6 Collectables


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 £3


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. Illus by Nick Sharratt. £5.99 NOW £2.25


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 £3.50


70390 SHREK! BOOK AND


CD SET by William Steig Shrek, a horrid ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in shining armour, a dragon and finally a hideous princess who is even uglier than he is. Before Shrek made it on to the big screen, here is the original book about the ogre who leaves his swampy home


behind and marries a stunningly ugly princess. An irresistibly comic, charming and cheery book we can highly recommend. Comes with CD and ages 4-8 will enjoy listening. Large softback. $9.99 NOW £4.50


70449 BIG PANTS, BURPY AND BUMFACE by Russell Ash


We can bet you have never met anyone with names like Grasshopper or Cabbagestalk or full names like Oofty Goofty Bowman, Goolsby Scroggins, Pincus Elephant or Minnie Fart, but they have all existed. When Wild Rose married a Mr Bull she became Wild Bull and when Truly Gold married Cary Boring she became Truly Boring! Big Pants was a member of the Sioux tribe at the time of the 1886 Indian census. Weird and wonderful names, incredible insults, curious creatures, bizarre bodies, dotty diseases, freaky food, comical clothing, mind-boggling music and more. Ages 9+. 320pp in paperback. £4.99 NOW £2.25


70451 THE MYSTERY OF THE DISAPPEARING CAT by Enid Blyton


Lady Candling’s prize Siamese cat has been stolen and the Five Find- Outers are on the case. Luke, the gardening boy, is the main suspect but Bets, Pip, Daisy, Larry and Fatty are sure he didn’t take the cat. They have their own suspicions - why is Mr Tupping, Lady Candling’s gardener, so unfriendly? And why won’t Mr Goon, the


village policeman, listen to them? 232pp in paperback. £5.99 NOW £2.50


70450 THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNT COTTAGE by Enid Blyton


Fatty, Larry, Daisy, Pip, Bets and Buster the dog turn detectives when a mysterious fire destroys a thatched cottage in their village. Calling themselves the ‘Five Find-Outers and Dog’, they set out to solve the mystery and discover the culprit. The final solution, however, surprises them almost as much as Mr. Goon, the village policeman. Can they solve this whodunnit? 216pp in paperback.


£5.99 NOW £2.50


70338 CASPER THE CATERPILLAR by Katy Hewat and David Dunston A wiggly eyes book which means you can poke two fingers through the holes into the stretchy yellow fabric onto which are stuck two big black bug eyes, all shiny and with white surrounds to make everyone laugh. Help Casper the Caterpillar find the perfect costume for the party. Visit Barty Beetle with him because Barty will know what to do. Meet his charmingly illustrated big bold colourful friends also with bug eyes along the way in this super story book. Ages two and up, big board pages, all in colour. ONLY £3.75


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 £2.25


69714 COLLECTIBLE TOYS COLLECTABLES


70837 COMICS SHOP by Maggie Thompson et al Comic books remain one of the most popular items for collectors, and the range available is immense, both in terms of content and prices. From a mint condition Batman No.1 for $315,000 to 1995’s slightly less celebrated Maniac Chainsaw Wielding Duckbilled Platypus (we kid you not!) for $1, there truly is something for everyone out there and this staggering volume from the


staff at Comics Buyers’ Guide shows you exactly that. The most extensive guide available, it provides coverage of over 150,000 comics, from the “Golden Age” of the 1930s up to 2010, including those all-important valuations. Organised alphabetically with over 3,000 identifying colour photos, there are also hundreds of brief introductory essays, an analysis of the multi-million dollar business of comic sales, an invaluable photographic guide to the grading of comics’ conditions and vital in terms of their value. Chunky 880pp softback on heavyweight paper, US edition but most of the publications covered were published over here too. £16.99 NOW £6


71028 ERROR WORLD by Simon Garfield


You will never lick a stamp in the same way again! Garfield has an Alan Bennett-style capacity to make us see what is odd. He describes how a childhood obsession with stamp collecting became a full-blown midlife crisis. He always dreamed of owning a rare stamp collection but little did he realise that there would be disastrous results. It is an eccentric and moving story of


getting older and not necessarily wiser and interweaves tales of Pelé’s World Cup shirt, the man who guards stamps for the Queen, and a woman who is terrified of the Post Office Tower. ‘My philatelic icon, a man who had the heroic name of Sir Gawain Baillie, had built up a collection worth more than ten million pounds, but his wife though it was worth £800,000.’ Taking us from James Bond to the Gibbons Catalogue and back, this is the ramblings of a very British male. 246pp in paperback.


£8.99 NOW £4


70079 BRITISH JIGSAW PUZZLES OF THE 20TH


CENTURY by Tom Tyler


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. 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


66743 SAXTON’S SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES by R.A. Skelton


Measures 34cm x 49cm and published in the Netherlands in 1974. At the time of his death in 1970, Dr Skelton had virtually finished the text which introduces the present facsimile of Saxton’s great wall map of 1583. It had been a cherished ambition of his that this extremely rare map should appear under his editorship as a Supplement to Imago Mundi, the international journal for the history of cartography. J.B. Harley of the University of Exeter has made few changes to the original draft and completed the footnotes and bibliography. The finely detailed facsimiles have been reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum from the original in the Map Room (Maps C.7d.7). Collector’s item. ONLY £26


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 tell the story of the world’s cultures in religious, social and economic evolution over many thousands of years. Coins 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. 96 pocket-sized pages, fine examples in colour. ONLY £3


68322 CARNIVAL MASKS OF VENICE: A


Photographic Essay by J.C. Brown Every year, in Venice more than anywhere else in Europe, the abstinent weeks of Lent are forgotten in the exuberant release of celebration that is carnival. Carnival masks have been worn to protect the wearers’ identities for the best part of 1,000 years, and with good reason. From the 13th century onwards the behaviour of Venetian carnival revellers became increasingly dissolute to the extent that to prevent debauchees from hiding their identities, more and more anti-mask laws were introduced, until finally in 1797 Napoleon’s occupying government banned the wearing of masks at all times. It was not until the 1970s that the tradition was revived and has since become the prevailing image of Venetian carnevale. A feast of colour and history. 96pp, 10½”×8½”.


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by David-Paul Gurney and Dominique Pascal This boxed set of three superbly illustrated chunky books will be a delight to collectors. Comprising Miniature Cars, Model Trains and Toy Soldiers, each book starts with an introduction and then goes on to illustrate and describe choice examples from a collector’s treasure- trove. Miniature cars in the early 20th century were predominantly cheap nickel models which could easily be stuffed into a pocket when the teacher approached, and were manufactured in great quantity by Charles Rossignol, Dinky and Corgi. At the other end of the scale were models of real cars, sometimes fitted with clockwork motors. Well over 300 models are pictured and described, covering the whole of the 20th century. The author covers large-scale locomotives and carriages in the main part of the book, and also HO gauge models which eventually replaced the earlier O and 1 gauges, featuring over 300 models in all with colour photos, dates and basic specifications. Toy soldiers inspire a perennial fascination and hours of patient wargaming, and the great strategist Winston Churchill had a collection of 15,000 models. 400 models pictured. Colour photos. Over 370 pages in each book. $29.95 NOW £10


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 £24


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 £34


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. With 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 £8


68873 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF CIGARS by Bernard Le Roy and Maurice Szafran This superbly produced history of cigars is joy to read. 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 £8.50


68972 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FURNITURE


by Frederick Litchfield A monumental, now classic tome. Here are the Middle Ages, encompassing 1,000 years from the fall of Rome to the 14th century, when the chair, the buffet and the dressoir were developed. Next is the Renaissance with its high-backed leather chairs and the Great Bed of Ware. Then comes the Jacobean age of settles, couches, presses, oak work chimney-pieces and panelling. The chapter on furniture of Eastern Countries shows the dexterity of the Chinese in manipulating wood, ivory and stone. The Georgian period that follows highlights famous names - Chippendale, Heppelwhite, Sheraton and the introduction of mahogany. The 19th century is split in two, with the second part focusing on the Great Exhibition, the V&A Museum and art nouveau. 459 very large pages, lavishly illus in b/w with lists of artists and manufacturers of furniture. £25 NOW £12.50


CRIME 71084 DEATH IN THE CITY


OF LIGHT by David King Subtitled ‘The True Story of the Serial Killer Who Terrorised Wartime Paris’, here is the most amazing true story since Agent Zigzag. In occupied Paris 1944 a swastika crowns the Eifel Tower. Nazis marched through the streets and citizens flee into clandestine escape networks. In the dark of the city, a madman is at work. At a chic Right


Bank address, a pile of dismembered bodies is discovered. Even in these sinister times, the crime scene is among the most harrowing veteran detective Georges Massu has ever seen. The property’s owner, well-to-do Dr Marcel Petiot immediately becomes the number one suspect, but he has vanished without a trace. As the police delve into the doctor’s past they uncover a disturbing history of violence and corruption. But soon the investigation leads to Gestapo files detailing Petiot’s involvement in the city’s secret escape network. Is Massu pursuing a sadistic serial killer or a hero of the Resistance? And who are the victims? Drawing on classified French files this is a gripping case. 416pp in large softback with eight pages of photos. £12.99 NOW £5


71095 MR BRIGGS’ HAT: A Sensational Account of Britain’s First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun On the evening of 9 July, 1864, the 9.45 from Fenchurch Street to Chalk Farm was late. Each carriage in those days was locked individually, with no corridor linking it to the other passengers, and when they arrived at Hackney, half way through the journey, the guard was called to the front of the train


where huge quantities of fresh blood had been discovered in an empty carriage by two young men who had just got on. The carriage was separated and taken to Bow depot, and the belongings left in the carriage were found to belong to Thomas Briggs, a 69-year old investment banker who after leaving his work in Lombard Street had gone to Peckham to visit his niece. On the return journey he was violently attacked and thrown on to the line at the east end of Victoria Park near the Mitford Castle pub. Left in the carriage were his bag, stick and instead of Briggs’s habitual top-hat, a strange hat belonging to someone else. Briggs never regained consciousness and died the next day. The owner of the hat was eventually hanged, but the author shows that there remain substantial doubts about his guilt. 339pp, photos. £16.99 NOW £5


70995 VICTORIAN CSI by William Guy, David Ferrier and William R. Smith First published in 1844 and here in facsimile, the first edition of William A. Guy’s ‘Principles of Forensic Medicine’ was published before the Whitechapel horrors and Jack the Ripper which pushed the emerging science to the forefront of the public’s consciousness. With this guide in hand, a detective could tell whether a victim had suffocated,


drowned, been shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, spontaneously combusted, frozen to death or expired due to starvation. Or, as the guide warns, not dead at all, but simply in a state of ‘suspended animation’. Suggestions include examining the face of the deceased for an ‘expression of angry resistance’, a clear indication of murder, and studying the demeanour of the nearest and dearest in cases of suspected ‘secret poisoning’. With original woodcuts, case notes and notes on identifying the corpse and walking the crime scene, much detail on blood stains, the nature of the wound, bruising, rigor mortis, temperatures and other medical evidence. 254pp in paperback.


£12.99 NOW £5


69232 SELLING HITLER by Robert Harris April 1945 - from the ruins of Berlin, a Luftwaffe transport plane takes off carrying secret papers belonging to Adolf Hitler. Half an hour later it crashes in flames. April 1983 - a German magazine offers to sell more than 50 volumes of Hitler’s secret diaries. The asking price is $4 million. Written with the pace of a thriller, ‘Selling Hitler’ tells the story of the biggest fraud in publishing history. Harris solves the mystery of how obvious fake was snatched as gold. 402pp in paperback with photos. £7.99 NOW £4


! 69476 CONNED: Scams,


Frauds and Swindles by James Morton and Hilary Bateson


From schemes to turn water into petrol and paper into banknotes, boiler room scams and forgers and fakers. There are imposters and conmen like Caroline Morgan, a 36 year old who at various times claimed she had brain, liver and bowel cancer and took a number of


unsuspecting men for £30,000, or Raymond Fernandez who married and cheated women out of all their money and was responsible for 17 women dying. 248pp in paperback with line art. £10.99 NOW £2.75


68906 EXECUTIONER: The Chronicles of a


Victorian Hangman by Stewart P. Evans When the public executioner William Marwood died in 1883, his friend John Berry applied for the post. Marwood had his own scientific system and Berry sought


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