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Seasonal Subscriptions

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Poetry Gift Accompaniment

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Mother's Day Subscription

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The Collectors Bookcase- Secondhand books

The King's General by Daphne Du Maurier

£10.00

The Railway Children by E.Nesbit

£6.00

The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan

£8.00

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

£6.00

Emma by Jane Austen

£6.50

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

£8.00

Persuasion by Jane Austen

£8.00

Wind In The Willows Box Set

£25.00

The Wonder Book Of Nature

£7.50

Dual Book- Bambi's Children by Felix Salten & Old Rosie, The Horse Nobody Understood by Lilian Moore and Leone Adelson

£5.50

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

£6.50

Treasure Island by R.L.Stevenson

£6.50

Lorna Doone by R.D.Blackmore

£10.00

Poems Of Lord Tennyson- Introduction by Charles Tennyson (Grandson)

£18.00

The World Of Children- Educational Children's Compendium

£40.00

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

£25.00

The Christopher Robin Verses by A.A.Milne

£65.00

A Bear Called Paddington by Micheal Bond

£50.00

A collection of Paddington books by Michael Bond

£80.00

Food From Your Garden- Reader's Digest

£45.00

sold out

The Gremlins by Roald Dahl; Walt Disney (collab) SOLD

£120.00

sold out

The Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien SOLD

£15.00

The Collectors Bookcase~ rare & second-hand books

An evening spent designing a poster to say we are here! ✨

With subscriptions starting to fill up (a huge thank you to all our new seasonal subscribers, there are going to be lots of mums delighted this weekend with their personalised book subscripti

✨Only one week until Mother’s Day, are you ready?✨

Celebrate your mum with a gift she can return to again and again, a thoughtful Mother’s Day treat made for slow evenings, warm drinks, and getting completely lost in a good story.

This

✨Happy International Women’s Day ✨

I started gathering some of my favourite female authors for today, but the stack quickly became far too high, a wonderful problem to have.

The women we celebrate today are the reason that I can not only have

This morning’s reading choices 📖

Books that find joy in the rain and in the garden, where seagulls cheekily steal your lunch and stories make you giggle because they “tickle you under there!”

A tiny pocket of calm before the day

There’s something magical about the joy of reading ✨📖

Not just stories that take you to faraway places, but books that bring your family together right at the kitchen table.

Tonight, we dusted off a second-hand cookery book and turned its w

✨ Hello March ✨
 This month sees us celebrate new life with the new season and celebrate the women who raised us, guided us, and loved us endlessly ❤️ 🌼

Mother’s Day is coming, and this year we’re making it extra special with our Mothe

A days worth of reading 📖

Books mixed in with toys, puzzles on the floor, pages turned between giggles and questions (in this house its mostly Quack? Which translates to are there any ducks? 🦆)

Nothing fancy, just books being part of our everyd

An evening well spent working late on a new collection for the website and enjoying every part of the process. It’s always a challenge not to keep all these incredible books, but that’s part of the joy of curating.

Its been so lovely th

Some beautiful new editions have arrived at LT, perfect for The Collectors Bookcase 📚

Our online Collectors Bookcase showcases secondhand and rare editions, perfect for curious collectors and growing readers.

I will be uploading more to our websi

✨New blog~ How to encourage a growing reader?✨

As my son reaches 18 months and insists on choosing a book to read before allowing us to eat breakfast, I thought I would share a few simple ways I’ve encouraged his journey so far as a growing re

Happy Pancake Day 🥞

There’s something about the smell of butter, sugar, and sliced bananas that instantly lifts my mood. Last month, I stumbled across a second-hand copy of River Cottage Cookbook at my local bus stop, and I haven’t stop

✨See inside some of the latest additions of second-hand & rare editions✨

There is such joy when opening an old book to discover incredible illustrations throughout. Upon valuing our latest collection I discovered some beautiful illustrations fro

✨Need a gift that’s beautiful, meaningful, and made to be treasured? ✨

A thoughtfully chosen book is more than just a present; it is a lasting keepsake that carries stories, memories, and emotion with every page. Our special gift editions are

📚Book Club📚

Are you looking for a book club that truly fits your schedule? One where you don’t have to worry about childcare, leaving your furry friends behind, or pushing through a tough day just to make it out the door? With our online boo

This evenings set up completing valuations for a selection of secondhand books for the website and a few valuation requests 📚

After spending the day outside surrounded by snowdrops and a giggling toddler it is nice to slow down and end the day sur

Fresh books. Weekends walking in muddy puddles. And one little boy who can’t get enough of ducks 🦆💛

Starting the weekend at the @thewafflehouseuk (highly recommend) we wondered around a very wet Verulamium Park looking for ducks. We found lo

Morning light spills in as I open his blind, soft and gold and slow, and before the day can begin there’s only one rule… we have to read the duck book first. Always the duck book. Little hands flipping the worn pages, him smiling and say

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