This Month - BB or Denys Watkins-Pitchford

What puzzled me and, I guess, many people when they first come across BB's wonderful illustrations, is - why did Denys Watkins-Pitchford decide to use the pseudonym 'BB'? Well the explanation is quite simple - BB is the size of the lead shot used for goose shooting.

He decided that it was much more memorable than his real name, was instantly recognizable and gave his work an air of mystery. In this he definitely succeeded and the mystery continues for the uninitiated today.

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Featured Books - A Christmas Carol

I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful Friend and Servant, C.D. December, 1843

A Christmas Carol , describing the redemption of the wretchedly miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, is the best known of Charles Dickens works and has become a Christmas tradition loved by children and adults alike.

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A Sample of New Stock

Summer Road to Wales By BB

The Fables of Aesop Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold

The Origins of Angling by John McDonald

Just Dogs by K.F. Barker

Price: £80

Other Illustrated Books

Price: £14

Other Childrens Books

Price: £15

Other Angling Books

Price: £35

Other Dog Books

News in Brief

We have just acquired collections of Angling and Dog books which we will be cataloguing for the next few weeks.

Rupert Bear "Followers of Rupert" AGM on 26th August.

This month's photograph of the month is of bailing taking place opposite Stella Books. A real touch of summer.

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