Collection: Children and Illustrated 2023
It’s good to be back. My last catalogue was before the pandemic, in 2019. Typically I would aim to issue two a year, in Spring and Autumn, but everything changed in early 2020, and we all know the rest. Our selling model reverted online. Fortunately for us our IT guru had already led us a way down the road to internet success and we came to be very grateful.
As the non-furloughed worker permitted to travel to the shop the first few months were hectic. I drove in everyday, sometimes twice. There was no traffic at all on the 5-mile trip. Once I didn’t even need to stop for a light, just sailed on past at 30mph not even slowing down until I parked up outside. So there were benefits.
Ray our dispatch manager and I were dealing with over forty orders a week, often for multiple books and prints. We had a conveyor system going with me processing the paperwork and finding things on the shelves and laying them out in a snaking line across cupboards and sometimes the floor. We were a team.
The effects though run deep. It has taken nearly four years to rebuild the stock to a level where I could even contemplate a catalogue, and the luxury of holding books back for it. A good portion of the material here is off the market, not on the internet nor on show in the shop. Old-fashioned bookselling. I’m not sure it’s the best way but it is my way.
I hope you find something to tempt you. I always welcome wants lists so, if you don’t see anything to buy but would still like to stay on the mailing list, feel free to outline what you’re looking for in an email to me at rh@sotherans.co.uk. I make a note of these things and always try to channel my books to the right people.
Best wishes to you all. And thank you for sticking with us!
As the non-furloughed worker permitted to travel to the shop the first few months were hectic. I drove in everyday, sometimes twice. There was no traffic at all on the 5-mile trip. Once I didn’t even need to stop for a light, just sailed on past at 30mph not even slowing down until I parked up outside. So there were benefits.
Ray our dispatch manager and I were dealing with over forty orders a week, often for multiple books and prints. We had a conveyor system going with me processing the paperwork and finding things on the shelves and laying them out in a snaking line across cupboards and sometimes the floor. We were a team.
The effects though run deep. It has taken nearly four years to rebuild the stock to a level where I could even contemplate a catalogue, and the luxury of holding books back for it. A good portion of the material here is off the market, not on the internet nor on show in the shop. Old-fashioned bookselling. I’m not sure it’s the best way but it is my way.
I hope you find something to tempt you. I always welcome wants lists so, if you don’t see anything to buy but would still like to stay on the mailing list, feel free to outline what you’re looking for in an email to me at rh@sotherans.co.uk. I make a note of these things and always try to channel my books to the right people.
Best wishes to you all. And thank you for sticking with us!
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ANDERSON, Robert (described by). William SMITH, Jr. (illustrator). Deeside.
- Regular price
- £68.00
- Sale price
- £68.00
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ARNOLD, Hugh (author). Lawrence B. SAINT (illustrator). Stained Glass of the Middle Ages in England and France.
- Regular price
- Sold out
- Sale price
- £148.00
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AUSTEN, Jane (author). Hugh THOMSON (illustrator). Pride and Prejudice.
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- Sold out
- Sale price
- £1,395.00
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AUSTIN, Mary (author). Sutton PALMER (illustrator). California. The Land of the Sun.
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- Sold out
- Sale price
- £248.00
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BAGOT, Richard (described by). Ella DU CANE (illustrator). The Italian Lakes.
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- Sold out
- Sale price
- £148.00
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BALLINGTON BOOTH, Maud (author). Alice FARNSWORTH-DREW (illustrator). Lights of Child-Land.
- Regular price
- £128.00
- Sale price
- £128.00
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BLACK INTEREST - BANNERMAN, Helen (author and illustrator). The Story of Little Black Quibba.
- Regular price
- £598.00
- Sale price
- £598.00
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BESANT, Walter and Walter POLLOCK (authors). Chris HAMMOND and A. JULE GOODMAN (illustrators). The Charm and other Drawing-Room Plays.
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- Sold out
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- £98.00
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BRADLEY, A.G. (author). Sutton PALMER (illustrator). Rivers and Streams of England.
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- £188.00
- Sale price
- £188.00
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BUNYAN, John (author). William STRANG (illustrator). The Pilgrim's Progress.
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- Sold out
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- £148.00
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CAINE, W. Ralph Hall (author). A. Heaton COOPER (illustrator). Isle of Man.
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- Sold out
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- £128.00
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CALVERT, Albert. F. (author) Trevor HADDON (illustrator). Southern Spain.
- Regular price
- £138.00
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- £138.00
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CAMPBELL, Wilfred (author). and T. MOWER (illustrator). Canada.
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- Sold out
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- £168.00
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CARROLL, Lewis (author) John TENNIEL (illustrator). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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- Sold out
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- £898.00
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CARROLL, Lewis (author). John TENNIEL (illustrator). Louise AROSENIUS (translator). Alices Äfventyr I Sagolandet.
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- Sold out
- Sale price
- £598.00
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COOK, E.T. (described by). Beatrice PARSONS (illustrator). Gardens Of England.
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- Sold out
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- £128.00
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COMPTON, E.T Harrison and E. Harrison COMPTON (illustrators) J. F. DICKIE (described by). Germany.
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- Sold out
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- £248.00
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DE HAENEN, F. (illustrator). G. DOBSON (described by). St. Petersburg.
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- Sold out
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- £148.00
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DISRAELI, Benjamin (author). Fred PEGRAM (illustrator). Sybil, or the Two Nations.
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- Sold out
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- £88.00
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DU CANE, Ella (illustrator). Florence DU CANE (author). The Flowers and Gardens of Japan.
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- Sold out
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- £148.00
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DULAC, Edmund (illustrator). Edward FITZGERALD (translator). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
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- Sold out
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- £498.00
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DULAC, Edmund (illustrator). Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (author). Tanglewood Tales.
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- Sold out
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- £268.00
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EDGEWORTH, Mrs. (author). Carl SCHLOESSER (illustrator). Ormond, A Tale.
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- Sold out
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- £68.00
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ELKINGTON, E. Way (author). Norman H. HARDY (illustrator). The Savage South Seas. Painted by Norman H. Hardy.
- Regular price
- £198.00
- Sale price
- £198.00
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FOOTBALL - GIBSON, Alfred & William PICKFORD. Association Football and the men who made it.
- Regular price
- Sold out
- Sale price
- £950.00
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FORMILLI, C.T.G. (author and illustrator). The Stones of Italy.
- Regular price
- £98.00
- Sale price
- £98.00
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FULLEYLOVE, John (illustrator). J.A. McCLYMONT (author). Greece.
- Regular price
- Sold out
- Sale price
- £288.00
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GOFF, Clarissa (text) and Colonel R. C. GOFF (illustrations). Florence & Some Tuscan Cities.
- Regular price
- Sold out
- Sale price
- £188.00
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