Just ten smart soldiers. Or the iron arm of a tyrannical empire, depending on your history.
This is an illustration from a Boy’s Own annual from 1894.
A Christmas Baber from our Childrens Books in the Special Collections.
This year we’re bringing you seasonal delights from the Special Collections, Museum of English Rural Life, Herbarium, Cole Musuem of Zoology and Typography Collections at the University of Reading. Tune in all month!
Who’s looking forward to Turkey? We have plenty of 1950s toys in the Museum of English Rural Life collection, and we would love a piece of this miniature poultry.
This year we’re bringing you seasonal delights from the Special Collections, Museum of English Rural Life, Herbarium, Cole Musuem of Zoology and Typography Collections at the University of Reading. Tune in all month!
This is a very special first American edition The Wind in the Willows, held by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. It’s signed:
to
Alastair Grahame
from his affectionate father
Kenneth Grahame
Cookham Dean
Oct. 1908
The classic tale of Mole, Rat, Mr Badger and Mr Toad was originally a series of bed-time stories written specifically for Alastair, who tragically died young in his second year at the University of Oxford in 1920.
You can learn more about this book on the Bodleian’s Rare Books website.