This Month - ABC - A History of Alphabet Books - contributed by Joanne

Alphabet books - what are they? They are books that are created for younger readers, which show the letters of the alphabet, along with related words and/or pictures that usually begin with the given letter. Sometimes rhymes or just single sentences will be used to highlight the letter being learnt. Many ABC books will feature the letters in upper and lower case, to help the child recognize that they represent the same thing. Available today in plentiful supply and variety, what are the origins of what we now know as 'Alphabet' or 'ABC' books?....

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Featured Book - The Borrowers - contributed by Lorna

Have you ever put down an everyday object such as a safety pin then later, despite searching high and low, been unable to find it again? You have? Me too! Is it possible that you have a family of Borrowers living in your house? I'm sure I must have.

The Borrower stories by Mary Norton were first published in 1952 and have been popular ever since. The first book in the series, which won the Carnegie Medal in 1952, is called simply The Borrowers. This book introduces us to the Clock family...

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A Sample of New Stock

A Window On The Sea by Daniel Farson

Warships of World War II by H.T. Lenton

The Golden Years of British Trams by Colin D. Garratt

Price: £35

Other Books about Devon

Price: £20

Other World War II Books

Price: £10

More books on Trams

Price: £10

Other Pop-up Books

Selection from our Special Book Room

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Printed Kate Greenaway A Catalogue Raisonne by Thomas E. Schuster

Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

The Three Bears Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons

1st ed1972. A lovely copy of this scarce first edition, complete with its original wrapper.
Price: £980

1st edition 1986. A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. SIGNED!
Price: £110

1st edition 1913. A personalised collection of 44 superb colour plates of Rackham's past work brought together in one volume. Price: £340

Being the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The combined expanding toy and painting book series. A scarce item!
Price: £120

News in Brief

Amongst the books catalogued this month, we have a selection of new Pop-up books, Observers, Cats and even more W.E. Johns books!

This Month's image is Bruno and his toy snake. Bruno is Sonia's hearing dog, who after months of training has been entered into his final test before he becomes an official hearing dog. Keep up to date with Bruno's news on his homepage by clicking here.

Our Springsale is still on, with 50% discount on more than 7000 books. Browse all the sale items here or search for SPRINGSALE as a keyword on the Advanced Search page.

The Hay Festival Programme is being finalised and should be ready to view on the 4th of April. Please click here for details.

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