Alan Bott not only founded PAN Books but also started The Book Society, The Reprint Society, The British Guild Of Publishers, Avalon Press, jointly help to set up Folio but was also an author in his own right. Bott married Josephine Blumenfeld, daughter of Ralph Blumenfeld (editor of The Express for 30 years) and who was also an author herself having written several titles mainly of short stories such as ‘Shrimps For Tea’, ‘Pin A Rose On Me’ and ‘Heat Of The Sun’ One thing I would like help with is tracking down a picture of her as I’m not sure the one that comes up if you Google is actually her.

This is a proof copy of one of her books that was never published with this title although it contains a short story ‘Birds On The Roof’ which was published as part of a collection under than name.