Bookseller Elaine Beardsell retires from Toll House Bookshop

Aug 20 2009 By Hazel Ettienne

Bookseller Elaine retires from Toll House Bookshop

Elaine, who lives in Holmbridge, is one of only a handful of female members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. She is looking forward to attending book sales and fairs.

Elaine and Chris are also hoping to travel extensively around Britain. She said: “We are looking forward to visiting many of the places which we have only sold guidebooks about in the past.”

Elaine’s Top Five books

1: Emma by Jane Austen

2: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

3: Dr Thorne by Anthony Trollope

4: Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

5: Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon

Top Five asked for books in her book shop

1: The Crowthers of Bankdam by Thomas Armstrong

2: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

3: The History of Kirkburton and Graveship of Holme by H J Morehouse

4: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

5: The David Brown Tractor Story by Stuart Gibbard