Eland Publishing

Eland Books is an independent London-based publishing house founded in 1982 with the aim of republishing and reviving classic travel books that have fallen out of print over time. Its list currently runs to around 160 titles and is highly regarded by critics and book reviewers. Eland authors include: Nigel Barley (anthropologist) Nicolas Bouvier Evilya Celebi Winston Churchill E.M. Forster Martha Gellhorn Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon W.H. Hudson Arthur Koestler Peter Levi Norman Lewis (author) Gavin Maxwell Peter Mayne Mary Wortley Montagu Jan Morris Dervla Murphy Irfan Orga Tony Parker Dilys Powell Jonathan Raban Leonard Woolf Ronald Wright Eland began from an office in the attic of John Hatt, a former magazine travel editor, in a Victorian end-of-terrace house at 53 Eland Road, in Battersea, south-west London.

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