This Month - Memories from Childhood

The books we read as children have a special place in our memories. Those we loved remain with us throughout our lives. Often as adults we return to these books - sometimes just to read them again ourselves, perhaps to learn something about who we once were. Other times maybe we want to just share the experience and joy with our own children, grandchildren or other children.

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Featured Book - Paddington Bear

Imagine, a little bear, wearing a 'funny kind of hat', sitting on an old leather suitcase that contains his favourite food - marmalade, with a tag around his neck saying 'Please look after this bear - thank-you'. There is only one bear that matches the above description - Paddington Bear!

Through the pages of the first novel bearing Paddington's name A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond , we discover his history.

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A Sample of New Stock

Swindon Works Apprentice In Steam by Ken. Gibbs

Welsh Ponies And Cobbs by Wynne Davies

A History Of Monmouthshire The Hundred Of Caldicot Part 1 by Joseph Bradney

Rupert And His Pet Monkey, Little Bear Library No. 3 by Mary Tourtel

Price: £ 15

Other Railway Books

Price: £10

Other Horse Books

Price: £30

Other Monmouthshire Books

Price: £ 35

Other Rupert Little Bear Library Books

Selection from our Special Book Room

A Midsummer-Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Ethnographical Album Of The Pacific Islands by James Edge-Partington&Bruce L . Miller

Just Among Friends by Cecil Aldin

North American Indians by George Catlin

1st ed 1908, Forty exquisite colour plates mounted on tan paper. All plates present and in fine condition. A lovely copy.
Price: £450

Originally published and privately issued as Album Of The Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress of Natives of the Pacific Islands in three albums entitled "Series". This edition edited and expanded by Miller with additional maps and portraits. Limited to 999 copies. Price: £120

2nd edition 1935. A collection of 83 dog studies reproduced from Aldin's original drawings. Price: £200

1st ed thus1926, 2 volumes, 320 colour illustrations on 180 plates, including folding colour maps. Being letters and notes on their manners, customs, and conditions, written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America , 1832-1839
Price: £1050

News in Brief

Amongst the books catalogued this month we have collections on Railways , Natural History in particular Deer, Dragonflies and Badgers In amongst the large number of children's books we have added more Puffin Picture Books, W.E.Johns & Noddy Books .

Just launched - a new website www.booksoncats.co.uk dedicated to our stock of over 1,000 Cat books. Full of catty things for cat-lovers.

The swans in Hay-On-Wye have successfully hatched 5 cygnets, despite the best efforts of the rain in early May which nearly washed away their nest on an island in the River Wye.

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