Category Archives: Recently Added Stock

Featured Book – September

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Tim

This month Joanne looks at Nature’s Savage Cats – A Pop-Up Exploration. This book is filled with interesting facts, and superb colour illustrations which leap from the pages. Do you know which cat can eat up to 31kg of meat … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Catriona

We are currently cataloguing a collection of Pop-Up and Moveable books. The details in some of the pop-ups are amazing. I couldn’t resist this copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Every time I look at it I see something … Continue reading →

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Unusual Ladybird Items

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Catriona

Ladybird books are always popular and this week we have catalogued some unusual Ladybird items.Most of the items are associated with the Keywords Reading Scheme and include workbooks and picture – sentence matching cards but there are also some colouring books … Continue reading →

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301 Things a bright girl can do

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Lorna

Whilst covering new stock at Rose’s Books this week I came across this title and couldn’t resist having a quick look at the contents.  Contained in the 34 chapters are a wide range of subjects from Palmistry and Fortune Telling … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week: Mrs Noah’s Patchwork Quilt

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Theresa

We are always getting in new stock and this book in particular  caught my eye because I have a sister (one of three) called Eileen  in Australia who also makes beautiful patchwork quilts and this reminded me of her. It … Continue reading →

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Little Works of Art!

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Theresa

We have had  some New Naturalists recently come into stock and the jacket designs by Robert Gillmor are just beautiful! Here is just an example of some of the dustjackets. share: Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend … Continue reading →

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New collection of illustrated children’s books

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Maria

We have recently been cataloguing a wonderful collection of over 600 illustrated children’s books.  Most of which were in superb condition!  A few of my favourites are: Keep an eye on our new stock as we continue to catalogue this … Continue reading →

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John Fisher and The Magic Circle

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Jane

An extensive collection of conjuring and stage magic books from the library of John Fisher, who was a Gold Star Member of the Inner Magic Circle and former curator of the Magic Circle Museum, has been recently added to our … Continue reading →

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Folio Books Added

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Adam

Recently we purchased a collection of Folio Society Books which offer you an excellent opportunity to purchase a “quality book” of some of the most famous titles by well known authors and illustrators. Perhaps you wonder what I mean by a … Continue reading →

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Ludwig Bemelmans Books

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Joanne

Working for Roses Books much of the time, I mostly stock record Children’s titles – So I’m familiar with the ‘Madeline’ books from Bemelmans.  However, today it was interesting to see a new collection of novels and other assorted titles … Continue reading →

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