This Month - Illustrators of Alice contributed by Chris

Since Alice In Wonderland was first published in 1865, followed by Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Saw There in 1872, hundreds of artists have illustrated these wonderful books with their fantastic characters. Many have depicted Alice in traditional style, while others have used their own style with these ranging from cute to outlandish. While not able to cover them all in the scope of this article, I hope to introduce you to a few which may be unfamiliar to you.

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Featured Book - The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland contributed by Adam

These three volumes are truly momentous in many ways. For starters, just seeing them on the shelf makes you wonder what subject could justify such large tomes, being three inches thick, fourteen inches high and thirteen inches wide as well as weighing over five kilograms each. Well, if you are strong enough to lift the books and open them up, beneath the plain and rather dull covers lie some of the most beautiful and informative illustrations on mammals I have ever seen. Read More

A Sample of New Stock

Dress Rehearsal by Lorna Hill

World Guide to Dolls by Valerie Jackson Douvet

Paul Gauguin by Maria Prather and Charles F. Stuckey

Price: £ 28
Other Girl School Stories

Price: £12

Other Books on Dolls

Price: £25

Other Art Books

Price: £50

Other Ornithology Books

Selection from our Special Book Room

Motocourse 1980-81

The Enid Blyton Holiday Book by Enid Blyton

Giles No. 2

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales illustrated by Rie Cramer & Lilian Govey

The 5th edition of the finest motorcycle racing publication in the world.
Price: £130

1st edition of the first holiday book, complete with a hard to find wrapper and scarce Enid Blyton signature.
Price: £350

Hard to find copy of the 2nd annual, full of b/w humorous illustrations. Price: £240

17 beautiful tipped-in colour plates plus b/w chapter headers. 349 pages. Price: £150

News in Brief

Amongst the books catalogued this month there are collections of Alice in Wonderland, Allan Ahlberg, BB and Art, Architecture, History with an emphasis on India and Far East.

This Month's image is the view from Stella Books window - the moon reflecting on the River Wye with horses on the river bank.

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber to scale the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, has died aged 88. Signed copies of his books available here.

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