Shop Window | The Cobham Bookshop

Our window displays are mainly crafted from the card, glitter and other materials available at Farrants on Cobham High Street. Inspired by nature and literature, we aim for pleasure rather than perfection.

Here are some examples of our attempts.

We Can Deliver! May 2020.

Egyptian Window February 2020
There’s a Tutankhamun exhibition on in London and it inspired us to create an Egyptian window. Our children’s section is well-stocked with books about Tutankhamun, Ancient Egypt, and mythology, and we have plenty of mythology and history titles for adults too.

Chris Wormell’s Christmas Window 2019

We were lucky enough to have Chris Wormell creating unique artworks for our Christmas window. His new book The Magic Place is a fantastic Christmas gift for children. Click on the images to see the bigger picture.

Valentine’s Day 2018

Christmas 2017

London

Spring 2017

Mothering Sunday 2017

Leap In by Alexandra Heminsley

Christmas 2016

Halloween ’16

Autumn Cookery with signed copies of Nadiya’s cookery books

The Vikings are Coming!

Sharks, Whales and Water

Shakespeare 400th Anniversary

Valentine’s Day 2016

Christmas 2015
In one window we adapted a scene from the stunning illustrations by Sanna Annukka in the new edition of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen.

For the children’s window we were lucky enough to be given some beautiful graphics celebrating A Boy Called Christmas, the new book by Matt Haig.

Halloween 2015

Mikhail Bulgakov’s ‘The Heart of a Dog’
Copied from the gorgeous Vintage Books edition.
Vintage publishes several books by Bulgakov, and we often recommend his work. Try ‘The Heart of a Dog’, ‘A Country Doctor’s Notebook’ or ‘The Master and Margarita’ to find yourself immersed in the anarchic, satirical world of Bulgakov and his view of early twentieth-century Russia. He’s unforgettable and thoroughly enjoyable.