14 Great Britain 69241 HOW TO MAKE 240 DELICIOUS


LITTLE CAKES by Catherine Atkinson This delectable collection includes coffee sponge drops, granola bars, blueberry muffins, cupcakes, sweets, candies, truffles, fudge - we cannot possibly choose from them all. Here are classic cakes, drop scones, filled pastries and decorated creations as well as a selection of savoury scones to serve with soups, salads and cheeses. Includes a breakdown of calories, fat and sodium. 129 large softback pages, 240 colour photos. ONLY £4.50


69246 SIMPLE HOME BAKING by Carole Clements


Over 70 recipes take you through the whole range of cakes, gateaux, pies, tarts, breads, biscuits, buns and pastries. So, whether you wish to bake a homely tea- time treat, a delicious fruit pie for dessert or a sumptuous chocolate layer cake for a dinner-party centrepiece, you will find the perfect recipe here. We just cannot choose between Devil’s Food Cake with Orange Frosting or Sachertorte or Toffee Meringue Bars - so we think we might make them all. 96 large softback pages, 300 colour photos. ONLY £3.25


69250 PERFECT PARTY


FOOD by Bridget Jones Nibbles, finger food and light bites include Avocado Salsa, Crisp Fried Crab Claws, Quesadillas, Stilton Croquettes and Potato Wedges with Cheesy Dip. For brunches, lunches and fork suppers you might serve Smoked Fish and Asparagus Mousse, Turkey Croquettes,


Chicken Fajitas or Leek Roulade, while one-pot dishes include Fondue, Tempura, Paella and Mongolian Firepot. Dinner parties require smaller dishes on which you can really go to town. Desserts include Boston Banoffee Pie, Frozen Grand Marnier Soufflés or Chocolate Chestnut Roulade. 120 recipes, 650 step-by-step colour photos. 256pp, softback. ONLY £2.75


69252 WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COFFEE


by Banks, McFadden and Atkinson The first section gives the history of coffee, the second deals with growing the bean and coffee making itself, while the final section consists of 70 mouthwatering recipes using coffee as flavouring. The Italian espresso machine was invented in 1948, and in the central section, “The art of coffee drinking”, six types of espresso are described. Includes how to make the perfect Tiramisu, Coffee Jellies, Coffee and Brandy Syllabub, Coffee Meringues and Coconut and Coffee Trifle. 256pp, softback, colour photos. ONLY £4.50


69787 ANDALUCIA: Taste of a Place


by Vicky Bennison


Mercedes’ Granny’s Chicken Recipe (from Granada), Stewed Partridge or Rabbit, Chicken with Mint and Orange Juice, Roast Lamb with Honey and Almonds, Tripe and


Chickpea Stew, Moorish Kebab, lovely vegetable recipes like Cauliflower with a Garlic and Vinegar Sauce or Spinach Jaén-Style, Flamenco Eggs, sherry in cooking, organic food, herbs and spices, shellfish, the famous charcuterie and quesos, Quince Jelly and delicious olive oil, this is a wonderful culinary tour of our favourite region of Spain. There is a tapas A-Z, shopping for food, wine, cheese, fine breads, the tradition of the late lunch at restaurants, from Córdoba, Grenada to Cádiz. Colour photos. 156pp in paperback. £12.99 NOW £3.50


69789 CRACKING FRENCH WINE by Hugh Baker


Clarette and Ugni Blanc, Cinsault, Grenache and Mourvèdre, Chardonnay, Muscat, Mauzac, Ondenc and Sauvignon Blanc, Sabagnin, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir, Gamay, Viognier - just the names sound delicious! This handy pocket sized book helps you explore French wines in a new way. Try new wines and varieties that are similar to the ones you already like. Discover the bargains that only experts or locals know about and have this knowledge at your fingertips when buying wine. 126pp.


£9.99 NOW £2.75


70056 HOW TO DRINK: From Mulled Cider to the First Pimm’s of Summer - the Indispensable Guide to Good Living All Year Round by Victoria Moore


Unsnobbish and eclectic, here are crisp white wines, Sancerre and alternatives, recipes like Rosewater Fizz for lazy weekends, white port, tonic and salted almonds, Strawberry Daiquiri, a glass of Madeira, Pomegranate Fizz and cheesy biscuits. Organised by season, here are thirst-quenchers, all-night tipples and even quaffs to invigorate weekend cooks and gardeners. Moving through to the Winter season and Christmas is Coming with Christmas cocktails, Hot Drinks from the Stove, Ginger Wine and Whisky Mac, Cognac verses Armagnac. From breakfast and brunch through the seasons to year- round showstoppers and five useful lists of alcohol free drinks and cheap but glamorous beverages. Line art and with lined pages at the back for your own notes. 340pp in softback.


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70271 NEW COUNTRY COOK: A Twenty-First Century Look at British Cuisine


by J. C. Jeremy Hobson and Philip Watts


The authors travelled through Britain looking for recipes that had been provided with a ‘lift’ and a ‘twist’ by imaginative chefs, restaurant managers, local producers and


enthusiastic amateurs. Did you know that it is easy to make risotto for a dinner party? You simply cook it several hours beforehand and then just have to reheat it. There is, incidentally, a splendid recipe for Asparagus and Wild Garlic Risotto included here. Did you also know that you can very easily concoct Vegetarian Scotch Eggs that are just as delicious as the real thing? We highly recommend Herefordshire Fidget Pie. 224 pages 18cm x 25cm with over 80 close-up colour photos. £20 NOW £5.50


70813 LONDON BY PUB by Ted Bruning


What better way to discover hidden London than by taking a series of historic walks and stopping off for some R&R at some marvellous architectural gems? Subtitled Pub Walks Around Historic London, each pub selected has a historical theme from the tradition of journalism along Fleet Street to the Victorian masters and servants of the great houses of Belgravia. Try the Betsy Trotwood,


the Jerusalem Tavern, Jamaica Wine House, Olde Cheshire Cheese in Wine Office Court, the Sir Richard Steel, the Plume of Feathers or the Blood and Muck at Smithfields. The 15 chapters cover Belgravia, Kensington, Bayswater, Fleet Street, the City, Smithfield, Clerkenwell, Chelsea, Greenwich, Hampstead, Soho, Oxford Street, St. Giles, Covent Garden and Southwark. Packed with history, directions, maps, opening times, real ales and if bar food is served or if there is a restaurant. B/w photos throughout, 288pp in paperback.


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70667 AN ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE EXPLORED: The Land of Lettice Sweetapple


by Peter Fowler and Ian Blackwell


Around 1800, Lettice Sweet Apple lived in West Overton, Wiltshire, between Avebury and Marlborough. Her house looked across the river Kennet to the chalk downs and


southwards to a part of Savernake Forest. She represents hundreds of thousands of largely anonymous people whose lives were shaped by this changing landscape. Peter Fowler and his team of archaeologists, historians and scientists have investigated the landscape of the parishes of West Overton and Fyfield over 39 years, not merely as local history, but as a microcosm of the English countryside. They have made use of fieldwork, aerial photography, excavation, old maps and documents, geophysics and numerous analytical techniques on everything from standing buildings to flecks of charcoal. The resulting mountain of information contradicts the persistent myth of the ‘unchanging English countryside’. 160 large page paperback. Maps and photos.


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70789 CHELSEA CHICKS by Maria Perry


From Catherine Parr and the aftermath of a royal sex scandal of epic proportions, to a runaway rabbit at the Chelsea Flower Show, Maria Perry guides us skilfully through 500 years of this quintessentially Bohemian quarter of London. Chelsea Chicks never grow old. They are born with a sense of style anglaise. Aged five they go for


there for their first school uniform. At 75, faces unlined, they still pop in from the King’s Road in mock-croc leggings and thigh high boots, eager to sample the latest lip gloss. The grannies of Cadogan Square are the guardians of hereditary secrets. They preside over fabulous ring hoards. Some, grown ancient, recall the


Bibliophile Books Unit 5 Datapoint, 6 South Crescent, London E16 4TL TEL: 020 74 74 24 74 GARDENING


Garden catalogues are as big liars as house agents.


- Rumer Godden 70845 PLANT


PROPAGATOR’S BIBLE by Miranda Smith


By explaining the processes at work and the environmental conditions that promote these processes, the gardener can cultivate a wide range of plants s with confidence and a high degree of success. Every method, and there are many more


than we had ever heard of, is explained in the minutest detail, describing the biological processes at work, which type of plant it works best with, common pitfalls, etc and is illustrated with colour diagrams and photos on every page. There is an extremely useful section at the beginning which outlines all the equipment, supplies, techniques, soil mixes and artificial media you will need and A-Z plant directory. Save yourself a fortune at the garden centre with this book - in fact, why not take it to the next level and start producing your own seedlings, cuttings and grafts for sale? 192pp softback published by Reader’s Digest. £11.99 NOW £5


58187 MRS BEETON’S GARDEN MANAGEMENT by Isabella Beeton


Isabella Beeton was born in 1836, the eldest of 21 children, and died at the age of just 28. The subjects covered are soil structures, manures and compost, planning and landscaping, walls and fences, ornamental features, tools, sowing, planting and transplanting. There are chapters on trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit growing; on frames and glasshouses; and finally twelve chapters covering the gardening year. Information, prudence with money and wisdom. 979pp, paperback. ONLY £4


GREAT BRITAIN


There are just two classes in good society in England. The equestrian classes and the neurotic classes.


- George Bernard Shaw


68750 THE GARDEN BOOK by Phaidon Press


Over 500 massive, magnificent garden designs in this splendid tome. It is a comprehensive illustrated survey of 500 of the world’s most influential garden makers, designers, patrons and owners and their gardens. It gives an unrivalled overview of the world’s gardens and landscapes from ancient times to the present. Garden design is a large-scale, time-consuming art form, with relatively few auteurs such as Capability Brown, Kobori Enshu, Gertrude Jekyll and Andre le Nôtre. The tome brings these and many lesser-known but highly deserving garden makers to wider attention and show innovation creativity at its height in Ancient China and Japan, Renaissance Italy, 17th century France and Holland, 18th century Britain and the USA in the 20th century. In A-Z order. Colour photos, 512pp, 10" x 11". First time discounted. £29.95 NOW £15


69350 LOW MAINTENANCE GARDENING: A Time-Saving Guide to Trouble-Free Gardening by Andi Clevely


Chapter one encourages us to really get to know our plot and be realistic about its potential, the chapter two examines boundaries, earthworks, hard surfaces, containers and the sensible deployment of water features. Next we look at ornamental gardens. Then comes the productive garden - how to grow fruit, veg and herbs to supplement your larder and get the taste that only comes from home-grown. With hints, tips and shortcuts. Colour photos, 112pp in softback. £9.99 NOW £3


69373 TREASURY OF GARDEN WRITING by Charles Elliot


This beautiful collection of garden writing down the ages is published in association with the Royal Horticultural Society and each of its 53 selections is illustrated with a colour reproduction of a print, engraving or watercolour from the RHS’s Lindley Library, acknowledged as the world’s greatest horticultural library. The roll-call of writers here is astounding - Austen, Bacon, Wordsworth, Carroll, Flaubert, Hodgson Burnett, Jekyll, Mitford, Pope, Sackville-West, Sitwell, Synge, Walpole and Wharton to name but a few, and the entries are arranged loosely thematically. 192pp, illus. £13.99 NOW £4


60s when Mary Quant unleashed the mini skirt. Despite a growing crowd of celebrities, Chelsea remains a family place devoted to Youth and Art. Here are the sex goddesses, great gardeners, notorious addresses, naughty antics, great decorators, love among the artists and name dropping galore. 120pp with cartoons by Bernard Cookson taking us from Charles II and Nell Gwyn to today’s super rich. £9.99 NOW £3


70959 PANORAMAS OF LOST LONDON Work, Wealth, Poverty and Change 1870-1945 by Philip Davies


Published in association with English Heritage and with a foreword by Dan Cruikshank, here are over 300 spectacular photographs of London’s lost buildings from English Heritage’s archive. It is the sequel to the bestselling ‘Lost London’ and takes a more closer and detailed view of the city’s lost heritage, its social and economic history, work, wealth, poverty and change during the years 1870-1945. Philip Davies’s bestselling Lost London was described in the Sunday Times as ‘A haunting portal into the bygone life of the capital.’ Now some of the books finest photographs have been enlarged to poster size revealing the true quality. There are 100 previously unseen images in this new, larger landscape format tome measuring 14½” across by nearly 12". It reproduces historic photographs commissioned by the London County Council, many of them in the early days of photography, to capture individual buildings and streets that along with entire neighbourhoods were on the threshold of redevelopment. Haunting faces can be seen very clearly in windows and hoardings and shop fronts plastered with advertising reveal their wares and architectural features and textures leap into focus. Take the tram to Aldwych 1932, see Sir Christopher Wren’s Court Room with its fine vaulted ceiling and fluted Corinthian screen, and see numbers 24-26 Jacob Street Bermondsey circa 1910, long before Bibliophile moved there in 1984! Almshouses, the ship’s chandler in Limehouse, a street in Wapping 1906 with all the children lined up, many stunned at the sight of a camera, hovels in Millbank 1906 before demolition and the Blewcoate School, Westminster 1910. The ultimate coffee table book, this cannot come highly recommended enough and Bibliophile has an exclusive discount on this brand new publication.


£40 NOW £28 70259 CHILTERNS TO THE WELSH BORDERS


edited by Lorraine Weeks and Grahame Blight One of a series of guides from the Woodland Trust. The guides open with an illustrated introduction to the area by Archie Miles, followed by a series of maps showing the location of each wood. The entries capture the wood’s atmosphere, describing historical features, seasonal interests, its setting and wildlife to look out for. Includes The Forest of Dean, Fine Shane Wood at Corby, Wendover Woodland Park, Burnham Beeches, Blaise Castle, Moritmer Forest at Ludlow, Wyre Forest at Kidderminster and dozens more. Colour photos, 134pp in paperback.


£7.99 NOW £3 70277 A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF SNOWDONIA:


Blwyddyn Ym Mywyd Eryri by Bill Birkett


Snowdonia is the third largest National Park in Britain and is unsurpassed in its variety of landscape. It ranges through the high rugged mountains around Snowdon - itself the highest mountain in Wales - to the far-flung groups of the Rhinogs, Arennigs and Arans, and the mighty Cadair Idris. It stretches some 85 kilometres from Conwy and its magnificent castle in the north to Aberdovey and its Roman road in the South, attracts over 6 million visitors annually and is a leading centre for all who love the natural world. The evocative Welsh name Eryri (see the title in Welsh) means ‘place of eagles’. Along with some of the most dramatic and magnificent scenery in Britain, Eryri contains a huge variety of habitats for animals, birds and plants. This breathtaking book does full justice to some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. 112 pages, 26cm x 28cm in glorious colour with many double spreads. £16.99 NOW £6.50


e-mail: orders@bibliophilebooks.com 69582 A ROSE BY ANY NAME


by Douglas Brenner and Stephen Scanniello What starts as the narrative story of four dozen roses and how they were named leads to over 1200 fascinating stories. Here two rose experts tackle the thorny issue of digging up the history behind rose names. Did you know that the Gallica rose’s perfume wafted through Pliny’s Roman villa or that it lulled Marie Antoinette on the night before her wedding? The 1200 named roses include Lady Godiva, Happy Butt, Three Drunks of Yaoyang, Empress Josephine to Maiden’s Blush. With ornate vintage art and photos, 320pp. £12.49 NOW £5.50


69840 HUGH JOHNSON IN THE GARDEN: The Best Garden Diary of Our Time published by the Royal Horticultural Society The world’s most respected writer on wine is almost as well known for his vivid, readable and inspirational writing about gardening. In 1975 he began a monthly diary-cum-blog in ‘The Garden’, the journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, under the nom de plume Tradescant. Trad has a huge following. From fashions to foods, drought to dahlias, from Alnwick Castle to Australia and from Wales to the West Indies, here is a series of descriptions to delight any gardener. 286 pages with colour plates. Aplogies for RHS sticker. £14.99 NOW £4


70264 HERB GARDENING by Linda Gray The author has grown herbs for her family for many years and uses them for both their medicinal and culinary qualities, so you can rely on her expertise. Here are instructions on the planting, harvesting and storing of 20 everyday garden herbs as well as 20 more that you will use only occasionally. Their interesting histories are given - for instance, there was mention of sorrel in culinary manuscripts from over 2,000 years ago - as is advice on pests and diseases and the herb’s medicinal use. Whoever would have thought, for instance, that the common or garden daisy can be used to relieve mouth ulcers, coughs and colds and to soothe patients in shock, and that a handful of daisy flowers in a bath will melt away all the tensions of the day. Also ideas for designing a herb garden! 128 paperback pages, colour photos.


£14.99 NOW £4.50 69272 VILLAGES OF THE


PEAK DISTRICT by Denis Eardley


The Peak District is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the heart of England. Picturesque villages, beautiful churches, cosy pubs, pretty village greens, ancient buildings and colourful events dating back centuries add to its appeal. The places of special interest are neatly


divided into regions to enable a whole host of superb days out to be planned. These range from magnificent country houses through museums and nostalgic steam railways to subterranean caverns and adventure parks. 253 paperback pages, attractive colour plates, and map. £16.99 NOW £4.50


70260 THE NORTH WEST AND THE LAKES edited by Grahame Blight


The entries capture the wood’s atmosphere, describing historical features, seasonal interests, its setting and wildlife to look out for. Helsby Hill overlooking the Mersey, Delamere Forest, a remnant of the ancient forest of Mara and Mondrum offering wonderful walks to delight the visitor near Chester, Heaton Park at Prestwich, one of the largest parks in Europe, Gisburn Forest in Clitheroe and Big Wood on the edge of the historic Norton Priory site with its chequered history at Runcorn are among the dozens of entries. 121pp in softback with colour photos. £7.99 NOW £3


69755 THE COTSWOLDS: A Cultural History by Jane Bingham


This joyous celebration of one of the most beautiful and the most historically significant areas in the British Isles will make you long to follow in the footsteps of numerous famous figures, writers, artists and musicians. Alexander Pope loved the area around Cirencester Park, Laurie Lee wrote vividly about the


Slad Valley, T. S. Eliot made Burnt Norton immortal and A. E. Housman embraced the dialect of Bredon Hill. 244 paperback pages illustrated in b/w with maps, index of literary, artistic and historical names and index of places and landmarks. $16.95 NOW £4


68033 CENTRE OF THE CREATIVE UNIVERSE: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde edited by


Christoph Grunenberg and Robert Knifton Lavishly illustrated, the book traces the representation of Liverpool in art, photography, film, music, literature and poetry and presents an insightful and revealing account of bohemian life there since 1945. This unlikely venue emerges as an unexpected centre of avant-garde activity attracting internationally-renowned artists as diverse as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Yoko Ono, Candida Hoefer, Rineka Dijkstra and Tom Wood. 256 softback pages, colour and b/w photos. £25 NOW £5


69266 LEAMINGTON AND WARWICK DISAPPEARING INDUSTRIES From Old


Photographs by Jacqueline Cameron Those familiar with the area may remember the liquorice factory in Theatre Street where children at the local Westgate School were offered bits from the factory back door on their way home. Companies like Lockheed, Borg & Beck, Ford Motor Company, Donald Healey, famous for his sports cars, Sidney Flavel and Thomas Potterton were established in Leamington and flourished. There were engineering companies and laundries, coal merchants and Mabel Buswell and her horse drawn cart selling vegetables, ably assisted by her father. Our book is a nostalgic return to this golden age of industry at the very heart of urban identity and community spirit. It was an era when profits were high, competition was strong, and men and women were proud to work for their employers. 96 page paperback, old mono photos. £12.99 NOW £6


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