We are excited to unveil our newest digital research resource dedicated to the worldwide Odd Volumes Clubs and their close ties to Edward Heron-Allen. This expanded collection brings together rare books, pamphlets, correspondence, manuscripts, portraits, and ephemera from the original London Sette of Odd Volumes, founded in 1878 and approaching its 1,000th meeting in May…
THE MATING OF MARTIN DE GARMENDIA The year 2026 continues to be an amazing year for acquiring early Edward Heron-Allen ephemera, artifacts, and literary manuscripts. None are more interesting and exciting than the recent acquisition of Edward Heron-Allen’s hardcover, unpublished, untyped manuscript representing a sequel novella to Heron-Allen’s unsuccessful and controversial American novel, “The Princess…
We are pleased to announce a significant enhancement to the Heron-Allen Society digital archive: complete editions of both the Opusculum and our past Newsletters are now available for direct online viewing and PDF download. Whether you are conducting in-depth research, catching up on past society activities, or exploring Edward Heron-Allen’s multifaceted contributions to science, literature,…
Joachim in the Heron-Allen Collection at the Royal College of Music, London Powerpoint presentation by Sinni Francesco Ricci click here to listen
(Snuggly Books, 2019) Presented here for the first time in a single volume, is the entire corpus of short fiction by Edward Heron-Allen, one of England’s most intriguing, and unnecessarily obscure, authors. From “The Suicide of Sylvester Gray,” the novella which was an inspiration for The Portrait of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, a friend…
Edited and with an introduction by Daniel Corrick (Snuggly Books, 2021) Contains The Princess Daphne, Bella-Demonia, and The Vengeance of Maurice Denalquez
This meeting was held on Wednesday, 23rd April 2025. Neil Chalmers Lecture Theatre The Natural History Museum London If you would like further information about the In Memorium meeting, or have any questions, please contact Dave Horne by email (d.j.horne@qmul.ac.uk). To read the full notice, please click here
After decades of speculation, new research has finally revealed the true origins of Edward Heron-Allen’s infamous “cursed” purple sapphire, currently housed in the Natural History Museum’s vault. The sapphire, which Heron-Allen claimed brought misfortune to its owners, has been the subject of numerous investigations. Recent archival work has uncovered the full provenance chain, tracing the…
(Snuggly Books, 2019) Hardback 74pp. Limited to 110 copies.
March The Annual Heron-Allen Lecture will be held on Friday 11th March at 5:45pm in the Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. The 2022 Heron-Allen Lecture will be delivered by Professor Amy Dickman, who is currently a Professor of Wildlife Conservation with WildCRU at the University of Oxford. Her talk is entitled ‘Warriors, Wildlife…