This Month - Assistance Dogs by Sonia Bryant

This month I thought I would write about the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People as I am the proud beneficiary of a Hearing Dog whose name is Abigail. Hearing Dogs for the Deaf was launched at Crufts in London in 1982. The charity trains carefully selected dogs to alert severely, profoundly or totally deaf people to everyday sounds which hearing people may take for granted, such as the ringing of an alarm clock, doorbell or telephone, and the sound of a smoke alarm, baby alarm or cooker timer.

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Featured Books - Orlando the Marmalade Cat - A Camping Holiday

Following her marriage in 1926 and the subsequent birth of her children, Kathleen Hale began to invent stories to relate to the children which were all about her marmalade cat, Orlando. In 1938 her first book of Orlando's adventures, Orlando the Marmalade Cat - A Camping Holiday, was published by Country Life and it became an immediate success. The story introduces the reader to Orlando and also to his family, wife Grace and the kittens Blanche, Pansy & Tinkle and is loosely based around Kathleen Hale's own family camping trips to Norfolk

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A Sample of New Stock

Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson

The Chronicle of Cranborne and the Cranborne Chase by T.W. Wake Smart

The Grapes of Ralph by Ralph Steadman

Biggles in the Jungle by W.E. Johns

Price: £ 8

Other Girls Books

Price: £37.50

Other Dorset Books

Price: £15

Other Wine Books

Price: £18

Other Biggles Books

Selection from our Special Book Room

When We Were Very Young By A.A. Milne

Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views Illustrated by Henry Gastineau

The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland By
Walter Scott

Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. Of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England

1st ed 1924 of the 1st book in the Winnie-the-Pooh quartet, with its scarce original wrapper. Price: £3200

Published 1830, Hundreds of superb engraved views of North and South Wales. Two copies priced: £300 & £400

1st ed 1814 Two volumes full red leather, gilt titles and decorations to spine, 95 b/w plates. Price: £320

1st ed 1829 Two volumes 176 plates, each with 2 b/w views. Full crimson leather binding with gilt titles and decorations to spine. Price: £750

News in Brief

For you to browse, collections of books from The Buildings of England Series, A. & C. Black Colour Books and Signed Dick King-Smith books.

This Month's image is of Stella Books in winter , we will need to get our extra woolly jumpers out when winter finally arrives in Wales.

Reminder of Last posting dates for Christmas :-
U.K.:- 2nd Class - 16th December, 1st Class - 19th December Airmail (Western Europe):- Wednesday 13th December
Airmail (Rest Of World):- Friday 8th December

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Finally, we would like to thank you for your custom over the past year and wish you all the best for 2007