This Month - Musings, Holidays & Deadlines contributed by David

Working as a Saturday 'boy' in a book shop would not be everyone's cup of tea but I quite enjoy it. Working with just one colleague you have someone to talk to when you feel lonely, but you are not hassled by all the complications which seem to arise when all the other staff members are present....

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Featured Book - The Tale of Peter Rabbit contributed by Maria

"Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were -
Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, And Peter.
They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree."

The above is the introduction to one of the best-loved children's stories of all time - The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. On September 4th, 1893, Miss Potter sat down to write a letter to Noel Moore... Read More

A Sample of New Stock

Summer at Fairacre by Miss Read

Drawings French Impressionists by Bohumir Mraz

The Naming of Names by Anna Pavord

Price: £35

Other Countryside Books

Price: £20

Other Books about Impressionism

Price: £28

Other Botany Books

Price: £30

Other Mary Mouse Books

Selection from our Special Book Room

Bumblebees by D.V. Alford

Bill Badger's Whispering Reeds Adventure by BB

Short Sorties by W.E. Johns

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald Illustrated by Edmund Dulac

1st ed 1975. A comprehensive and definitive study with the life history and habits of the bumblebee in detail.
Price: £170

Scarce 1st edition of the fifth title in the Bill Badger series, complete with rare wrapper.
Price: £540

1st edition 1950 of these exciting aviation stories by Johns. Exceptionally scarce in its original wrapper.
Price: £300

Hodder & Stoughton 1st edition 1909, with 20 exquisite tipped-in colour plates by Dulac.
Price: £160

News in Brief

Amongst the books catalogued this month there are collections of Miss Read many signed, W.E. Johns, Ted Hughes, Ladybird books and much more.

This Month's images are of the clock tower opposite Rose's Books which is currently undergoing 12 weeks of restoration work.

Mills & Boon are set to publish their romantic novels in India, hoping to stir the passions of the country's 300 million English speakers.

Publisher HarperCollins is piloting plans to offer entire books by leading authors online for nothing.

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