This Month - Desert Island Books - contributed by Catriona

I sometimes listen to Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4. For those not in the know this is when a guest chooses eight pieces of music they would take with them to a desert island. They already have the Bible, or another appropriate religious work and the complete Works of Shakespeare and they are allowed to choose one other book and a luxury. In a quiet moment one day I invented a new programme - Desert Island Books where the castaway gets to choose eight books to take to their desert island. I of course would be the first castaway!

This desert island could be anywhere in the world. Unlike Robinson CrusoeI would not...Read More

Featured Book - Bill The Minder- contributed by Adam

When you say the name W. Heath Robinson to most people, if they know anything about him they will say he is a book illustrator, and then, most likely, will remember him for his humorous depiction of war machines during the First World War, but there is so much more to the man.

William Heath Robinson comes from a family of illustrators along with his brothers Thomas Heath Robinson and Charles Robinson. They all earned a living from their illustrations, taking after their father... Read the full article.

Other Ornithology books

More books about Cardiff

Price: £15.00

Other books on Horses

Price: £42.00

More Alice books.

1st ed.1950 illustrated by Ernest A. Aris, Ladybird Series 474. Includes original wrapper. A nice copy, with slight wear, of one of the rarer Ladybird titles.
Price: £125

1st ed. 1994, published by Harper Collins. New Naturalist No. 81. With 16 colour plates and over 150 b/w photos and drawings.

Price: £950

1st ed. 1828. Published by I.T. Hinton. Three volumes. Full brown leather bindings. Marbled endpapers and edges.

Price: £400

1st ed. 1908. The very first Magnet magazine. Printed Saturday February 15th 1908. Published by The Amalgamated Press. The Making of Harry Wharton. Peach pictorial paperwraps.

Price: £250

News in Brief

Among the books we have catalogued in the last month, we have: - Alison Uttley's - Little Grey Rabbit series; New Naturalist series; many Ladybird books; Railways titles and many more.

Staff Page Updated
Over the last 12 months there have been a couple of staff changes therefore we have fully updated our meet the staff page. Visit the page to put a face to the name or telephone voice!

The Hay Festival 2010: 27th May - 6th of June
A reminder that the annual Hay Festival commences on 27th of May and carries on through to 6th of June.Why not pop in and visit Rose's Books while you are there? For further details and ticket availability please visit the official Hay Festival Website.

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