Not only vinyl, but bakelite too

We have a selection of VERY old bakelite 78s as well as a good stock of vinyl records at our 61 Burleigh Street shop.

New stock going out nearly every day, and some interesting pieces turning up, including a blue vinyl that's almost transparent.

Round-up on Exmoor

 Round-up on Exmoor by  Mary de la Mahotière. Collectible-quality pony book with bright, clean dust-jacket.

A.E. Housman First Edition

Not quite as exciting as it sounds because, although this is indeed an A.E. Housman first edition from 1905, it's his scholarly latin edition of Juvenal's Satires.

It's been through the mill and clearly used intensively for its original purpose of teaching, but still a fascinating bit of history.

£55 at our Mill Road bookshop.

Ship in a bottle

This is the Cutty Sark; we also have two bottles with the Golden Hind.

Ideal gifts for anyone interested in the history of seafaring.

Art and photography books

Check out this week's window display of art and photography books at 188 Mill Road. Very many thanks to the generous donor.

We also have a large number of fresh items in crime fiction and military history. We're continuing with one of our customers suggestion of a "new this week" section so that our regular visitors can easily locate what's changed since their last visit.

The shop's next open on Thursday.

The alabaster hand and other ghost stories

A.N.L. Munby was a fellow of King's College, Cambridge and wrote these ghost stories while a prisoner of war in Germany.

Considering the popularity of the slightly earlier ghost stories of M.R. James, it's surprising that these are not better known as any fan of James should love them: the volume might truthfully have been entitled, Ghost Stories of Another Antiquary, except that I imagine doing so would have infringed copyright.

A fairly rare book, not readily found and apparently not available as print on demand.

Cruden's Complete Concordance

Alexander Cruden was the first person to produce a complete concordance of the bible (basically a sorted list of all words with a line of context). Today this can be done by computer in a matter of moments, but in the eighteenth century the only way of achieving this was by laborious hand-sorting.

The book we have is the 1909 edition, with a small amount of damage to the binding, but still a handsome book and with a brief life of Cruden at the front. The print is extremely small, although clear and readable with a magnifying glass.

Cruden's concordance was the standard tool for theology students until very recently and this book forms an interesting link with past generations in Cambridge.

The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton

The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton, by Kathryn Hughes. Biography of Mrs Beeton (of Household Management fame). Available now in the Biography section at our charity bookshop, 188 Mill Road, Cambridge.

Dining table

£60 at our charity shop at 61 Burleigh Street, Cambridge. Compatible chairs also available.

Moondrop to Gascony: Anne-Marie Walters

Moondrop to Gascony, Anne-Marie Walters. The WW2 memoirs of a young SOE agent in occupied France. Hardback copy of the 2nd printing with dust jacket (dust jacket in poor condition). On sale at the RSPCA bookshop, 188 Mill Road, Cambridge.

Frances Faviell: A Chelsea Concerto

A Chelsea Concerto, by Frances Faviell (pseudonym of Olivia Parker). Rare copy of the reminiscences of a voluntary Air Raid Precautions warden during the Blitz. Very good condition, with original dust jacket (jacket slightly worn). £45 at the RSPCA Bookshop, 188 Mill Road, Cambridge.

Fénélon, François de Salignac de la Mothe

Lettres sur divers sujets concernant la religion et la métaphysique, François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénélon. 1718 edition with interesting bookplate of Viscount Montague. £55 at our charity bookshop, 188 Mill Road, Cambridge.

Bookplate

Title page

Lettres sur divers sujets concernant la religion et la métaphysique / par François de Salignac de la Motte Fenelon.

Bibliographic Record

• Main author: Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.
  
• Title: Lettres sur divers sujets concernant la religion et la métaphysique / par François de Salignac de la Motte Fenelon.
  
• Published: A Paris : Chez Jacques Estienne, 1718.
  
• Description: [24], 278 p. ; 18 cm. (12mo)
  

John Cowper Powys: The Brazen Head

The Brazen Head, by John Cowper Powys. Available at our bookshop, 188 Mill Road. Good reading quality hardback.

Work off that Xmas flab!

Nearly new rowing machine donated to our charity shop at 61 Burleigh Street, Cambridge.

Ursula Le Guin: Four Ways to Forgiveness

Ursula Le Guin: Four Ways to Forgiveness, hardback with dust jacket in good reading condition. Available now at our bookshop, 188 Mill Road, Cambridge

Brian Stableford: The Empire of Fear

First edition hardback, signed by author. Very good condition with dust jacket intact.

Now at our bookshop at 188 Mill Road, Cambridge.

The British Character

The British Character - Studied and Revealed by Pont of Punch, introduction by E. M. Delafield (author of the Provincial Lady series. Available at 188 Mill Road, Cambridge. We also have its sequel; The British Carry On

Observers Book of Dogs

Observers Book of Dogs: Clifford L B Hubbard

Good reading copy of the 1960s edition. Interesting photographs which illustrate how much some breeds have changed over a half-century. Available at 188 Mill Road bookshop.

Birds in Medieval Manuscripts

Birds in Medieval Manuscripts by Brunsdon Yapp. Fantastic colour and black and white reproductions of bird pictures. £10 at 188 Mill Road, Cambridge.

Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context

Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context, Stanley J. Grenz and John Franke. Available at our 188 Mill Road bookshop.

Sir Arthur Eddington: Fundamental Theory

First edition of Eddington's last work on the theory of physics.

This is the same Eddington after whom our animal clinic is named. We think he must have left some money which was used to fund the building of the (then) new clinic on Great Eastern Street which opened in 1950, four years after Eddington's death.

Available at 188 Mill Road, priced at £20.00

Summer of the great secret

Summer of the great secret, by Monica Edwards. Ist edition, Collins Hardback, no dust jacket, but excellent reading copy. £5 at our shop at 188 Mill Road, Cambridge.