shewhomust | Let there be more books!

There was a book sale in St Nic's church hall yesterday, in aid of VSO. So naturally we went, and naturally we bought...

durham_rambler chose:

God's Worried, Roger Woddis: "Satirical verse from the New Statesman"
Mendeleyev's Dream, Paul Strathern: "Mendeleyev was in the habit of having his hair cut annually. At the onset of the warmer spring weather, he would summon a local shepherd, who would attend to this matter with sheep shears."
About Britain No. 10: The Lakes to Tyneside: Not in great condition, but this was a lovely series of guides, produced for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and this one has an introduction by Sid Chaplin
Wild Cards, The Second Virago Anthology of Writing Women: I think for the Fiona Ritchie Walker poems...
A Kentish Lad, Frank Muir: His autobiography. On Take It From Here: "We auditioned many girls for the actress job and had pretty well settled on Prunella Scales, whose readings were excellent, when we heard one last girl, a singer / actress from the chorus of South Pacific named June Whitfield." One of those moments at which time lines diverge.
The Cheyne Mystery, Freeman Wills Crofts: When I asked durham_rambler why he wanted this, he said: "For the cover, mostly" (it's a green penguin).
Spring Fever, The Precarious Future of Britain's Flora and Fauna, Phillip Gates: Well, well, it's Phil Gates. This book on how climate change will affect Britain's wildlife was published in 1992, before it was such a high profile issue. It'll be interesting to revisit this one...

And this was my haul:

Larousse Pocket Guide: Birds of Britain and Ireland: because we have a bird book but it's falling apart.
Shetland, Land of the Ocean, Colin Baxter and Jim Crumley: Big book! Pretty pictures!
The Nine Tailors, Dorothy L. Sayers
Murder Must Advertise, Dorothy L. Sayers: Matching Gollancz editions, worn and a little grubby, but you so rarely see old hardbacks now, that it's hard to walk away and leave them.
The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson: Gollancz again, this one a rather cleaner copy despite being even older (1928). Many stories...
The Border Ballads, James Reed: An introduction to the ballads, with an emphasis on the regional background.
How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff: Much praised, has to be worth a try.
What is it, Tink, is Pan in Trouble?, G. B. Trudeau: Another Doonesbury update for my collection!
Household Tales, The Brothers Grimm: How many collections of Grimm's tales does anyone need? Fair question, but this is the Everyman edition, with Eric Ravilious illustrations.