - Wednesday Cover Story: How do you illustrate a book about God? http://t.co/vwEoihH2
(about 10 hours ago) - Books about zoos... http://t.co/R8SDnAvd Do you have any other favourites?
(about 1 day ago)
Digg this
Facebook