Name Eric Quayle | Role Author | |
Books The Magic Ointment, The Collector's Book of Books | ||
Eric Stanley Quayle (1921–2001) was a noted British bibliophile, collector, historian and author. Over his lifetime he built up a substantial collection of books (16,000 volumes at the time of his death) and literary emphemara amongst which were materials by and about R. M. Ballantyne, the Victorian adventure story writer. Quayle's own work was mainly related to the themes of collecting books but he also produced a noted biography on Ballantyne (1967) and two books of folk tales: one of Cornish Tales (The Magic Ointment) and one of Japanese Tales (The Shining Princess). These were both illustrated by the prolific Michael Foreman.
Quinton Quayle, the retired British diplomat, is one of Eric's children as is Chrissy Quayle (The Mermaid of Zennor) the musician.
Quayle died in a fall from the cliffs at Zennor Head near to his home, Carn Cobba; a house noted for its cliffside gardens.