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friends all agreed: a party for Miffy would be fun. With her huge round white face and sticky up ears, brightly coloured little dress and friends like Boris Bear, Poppy Pig and her family, enjoy these big glossy pages all in the distinctive bold colours. We are invited into the fun and games, along with Aunt Alice, who plays some music as they dance to their favourite songs. $12.99 NOW £3.50


70038 MARY KATE STORYBOOK by Helen Morgan


Beautifully illustrated in pen and ink drawings by Shirley Hughes, this collected edition includes all the classic stories featuring the best loved character, Mary Kate. New Shoes, A Birthday Kitten, Being A Bridesmaid, Going to Hospital and Starting School - each of these stories focuses on a new experience for Mary Kate showing how day-to-day events in a young child’s life can be exciting adventures. Ideal for reading aloud. 232pp in large print to suit readers aged five and up. £4.99 NOW £2.50


70168 DOCTOR PROCTOR’S


FART POWDER by Jo Nesbo A sweet, silly and hilarious children’s book by the international crime writer. Dr Proctor has finally created something to help him fulfil his dream of becoming a world- famous inventor - a super-strength fart powder that can propel people into outer space! With the help of his new neighbour, 11 year old Nilly, and Nilly’s friend Lisa, Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder is ready to


go worldwide. But the terrible twins who love to torment Lisa, are determined to get hold of the fart powder for their own evil purposes. Their plot to spoil the Doctor’s plans sparks a fart-filled adventure involving a firework extravaganza, a trip to prison and an escaped anaconda. 265 page paperback with line art. £5.99 NOW £2.50


70178 DIARY OF A WOMBAT by Jackie French


We are thrilled to have this international bestseller at a bargain price. It is an hilarious board book with the cutest illustrations by Bruce Whatley and a story for youngsters aged 3 to 93 about a very lazy wombat. Monday. Morning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate grass, scratched. Night: Ate grass, slept. Wombat decides that humans can easily be trained and make quite good pets. £5.99 NOW £2.50


70203 STARRING TRACY BEAKER


by Jacqueline Wilson Tracy Beaker lives in a children’s home which they all call the Dumping Ground and claims her mum is a famous film star who is way too busy making movies in Hollywood to look after her. In this thrilling and funny novel Tracy Beaker is just desperate for a role in her school play. They are performing A Christmas Carol and


for one worrying moment, the irrepressible Tracy thinks she might not even get to play one of the unnamed street urchins. But then she is cast in the main role. Can she manage to act grumpy and difficult enough to play Scrooge? Cam helps Tracy prepare her lines but all Tracy wants to know is if her film star mum will come to watch her in her starring role. 174 page paperback plus the first chapter of the next instalment in Tracy Beaker’s story. Illus by Nick Sharratt. £5.99 NOW £2.50


68970 HORRID HENRY’S HOUSE OF HORRORS by Francesca Simon


Ten favourite stories and more, illustrated by Tony Ross, from this terrifically popular series. Horrid Henry’s home is a house of horrors where he is made to do things he doesn’t want to like eating vegetables, shopping for clothes with his Mum and visiting his relations instead of going to Rude Ralph’s birthday party. No wonder he plans to run away. But running away is only one of the spectacular ideas Henry comes up with to sabotage the grown-ups’ plans. Colour pictures. 192pp. £10.99 NOW £4


68666 SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON by Johann David Wyss


Narrates the exciting adventures of a family, wrecked on a remote Pacific island. They learn many practical lessons - where to build their tree house, how to prevent meat from decaying, how to cure a bearskin and how to co-habit with an improbable variety of animals. There is a surprise on almost every page, not the least being that there is another family on the island. Eventually, after adapting to living on exotic fruit, turtle, honey, oysters and other delicacies, they have an opportunity to escape, but will they want to leave this peaceful haven? 338 pages. ONLY £2.50


68446 FAIRY TALES by Hans Christian Andersen


Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales are probably the best-known, best-loved and timeless stories in the world. Here is a great opportunity to acquire a superbly rendered collection of six of the best, reproduced in glowing colour throughout and with fairly large text to help younger readers and older eyes. The tales are The Ugly Duckling, The Little Match Girl, The Nightingale, The Tinder Box, The Little Mermaid and The Swineherd. 98pp, 8¾”×11½”. ONLY £1.35


52546 LITTLE WOMEN & GOOD WIVES by Louisa May Alcott


Describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at 15 is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of 13 with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of 12. The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Lawrence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever. ‘Good Wives’ takes up the story of the March sisters, some three years later, when, as young adults, they must face up to the inevitable trials and traumas of everyday life in their search for individual happiness. 464pp. Paperback. ONLY £2


23987 ANNE OF GREEN GABLES & ANNE OF AVONLEA


by L. M. Montgomery When the Cuthberts send to an orphanage for a boy to help them at Green Gables, their farm in Canada, they are astonished when a talkative little girl steps off the train. Anne, red-headed, pugnacious and incurably romantic, causes chaos at Green Gables and in the village, but


her wit and good nature delight the fictional community of Prince Edward Island, Canada and ensure that Anne of Green Gables continues to be a firm favourite with readers worldwide. Anne of Avonlea continues Anne’s story. Now half-past 16 but as strong-headed and romantic as ever, Anne becomes a teacher at her old school and dreams of its improvement. 527pp, paperback. ONLY £2


67561 THE NIGHTINGALE by Hans Christian Andersen and Igor Oleynikov


This beautiful rendering of the Hans Christian Andersen classic The Nightingale is based on the 1872 English translation by Mrs H.P. Paull and has new colour artworks. The emperor of China surrounds himself with beautiful things, but one day he learns that the most beautiful thing in his empire is the song of the nightingale. He orders one to be brought to court, and is so struck with the beauty of its song that he keeps the bird captive at court. However, the emperor’s craftsmen make him a mechanical nightingale, and the real bird flies away. 40pp, 8½”×11½”. £11.99 NOW £4


47115 THE COMPLETE CHILDREN’S SHORT STORIES by Rudyard Kipling


How did the Leopard get his spots? How did the Elephant get his trunk? In ‘Just So Stories’ Kipling wittily supplies the answers to these and other questions. ‘Puck of Pook’s Hill’ relates how Dan and Una’s magical meeting with Puck, the last of the People of the Hills, leads to their adventures with Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings... In Kipling’s rattling school yarn ‘Stalky & Co’, Stalky, M’Turk and the Beetle are a trio of scallywags with a keen desire to break the rules, their unruly activities give the stories an enduring appeal to all children. Kipling’s wry, sometimes tongue-in- cheek style will delight and entertain. 864pp. Paperback. ONLY £7


24417 GIFT BOX OF BOOKS


A specially commissioned boxed set of one large dot-to- dot book, one thick colouring book, large size, one small puzzle fun, suitable for car journeys, one junior word search and one fun pad where the aim is to join the top half with the bottom half of the opposite page. Five colouring pens in red, yellow, green, blue and black. With British standards quality mark. ONLY £2.50


20320 COMPLETE NONSENSE by Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, Calico Pie and The Pobble Who Has No Toes, together with Edward Lear’s crazy limericks, have entertained adults and children alike for over 100 years. This edition, illustrated by the author, contains all the verse and stories of The Book of Nonsense, More Nonsense, Nonsense Songs, Nonsense Stories and Nonsense Alphabets and Nonsense Cookery. It has a biographical Preface by Lear himself, and concludes with some delightful ‘heraldic’ sketches of his cat, Foss. 272pp. Paperback. ONLY £2


COLLECTABLES


Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.


- Mark Twain 70650 COMPLETE GUIDE TO 20th


CENTURY ANTIQUES by Martin Miller Not many people can afford to collect real antiques, but an interesting lower-budget alternative is to spot the design and craft items of your own time which may have a value in the future. This guide by the doyen of Antiques Collecting covers 20th century artefacts that have started to accumulate value, and covers furniture, jewellery, ceramics, clocks and watches, handbags, kitchenalia, posters, taxidermy, dolls, cameras and much more. Many of the items will be familiar from Grandma’s cupboard or the local car boot sale, for instance a blue and white striped Cornish Ware jug from 1959, which at the time of publication (2005, reprint 2011) was fetching £85. One of the great design periods of the 20th century was Art Deco, and examples featured here include a blue enamel guilloche clock from 1930, a jazzy Susie Cooper tea set and some stunning Deco scent bottles. Collectable jewellery includes a range of affordable designer costume jewellery, for example a black and red plastic pendant by Lanvin from around 1950, or the sumptuous mix of colourful paste stones found in Czech brooches. Advertising is a rich source of cultural history, and examples featured here include a 1960 Bisto tin, a 1950 Tide washing powder packet and a 1966 Michelin Man. Pop Art in the Sixties produced iconic telephones, radios and lighting, while the postmodern end of the century saw a proliferation of retro styles. 456pp, softback, over 4000 items illustrated, briefly described and valued. £25 NOW £12.50


70466 FASHION MODEL:


Paper Doll in Full Colour by Tom Tierney Every girl will love these spectacular displays of feminine finery. Noted paper doll artist Tom Tierney has designed 25 eye- catching outfits for his lovely model Ilona. Collectors, designers and paper doll enthusiasts of all ages will love bending over the tabs and


standing the models on their bases to complete the collection. Among the glamorous garments are daytime dresses, luxurious capes, shawls and furs, tiered evening gowns, dramatic split skirt ensembles, cascading long blonde hair to place behind the neck and shoulders, stunning hats and pink silk foundation garments.


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Accompanying the smiling young lady are three male figures in formal and casual dress. One doll with 25 outfits, three clothed male dolls, 16 plates, 9¼ x 12¼”, softback.


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69643 AUGUSTE RACINET THE COMPLETE COSTUME HISTORY


by Françoise Tétart-Vittu Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s ‘Le Costume historique’ was the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever published. Covering the world history of costume, dress and style


from antiquity through the end of the 19th century, the great work, published in 1888 in six volumes containing nearly 500 plates, remains, to this day, unique in its scope and detail. A magnificent and complete reprint with delightful descriptions and often witty comments. Volume 1 contains all the plates from Racinet’s work, reproduced in brilliant quality and showing the original’s love for detail and colour. Volume 2 collects the texts accompanying the images, giving descriptions and explanations, as well as the introduction by Françoise Tétart-Vittu. Perusing these beautifully detailed and exquisitely coloured illustrations, you will discover everything from the garb of ancient Etruscans to traditional Eskimo attire to 19th century French women’s couture. Though Racinet’s study spans the globe from ancient times through his own, his focus is on European clothing from the Middle Ages to the 1880s and this subject is treated with exceeding passion and attention to detail. 2 volumes in slipcase, 9.4 x 12.4", 792 pages. Text in English, French and German. New publication. ONLY £35


70688 STAMPS OF THE


WORLD by Sandra Forty Invented in Britain in 1840, the postage stamp quickly revolutionised world communication and had some interesting spin-offs - for instance, the Christmas Card rocketed to popularity a few years later. The author of this chunky and beautifully


illustrated brief history points out that the Mesopotamians had a form of franking 6000 years ago, while the Holy Roman Empire had their own highly efficient method of authentication, but publicly available prepayment was invented, like so much else, by our own Victorians. The current United Kingdom Definitive was designed in 1967 by Arnold Machin. Following a brief history of postage stamps the book features some world famous examples such as the Penny Black, the British Guiana 1-cent Magenta, of which only one example is known to exist, and the CIA Invert, a postage stamp error from the United States. Stamps from well over 100 countries are illustrated and described, including a 1949 Joseph Stalin stamp from Albania, the wartime Nazi stamps from Bohemia and Moravia, beautiful nautical and wildlife stamps from the Cayman Islands, a “volcanic ash” stamp from Iceland in 2010, a Russian Empire Stamp of 1853 and the first Soviet stamp of 1918. Around 350 colour reproductions of individual stamps with captions, 96pp. ONLY £3


70687 COINS OF THE


WORLD by Sandra Forty You may think that numismatology - or coin collecting - is not for you, but your opinion may be changed by this compelling little book. Coins, after all, allow us a glimpse into times in the past that have left


few other artefacts. The coins tell the story of the world’s cultures in religious, social and economic evolution over many thousands of years. Their history, recounted here, turns out to be fascinating. China is thought to be the first country to mint and use copper coins, as early as the 11th century BC. These coins, introduced by the Shang Dynasty, to replace the traditional cowrie shell currency, were circular with a square centre hole to allow the coin to be threaded on to a string for safe keeping. But this was just the first of a multitude of coins that have been issued over the years in various shapes, created from many different mediums and decorated by a wide range of animals and birds, national rulers, mythical gods and goddesses and architectural structures. You will be pleasantly surprised at their diversity. 96 pocket-sized pages illustrated with hundreds of fine examples in colour. ONLY £3


69743 SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.: The Best of 1905-1910 Collectibles


edited by Leslie Parr, Andrea Hicks and Marie Stareck


Take a hundred-year excursion into the past, to a time when all your wishes and whims could be found within the pages of a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogue. Whether you lived in Manhatten, New York, or Manhatten, Kansas, a new camera, a grand piano and even the latest medical supplies were only a mail order away with your catalogue. Florida Water, Liquid Skin, hammer-less revolvers, bankers’ shears, travelling bags, bridging telephones, and the Acme Triumph Six-Hole Steel Range (which was “The Wonder of the Stove World” according to the ad copy) could all be had for reasonable prices. In this compilation of the best collectibles from 1905 through to 1910 editions of Sears catalogues, readers will find everything the early 20th century American needed to outfit the home, office, medicine chest, or craft workshop. A useful resource for artists, antiques dealers and history buffs, this title is certain to make any reader feel nostalgic for simpler times. From the department introductions and the descriptions of Sears’ warehouses and factories to the hundreds of merchandise-filled pages, there are


treasures on every page. Chunky softback with over 15,000 b/w illus.


£17.95 NOW £7 e-mail: orders@bibliophilebooks.com 70079 BRITISH JIGSAW PUZZLES


OF THE 20TH CENTURY by Tom Tyler The trouble with Bibliophile is that we are always discovering new hobbies that we are just dying to try out. Here is one that is continually growing and developing. Jigsaw puzzles have been a source of amusement, challenge and fellowship for nearly 250 years, yet the research into their history has really only taken place over the last 30 years, coinciding with the increase in the collection of puzzles and their often painstaking restoration. This book is for all those who enjoy jigsaw puzzles - some of them serious collectors and restorers. Those who simply enjoy the challenge, who relish the battle of wits between maker and assembler, which is at the very heart of the hobby, will find this volume informative and interesting, adding to their pleasure. Our favourite is A Close Shave with a picture of Wallace and Gromit cleaning the window of Wendolene’s Wools, but no doubt readers will find their own among the 330 reproduced here with 80 pages in colour. 132 pages 23cm x 30cm.


$25 NOW £8.50


68895 A YEAR IN FASHION: A Look a Day by Pascal Morché


Accompanies the reader through the world of fashion over the last 100 years from Jeanne Paquin through Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli and Christian Dior to pace-setting contemporary designers. The elegance of the 30s is juxtaposed with the polished poses of the 50s. The Swinging Sixties contrast with the glamorous style of the 80s. A sartorially challenged holed T-shirt is put into context by a grand 20s ball gown. The photos are accompanied by short texts - a range of witticisms, aphorisms, explanations and impressions from and about couturiers, designers, models and stars. 365 double page spreads of vibrant photos in colour and b/w. £24.99 NOW £9


68873 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF CIGARS by Bernard Le Roy and Maurice Szafran This superbly produced history of cigars is joy to read and, like a Romeo y Julieta Churchill, is both new, reassuringly familiar and source of absolute and dependable satisfaction. It is a tale which begins with the discovery of tobacco by the conquistadors, and embraces the wealth of emotional responses that cigars provoke. Colour and b/w photos conjures up the atmosphere of plantations such as Cuba’s Vuelta Abajo and Dominica’s Valle del Cibao, 19th century factories with their strippers and rollers and great cigar characters like Zino Davidoff, Groucho Marx, Orson Welles and, the greatest of them all, Winston Churchill. With plenty of practical information, including a guide to the best dealers and duty-free shops and extensive tables which cover sizes, colours, tobacco type, presentation and tasting notes. 216pp, 9½”×11¼”. £30 NOW £9.50


68904 COSTUME JEWELRY


FOR HAUTE COUTURE by Florence Müller and Patrick Sigal


This sumptuously illustrated book surveys the exquisite range of costume jewellery produced by haute couture fashion houses like Chanel, Balenciaga, Dior, YSL and Lanvin. See the pearl and pink


enamel necklace by Masion Gripoix made for Givenchy, brooches by Robert Goossens made for Chanel, and a crystal and cut glass necklace by Roger Scemama for Christain Dior (1958). The story begins in antiquity but the main focus is on costume jewellery’s heyday from the 1920s to the 1990s. The main stages in its development are placed in an historical, cultural context, then the focus moves to the creative activity of jewellery-making and the partnerships between great couturiers, costume jewellers and craftsmen. The spectacular photographs include hundreds of gorgeous pieces specially taken for this volume, as well as many original photos and offical designer catalogue pages of the parures and bijoux being worn. 270 very large pages with 400 colour illus. ONLY £26


68869 EAGLE ANNUAL: The Best of the 1960s


Comic edited by Daniel Tatarsky The 1960s - technology was “white hot” and the greatest boys’ comic in the world, The Eagle, continued to thrive. A whole generation of schoolboys had the groovy decade refracted through Eagle’s pages, but gradually Eagle staples, like how to fish from a rowing boat, were slowly replaced with articles on the Space Race and the latest cars. Some aspects were ever- present, of course - Dan Dare of the Interplanetary Space Fleet, Harris Tweed and Jeff Arnold - but they began to rub shoulders with Fraser of Africa and Mike Lane, “The Guinea Pig”, regularly subject to the most horrifying scientific experimentation. Nostalgia and social history all rolled into one, strips, articles, adverts and editorial are reprinted. 192pp, 8¾”×11", colour. £14.99 NOW £6


68023 TOYS, TRIFLES AND TRINKETS: Base-Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800


by Hazel Forsyth and Geoff Egan The Museum of London’s collection of pewter toys and miniatures, comprising some 1,800 items, is probably the largest and most important of its kind in the world. This is the first comprehensive inter-disciplinary study undertaken, and includes general information on manufacturing technique and production, makers and workshops, trade and distribution, function and form, as well as new research on the patrons and consumers of such miniatures. The collection ranges from arms and armour and domestic utensils to figurines, furniture, modes of transport and watches. This magnificent, informative and beautifully illustrated volume features important reference information including scientific data


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