August 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to the August 2023 newsletter from Stella and Rose's Books. The aim of our newsletter is to keep you informed of new information, articles and books available on our website.
As always, we hope this newsletter finds you and your family well. Our main news this month is our summer sale! Currently everything on our website is 15% off so hopefully you can find a bargain before the sale ends.
*** Summer Sale: 15% off everything! ***
If you're thinking of visiting the shop in the autumn, it's worth noting that the Wye Bridge in Monmouth will be closed for resurfacing for up to five weeks. Currently this is scheduled to start on October 16th. So, if you're visiting from the north, you'd need to come down the M5 rather than using the M50 through to Monmouth.
Both our articles this month feature the great outdoors. Chris heads underwater to explain her love of all water life, whereas Alison takes you on a local stroll through Monmouthshire following in the footsteps of Hando. Enjoy!
Water Life contributed by Chris
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Are you fascinated by water? I don’t mean the wet stuff that falls from the sky, but the places it ends up – in streams, rivers, lakes and the ocean. I’ve always had a fascination for water and the life contained in and around it. When travelling I try to look for a place to stay near a river as you can guarantee there will be something interesting to look at. Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Herbert Strang's Annual 17th Year written by Strang, Herbert & et al, & Hadath, Gunby & Bird, Richard & Dallas, Oswald | Tiger I on The Eastern Front written by Restayn, Jean | Falaise: The Flawed Victory written by Tucker-Jones, Anthony | Watership Down written by Adams, Richard |
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| Price: £35.00 £29.75 | Price: £22.00 £18.70 | Price: £35.00 £29.75 | Price: £42.00 £35.70 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS ANNUALS BOYS ANNUALS (BOYS) | Categorised in MILITARY MILITARY VEHICLES TANKS WORLD WAR II HISTORY | Categorised in MILITARY WORLD WAR II TANKS NAZIS HISTORY | Categorised in CHILDRENS ANIMAL STORY CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER |
| The Beano Book 1962 No author listed. | Man and The Land (NN 31) written by Stamp, L. Dudley | Billy Bunter's First Case written by Richards, Frank | Lotus Elan: The Complete Story (Crowood Autoclassics): written by Taylor, Mike |
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| Price: £82.00 £69.70 | Price: £24.00 £20.40 | Price: £35.00 £29.75 | Price: £30.00 £25.50 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS ANNUALS BEANO ANNUAL BEANO PRE1970 | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY NEW NATURALIST ECOLOGY FARMING HISTORY HISTORY (BRITISH) | Categorised in CHILDRENS BILLY BUNTER BOYS SCHOOL STORIES SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS) | Categorised in TRANSPORT CARS COMPANY HISTORY |
Walking in Seventy-year Footsteps - Hando's Monmouthshire Sketch Book contributed by Alison
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I’m new to Fred J. Hando’s books, but I instantly loved his interesting prose and writing style. Fred J. Hando (23rd March 1888- 17th February 1970) was from Newport, Wales, and a head teacher, artist and writer on the Monmouthshire and Gwent area. The main aim of his numerous books and newspaper articles was to “persuade readers to see the little places of a shy county.” A prolific writer of the local area, I would now follow him anywhere given a chance, even if just around the corner, because he would make it interesting, weaving a story from the history of the area that would make me see the view in a completely different way. Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| A Day In Fairy Land written by Rahmas, Sigrid | The Crimson Fairy Book written by Lang, Andrew | Old Inns written by Aldin, Cecil | Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969: A Comparative Review of The Artist's Signed Limited Edition Prints written by Gardner, Keith S. & Clark, Nigel D. |
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Circa 1952 It's a special day in Fairy Land for it is the Fairy Queen's Birthday and all the Fairies and Elves are preparing for the party which will take place in the Meadow Ballroom. Very large format - 18" x 14". Blue spine, pictorial boards. Gorgeous colour pictures of fairies plus colour decorations surrounding text. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier... Price: £200.00 £170.00 |
1st 1903 Crimson cloth, gilt title and vignette to spine and gilt decoration to front cover. Eight colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. 371 pages. All edges gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some slight scuffing and marking to covers and fading to spine. Tissue-guard to frontis is foxed and slightly torn. A couple of hinges are slightly pulled. Price: £180.00 £153.00 |
1st 1921 Limited Edition of 380 copies (300 for sale in UK, 50 in USA and 30 for presentation). Large format. White spine with gilt title, cream boards with gilt and black title to front. 16 tipped-in colour plates, mounted on brown paper with captioned tissue-guards. Numerous b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. SIGNED by the author/artist to limitation page... Price: £160.00 £136.00 |
1st 1986 Title to spine is 'Sir William Russell Flint R.A. A Catalogue Raisonne'. This is the De Luxe Edition, limited to 1500 copies of which nos 1-500 are De Luxe. Large format. Blue leather binding, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Colour illustrations with facing text. End of volume is Flint's engravings. Spine is very slightly discoloured/faded. This is copy 334 of 500... Price: £400.00 £340.00 |
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View From Eagles Nest (Chris Bryant) |
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The Stella & Rose's Books Team
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