Five of the Best Books for Children
barbara | October 10, 2015
Five of the Best Books for Children Someone recently challenged Barbara Chalk, the proprietor of Rare & Antique Books, to choose five of the best books for children from the Rare and Antique booksite. This…
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Five Facts about J.R.R. Tolkien books
barbara | October 6, 2015
Rare and Antique Books hold some of Tolkien’s most famous and rare first edition novels – the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These fantasy stories are not written purely from Tolkien’s imagination –…
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Rare books as unusual Christmas gifts.
barbara | September 25, 2015
Christmas gifts – how about a book? We all like a good read. Although the Kindle continues to gain popularity, especially as an alternative to holiday suitcases brimming with books, there’s still nothing quite like…
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Alice In Wonderland – The Charm And Value of Early Publications
barbara | September 17, 2015
We were recently asked for advice from a Canadian customer about his early edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Whilst responding, it got us thinking a blog would be useful on this complex subject –…
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What gift do you give the person who has everything?
barbara | September 11, 2015
It seems the later you get on in life, the harder it is to find something special or different as a gift for a loved one or friend. So often when asked, they say “really,…
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A. A. Milne – A literary success
barbara | September 3, 2015
“Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.” said A. A. Milne. Allen Alexander Milne was to create happiness for many adults and children with his verses and tales of…
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A Whizz through Arthur Rackham and his use of the Silhouette in Cinderella
barbara | August 27, 2015
“Rackham gave his talk on Silhouettes to the Art Workers’ Guild in November 1919, the month in which Cinderella, the first of his two great silhouette books, was published. Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty differed…
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Passing on Treasured Books – it’s a mixed feeling!
barbara | August 18, 2015
With much excitement (and a touch of sadness which I’ll explain later) we recently sold a rare, first edition set of The Chronicles of Narnia books and it started me thinking about the rather wonderful…
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Florence Upton-The Original Golliwogg Illustrator.
barbara | August 17, 2015
Rare and Antique Books feature many iconic illustrated children’s books and one of the most influential of the characters is the Golliwogg created by Florence Upton. Clearly the character is now culturally controversial, yet in it’s…
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First edition childrens books – a novel trend in birthday presents?
rob perry | March 24, 2015
First edition children’s books as a present? Struggling for ideas for a special birthday present for your loved one? For a while Red Letter Days had the answer but is there an emerging trend for…
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