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The Borrowers Afield

Choosing your next book isn’t a choice to be made lighthandedly. After all, you’re about to invest a significant amount of time immersing yourself into a different reality, and that reality, preferably, should be one that you truly enjoy. While some books find you accidentally, almost like fate putting it into your hands; others might catch your eye with their fancifully designed cover (though you should never judge a book by its cover, of course). There are also a myriad of lists made by…

Four years after Penguin Books had been founded by Sir Allen Lane, the idea for Puffin Books was hatched in 1939 when Noel Carrington, at the time an editor for Country Life books, met him and proposed a series of children's non-fiction picture books, inspired by the brightly coloured lithographed books mass-produced at the time for Soviet children. Lane saw the potential, and the first of the picture book series were published the following year. The name "Puffin" was a natural companion to…

'It would be hard to imagine a more thoughtful, intelligent and companionable person to go to sea with than Paul Heiney.' Bill Bryson'High comedy on the high se…

“About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives

Puffin book classics

Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Wuthering Heights Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this bold edition of Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff, an orphan, is raised by Mr Earnshaw as one of his own children. Hindley despises him but wild Cathy becomes his constant companion, and he falls deeply in love with her. But when she will not marry him, Heathcliff's terrible vengeance…

Hero Tales from the British Isles by Barbara Leonie Picard. Illustrated by Gay Galsworthy. Published by Puffin. 1966. Paperback. 187pp. Condition: Good - creasing to covers, bumpig to extremities. Toning and browning through age. Please note: We are a UK seller and the book will be shipped from the UK. This Etsy shop is a decorative/curio division of our British bookshop - Books on Sea. We have been dealing in Antiquarian and specialist contemporary titles for over 30 years. We offer a…