We are delighted to announce the publication of a new book by our member and current Vice-President Dr. James Westbrook, Guitar Making in Nineteenth-Century London: Louis Panormo and his Contemporaries (ASG Music Ltd., Halesowen, 2023). This encylopedic work contains three chapters on the Panormo family, one on Madame Pratten and her guitars, a comprehensive directory of makers and dealers, and information about the Mirecourt luthiers working in London, for example, the Roudhloffs (whole chapter), Boullangier (large section), Gerard (large section), the Guiots, Pons, and Lacote guitars imported into London. This is a luxury A4 size hard-back publication of 514 pages, containing 370 colour images and some 170,000 words. It may be soon ordered from the website of the Classical Guitar Centre Ltd.