This Month - Plants that bite back! - contributed by Tim

I still remember the purchase of my first carnivorous plant. It was in the unlikely surroundings of Chatham Dockyard and perhaps more surprisingly it wasn't a Venus Fly Trap! Instead, I became the very proud owner of a Sarracenia flava - or a North American pitcher plant. At the time I did not even know of the existence of these plants, and had probably assumed that it was only Venus Fly Traps that actually caught and consumed insects.

I think that it was the unique appearance of this plant - an elegantly tapering funnel with a flared mouth and projecting lid...Read More.

Featured Book - Always Jolly by Lothar Meggendorfer- contributed by Sonia

Lothar Meggendorfer was born in Germany in 1847. After completing his technical art studies he became a popular magazine illustrator. He spent many years on the staff of the German satirical magazine 'Fliegende Blatter' and also worked for Munchener Bilderbogen.

Meggendorfer's popularity today is based solely on his ingenious mechanical picture books for children which he began creating in the late 1880's. Many of his German titles were published in multiple editions. Many were also translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian, Bohemian, Hungarian, and Russian. He is considered the creator and chief innovator of... Read the full article.

Other Reference books.

More books about Tall Ships.

Other Pottery books

Price: £20

More Fairies books.

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1906. Colour frontispiece and 49 beautiful colour plates, collected at the end of the text, mounted on heavy brown paper with captioned tissue-guards.
Price: £950

The Technical Press Ltd.. 1st ed. 1962. A comprehensive treatise which will serve both as a text book for students and as a work of reference for technicians and engineers engaged in the design, testing, application, servicing or use of fuel injection systems. Price: £128

Muffin Books. 1st ed. 1982. Their history in the field and on the bench and their general care. Large format.

Price: £125

Oliphants Ltd. 1st ed. 1955. Beechy has to learn that only when we pray to Him and have the courage to confess to Him, does Jesus give us the strength we need to meet life's difficulties. White boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 96 pages.

Price: £145

News in Brief

Books catalogued this month include collections of modern Beatrix Potter titles; Children's Annuals; Ameliaranne series; more G.A. Henty and Percy F. Westerman; Aviation and many, many more.

The Hay Festival 2010: 27th May - 6th of June
An international theme features prominently in the programme for the annual literature festival. For further details and ticket availability please visit the official Hay Festival Website

Rare signed copy of Wind In The Willows exceeds auction estimate
A rare copy of a 1st edition copy of 'The Wind In the Willows', signed by Grahame has far exceeded it's £5,000 estimate at auction. The book sold for over £30,000.

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