This Month - Derek Tangye - contributed by Sonia

Derek Tangye was a very well known author who lived in Cornwall for the most part of his life from the 1950s onwards. He wrote more than twenty books which became known as the Minack Chronicles - all about life on a flower farm situated between Penzance and Land's End.

The book I read was 'The Way to Minack'. I was hoping it would tell me about how he and his wife, Jeannie, came to be at 'Minack', a quiet cottage in a isolated spot of Cornwall. However, this book is an autobiography (as are all the Minack chronicles)...Read More

Featured Book - A Complete System of Modern Cookery and Domestic Economy- contributed by Larissa

If you like to pick your own blackberries, make your own pickles or create a meal out of the most basic of ingredients you will love this book!

The ideology of the book is in parts very similar to that of modern cookery authors such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Nigel Slater . It's all about using plain and simple ingredients and making the most out of what you have - something that was natural to those of the 1800's because many of the exotic - ...Read the full article.

Other Wood Engraving books

More Falconry books.

Other books about School History

Price: £30.00

More Lone Pine titles

Published by Arkstee & Merkus. 1854. Four volumes. Small format. 5.5 x 3 inches. Full tree calf binding. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spines. B/w frontis to each volume. A nice set.
Price: £300

Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1st ed. 1904. A complete set of 12 volumes, including the index. Very large format.18 x 11 inches, brown cloth spines, grey boards, numerous b/w illustrations.

Price: £1300

Published by Collins. This is a 1st edition 1955. Blue boards with silver title to spine. B/w frontis and illustrations. 192 pages.
Price: £350

Kelly's Directories Ltd.. 1968. Large format. 2747 pages. Complete with maps in card folder.

Price: £160

News in Brief

Books catalogued this month include Biggles; Motorcycles; Military; Chalet School paperbacks and many more.

Hay-on-Wye Winter Food and Arts Festival 28th and 29th November :-
Set within a stone throw of the Hay Castle this impressive venue will once again be a Food Arts and Crafts paradise when the Book capital of the World holds its annual Winter Food Arts Crafts Festival. The fun starts at 10am on Saturday the 28th with the Official opening and finishes on Sunday the 29th at 4pm.

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