Children's & Illustrated

Charming poems for children, based on the traditional cherry stone counting rhyme.

Muriel Levy

£50.00

The Adventures of Wonk: Strawberries and Cream

Noel Streatfield, Arthur Ransome et al

Contains two adventures of Peter and Wonk, "Adventure in the Night," and "Strawberries and Cream."

£40.00

Puffin 50th Anniversary Storybook Box

Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne et al

"Ten great Puffins of the past for children of the present." From a scarecrow to a cave boy, ballet to sailing, and a very clever spider.

£25.00

Boys' Own Adventures, Penguin Box Set

A collection of classic adventure stories for young and old. From pirates to dinosaurs, spies to soldiers.

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J.R.R. Tolkien

£70.00

The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins' journey "There and back again," with many perilous adventures and wonderous characters in between.

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Aesop

£150.00

The Fables of Aesop, Illustrated by Edward. J. Detmold.

Children

A comprehensive collection of over 300 fables, from The Hare and the Tortoise to The Fox and the Grapes.

Britta-Lisa Joutsen

£12.00

Lingonberries in the Snow

An American girl travels to Finland with her family and soon makes friends with a classmate. A warm-hearted tale of Finnish customs and magical countryside.

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Ernest Hemingway

£45.00

The Old Man and the Sea (Illustrated)

Cecil and Margery Gray, Illustrated by Michael Ayrton

Hemingway's classic tale of man versus nature. Beautifully illustrated with small and full page drawings.

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£18.00

The Bed, or the Clinophile's Vale Mecum

An Anthology of prose and poetry all about "The Bed" through history.

E. J. Detmold

£60.00

A charming and whimsical look at the puppies of 19 breeds of dog, each accompanied by a sweet painting and description. Perhaps once intended as a special children's gift, this book would surely be treasured by dog-lovers of any age.

Evelyn Cecil

£28.00

Children's Gardens

A comprehensive and most charming guide to creating and maintaining a garden, especially aimed at enthusing children with the joys such a pastime. can bring. After an introduction, the book is divided into sections covering each of the four seasons. The many photographs, of gardens, individual plants and little Edwardian gardeners really bring alive the sound practical advice and historical period. One photograph shows the gardens at Swiss cottage in the grounds of Osborne house that Queen Victoria had laid out in equal size plots for each of her nine children. These can be seen unchanged today. Little excerpts from poems illuminate the text. However, the advice for children to use red lead to stop mice eating seeds may not be so welcome now!

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Cecil Beaton

£95.00

The Glass of Fashion

Cecil Beaton's personal history of fashion and those who have influenced it in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Witty and wise, a most knowledgeable book about fashion and it's designers. Full of anecdotes and the authors own drawings and photographs.

Emett of Punch

£30.00

Engines, Aunties and Others

Whimsical and charming cartoons by Punch contributor Rowland Emett. Although published in wartime, this is British humour from perhaps a gentler age.

William Shakespeare

£35.00

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet

Plays

In Shakespeare's longest play, Hamlet Prince of Denmark tries to exact revenge on his Uncle Claudius; who has killed Hamlet's father and married his mother to seize the throne.

Captain W. E. Johns

£55.00

The Rescue Flight

A Biggles adventure set over the battlefields of WW1. "The story tells of a plan formed by certain young flying officers for rescuing British prisoners from behind German lines, and of the astonishing adventures that befell them carrying it out."

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Barbara Jones

£25.00

The Isle of Wight

A charming little guide to both some well-known and more hidden attractions of the Isle of Wight. From Osborne House to Newport Quay, Blackgang Chine Bazaar to Alum Bay and the St Lawrence Topiary boat. Please see our journal entry, "Island Quirks," for further elaboration.

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Pamela Whitlock

£20.00

All Day Long, An Anthology of Poetry for Children

Children