A book every collector will need! - Rated 
This most wonderful book shows photos of all the major collectors items which have ever been produced. Apart from these beautiful photos you will find detailed descriptions of the items and the dates when they were produced. It covers the past products which unfortunately are not being made any longer, the products currently in production as well as the newest items only just on the market. Louise Irvine did a great job in writing this book and every true collector will now start hunting for the pieces he did not even know existed.
This book is superb and a "must buy" for "BH" collectors - Rated
Louise Irvine has taken on the daunting task of identifying and photo cataloguing every item of major significance related to the community of English mice, known as the Brambly Hedge. These critters first appeared on the literary scene in 1980, in the form of the first four books by authoress, Jill Barklem. Since the introduction of the Spring; Summer; Autumn; and Winter "Stories" there have been no fewer than 2 dozen companies from all over the world with lines of merchandise with everything from China plates, figures in china, resin, and pewter, to stationery and even cosmetics in which to feature the mice made famous in Ms. Barklem's extremely eloquent and exquistitely illustrated children's books.
The Collector's Book has an introduction of the general story of Jill and how she came to write and illustrate her stories and then proceeds to chronicle the modern day merchandising phenomena of this fantastically popular community of mice. The chapters are listed in descending order of the most prolific of the Brambly Hedge Licensees....32 pages devoted to Royal Doulton, with pictures of everything ever available from them, followed by a 27 page chapter devoted to Border Fine Arts and Enesco.
One of the hardest things to accomplish as a Brambly Hedge collector is to determine what is existent in the different lines of products, much less view a picture of nearly every Item. Louise has provided the pictures to please the curious. The "BH" story which accompanies them is every bit as interesting to this collector. Thank you, Jill Barklem, for your creativity and magnificent artistry captured in your eight wonderfully illustrated children's books. Thank you Louise for the dogged persuit needed to put this fantastically documented and illustrated volume out there for the the consuming Brambly Hedge public to 'devour', as I am sure that they will.
Best of luck and fortune to you and the Publishers of this volume.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would have to give it a 12 plus!
From a devoted "Brambly Hedger", Jo Ann Travis, Texas USA
PS I orginally wrote this review 4 days ago, and thought that I'd submitted it. As it hasn't appeared on the web site, I thought I would re-enter it, so forgive me if it now shows up twice! The praise is greatly deserved and bears repeating!
This book is superb and a "must buy" for "BH" collectors! - Rated
Louise Irvine has taken on the daunting task of identifying and photo cataloguing every Item of major significance related to the extremely popular community of English mice known as the Brambly Hedge. These critters first appeared on the literary scene in 1980 in the form of the first four books by authoress, Jill Barklem. Since the introduction of the Spring; Summer; Autumn; and Winter "Stories" there have been no fewer than 2 dozen companies from all over the world with lines of merchandise with everything from China to stationery and even cosmetics in which to feature the furry critters made famous in Ms. Barklem's extremely eloquent and exquisitely illustrated childrens' books.
The Collectors book has an introduction of the general story of Jill and how she came to write and illustrate her stories and then proceeds to chronicle the modern day phenomena of the merchandising of this fantastically popular community of mice. The chapters are then listed according to the most prolific of the Brambly Hedge Licensees....32 pages devoted to Royal Doulton with pictures of everything ever available from them, followed by a 27 page chapter devoted to Border Fine Arts and Enesco.
One of the hardest things to do as a Brambly Hedge collector is find out what is existent in the different lines of products, much less view a picture of each and every Item. Louise has provided the pictures to please the curious. The "BH" story which accompanies them is every bit as entertaining to this collector. Thank you Jill Barklem for your creativity and magnificent artistry captured in your wonderful stories and illustrations. Thank you Louise for your dogged pursuit of putting this fantastically documented and illustrated volume out there for the consuming Brambly Hedge public to 'devour' as I am sure that they will. Best of luck and fortune to you and the Publishers on this volume.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would have to give it a 12 plus!
From a devoted "Brambly Hedger", Jo Ann Travis, Texas USA.
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