This Month - The Carnegie Medal

The Carnegie Medal was established by the Library Association early in the last century, in memory of the great Scottish-born philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). Carnegie was a self-made industrialist who made his fortune in the steel industry in America - wealth that he used to provide funding for many British Public libraries. Reminiscing on his own childhood experience of using a library, Carnegie resolved that "if ever wealth came to me it should be used to establish free libraries".

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Featured Book - BOP

BOP - a cartoon character's punch?
BOP - early modern jazz??

No, in fact it's Boy's Own Paper which after its founding in 1879 quickly became known as B.O.P. and has entered into English with the phrase "It's just like a story out of Boy's Own Paper" when incredible tales of heroism and derring-do are being discussed.

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A Sample of New Stock

An Introduction to Domesday Book by R.Welldon Finn

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1995

The Captain Vol X by P.G. Wodehouse et al.

Price: £14

Other Domesday Books

Price: £17

Other Wisden Books

Price: £50

Other Captain Books

Price: £20

Other Fantasy Books

Selection from our Special Book Room

Spitfire Parade by W.E. Johns

The Lord of the Rings - 3 Volumes by J.R.R. Tolkein

Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales illustrated by Warwick Goble

Rupert Annual 1936 by Alfred Bestall

1st ed1941, 1.5" thick. A TRUE 1st edition, in its original wrapper! Stories of Biggles in war time.

Price: £1100

The timeless classic. By an extraordinary feat of the imagination Tolkien has created and maintained in every detail a new mythology in an invented world. Red cloth, folding map at rear of each book. 2nd editions, 5th impressions.
Price: £150

1st ed1910, 40 exquisite tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on brown card. 38 tales and legends collected from many sources.
Price: £280

SIGNED by Bestall and dated 1972 on title page. The very first Rupert annual.

Price: £1200

News in Brief

Amongst the books catalogued this month we have collections of Medieval History, Wind in the Willows, Boys Adventure Stories many with Pictorial Bindings and Boys Own Annuals.

After another enjoyable Followers of Rupert Day, there are lots of recently catalogued Rupert Books to browse and we have launched a new website www.rupertannuals.com dedicated to our stock of over 2,000 Rupert books.

This month's image is of Hay-on-Wye's Castle. Tempted to visit Rose's Books at Hay? Why not have a look at the Hay-on-Wye website for details of the world's first book town.

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