February 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to the February 2024 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.
The first of high tides this year coincided with a lot of rain and thus the River Wye burst its banks and flooded the road outside the shop. Thankfully it came no closer than the pavement. The local authorities are very helpful and close the road while it's flooded - preventing passing cars from causing tidal waves that flood the houses and shops! This can mean the road being closed for around an hour which does test the patience of some drivers. We appreciate their patience - and at least they have a nice view to enjoy!
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Meanwhile, in book news, we have almost finished stock recording all the New Naturalists we mentioned in our previous newsletter.
We also have a 'Post-January Blues' sale running with 15% off everything on our website! Be quick - the sale ends February 29th!
Our article and featured book this month cover quite a spectrum - Haynes Workshop Manuals to Alice in Wonderland! Enjoy!
Haynes Workshop Manuals contributed by Lisa
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I have been asked to write an article for the Stella & Rose’s Books monthly newsletter and, as it is my first one, I thought what better than to write about a particular type of book of which I have quite a few! I imagine that many readers will also have at least one in their collection or have seen them. I am referring to Haynes Workshop Manuals. Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| The Natural History of Selborne written by White, Gilbert & Thomas, Keith | Graphic War The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II written by Nijboer, Donald | The Common Lands of England and Wales (nn 45) written by Stamp, L. Dudley & Hoskins, W.G. | Just William written by Crompton, Richmal |
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| Price: £55.25 | Price: £13.60 | Price: £25.50 | Price: £13.60 |
| Categorised in FOLIO SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL SOUTH EAST UK HAMPSHIRE | Categorised in MILITARY WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY NEW NATURALIST TOPOGRAPHY (UK) TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL) WALES | Categorised in CHILDRENS SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS) SCHOOL STORIES BOYS |
| Severn Enterprise: The Story of Old and New Passenger Ferries written by Jordan, Christopher | Gimlet Takes A Job written by Johns, W.E. | Lived In London: Blue Plaques and The Stories Behind Them written by Cole, Emily | Seven Pillars of Wisdom written by Lawrence, T.E. |
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| Price: £10.20 | Price: £76.50 | Price: £34.00 | Price: £40.80 |
| Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORY (BRITISH) FOREST OF DEAN MARITIME | Categorised in CHILDRENS GIMLET BOYS BOYS ADVENTURE | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) LONDON HISTORY HISTORY (BRITISH) | Categorised in BIOGRAPHY ARABIA MILITARY MIDDLE EAST HISTORY |
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There contributed by Joanne
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There was first published in December 1871 and is the sequel to Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (1865), by author Lewis Carroll. Alice again enters a fantastical and nonsensical world, but is this the Wonderland that she happened upon once a lazy dream ago, when she followed the White rabbit down that hole? This time it is snowing outside so she is playing inside with two kittens, a black one called Kitty and a white one called Snowdrop, so this is quite different to the sunny day when she entered Wonderland previously. But again, we see the 'dream' quality - is this a prerequisite for entering fantastical and wondrous worlds? Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Rupert Annual 1944 - Rupert In More Adventures written by Bestall, Alfred | History of The Outer Hebrides written by Mackenzie, W.C. | Five Run Away Together written by Blyton, Enid | The Three Musketeers written by Dumas, Alexandre & Fraser, George Macdonald |
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| 1944 Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert with chums, waving from a tree. First story Rupert and Rollo. 119 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. Covers a little edge rubbed, some light marks to front cover. Name and address in ink to belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Light page browning and some light foxing else contents clean. A nice copy. Price: £153.00 | 1st thus 1974 Reprinted from the 1903 edition. Covering in considerable detail all that is known (or was known in 1903) of the highly complex history of the western isles. Blue boards with gilt titles. 623 pages. Spine bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is browned and edge worn. Price: £250.75 | 1st 1944 Blue boards with black titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w and two-colour illustrations. Colour frontis. The third Famous Five book. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some very faint white spots to spine edges and a light tape(?) mark to rear cover and spine. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is... Price: £2635.00 | 1st thus 2021 Full blocked burgundy leather with gilt titles. Limited edition of 750 copies with an original,tipped in etching printed under the artist's supervision, and signed and numbered by the artist. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Copy 183 of 750 SIGNED by the artist to numbered original print. This is a lovely copy... Price: £552.50 |
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Best regards,
The Stella & Rose's Books Team
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