This Month - DYB DYB DYB - Scouting

Although the butt of many jokes Dyb Dyb Dyb and Woggles were for millions of us all part of that great life that was and is the Boy Scouts.

2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Boys Scouts movement by Lord Robert Baden-Powell (BP). It started with a camp for boys from mixed social backgrounds on Brownsea Island to which Baden-Powell had been a frequent visitor as a guest of the Van Raalte family who owned the island. Although this camp in August 1907 is seen as the formal start of the movement it was in fact the culmination of several years of thinking and absorption of ideas from other people and groups. Read More

Featured Book - Waterways of the World

Waterways of the World is an interesting factual book in the Puffin Picture Book series. These small, colourful, softcover books are always informative, being written largely for children in a relatively simple and concise manner.

The book begins with the Great Rivers, describing the Ganges of India, the Yangtse of China, the Nile, the Thames, The Mississippi and the Rhine. Each page has a description of the rise and flow of the river along with illustrations and facts. Read More

A Sample of New Stock

The Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee Hope

The Gun-Punt Adventure by Colin Willock

The Southern Highlands by J.D.B. Wilson

Oxfordshire (Buildings of England) by Nikolaus Pevsner

Price: £ 18

Other Childrens Books featuring Twins

Price: £18.50

Other Shooting Books

Price: £20

Other Mountaineering Books

Price: £ 16

Other Books in the Buildings of England Series

Selection from our Special Book Room

Lichens by Oliver Gilbert

Moonshine and Magic by Alison Uttley

Althea Joins the Chalet School by Elinor Brent-Dyer

Plant Hunter's Paradise by F. Kingdon-Ward

1st ed 2000. New Naturalist No. 86. 2,500 copies produced. Out of print by 2001. Over 150 Illustrations and 16 pages of colour. A definitive work on this subject.
Price: £160

1st ed 1932. 28 tales and 17 illustrations including 8 in colour by William Townsend. Stories are of extraordinary charm; full of whimsical incident and diverting fancy. Exceptionally rare in original dustwrapper Price: £950

1st ed 1969 B/w frontis plate. 173 pages. 7.5 x 5". Complete with its wrapper making it desirable for most collectors. Price: £140

1st ed 1937. An Account of a year spent searching for new flowers and animal species in the jungles of Tibet and Burma. Includes some b/w photos. Price: £110

News in Brief

Amongst the books catalogued this month we have collections of rare books on Monmouthsihre , BB illustrated, Richmal Crompton's William Books and much much more.

After another enjoyable Enid Blyton Day, there are lots of recently catalogued Blyton Books to browse and we have launched a new website www.blytonbooks.co.uk dedicated to our stock of over 1,800 Blyton books.

This month's photograph is of a young Tawny owl just emerging from the nest. The photograph was taken just a few days ago in the woods around Tintern. A close eye is being kept to make sure all is well.

A reminder: this year's Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts will take place between 24th May - 3rd June 2007. Please visit the official website for more details.

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