This Month - Door Onto The World - contributed by Rosemary

There are so many lovely and interesting people who visit our shop - Stella Books in Tintern in the Wye valley. It is a joy to work here - surrounded by books, all sorts, sizes and subjects, with their own special atmosphere, and with the wonderful view of the Tintern Abbey, the wooded hills and tidal river.

We have people who visit us from across the globe and those who come in from just down the road to share their memories and knowledge with us. I have learned much over the last couple of years - here are some snippets I'd like to share with you. Read More

Featured Book - The Strand Magazine- contributed by David

The first issue of the Strand Magazine appeared in January 1891 and the last in March 1950. It was created by George Newnes at a time when British magazines were losing out to the interesting and lively magazines like 'Harpers' and 'Scribners'. Newnes had seen success with the launch of 'Tit-Bits' a few years earlier. His idea was for a magazine that had a 'picture on every page', a good mix of fiction and non-fiction, and a price that undercut the opposition. However each issue was to be complete in itself, with none of the cliff-hanger serials, although this changed later.

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A Sample of New Stock

Paddington Marches On by Michael Bond

A Snuffle of Pekes by Valerie Miles & Norma Procter

Human Anatomy for Art Students by Sir Alfred Fripp & Ralph Thompson

Price: £45

Other Bear Books

Price: £20

Other Pekingese Dog Books

Price: £18

Other Art Books

Price: £7

Other Victorian History Books

Selection from our Special Book Room

Treasure at Amorys by Malcolm Saville

Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1936

The Dresden Gallery

George Alfred Henty by George Manville Fenn

George Newnes Limited. 1st ed 1964 A Lone Pine Adventure. Endpapers are b/w maps of the Isle of Oxney. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. A super copy.

Price: £240

All The World's Aeroplanes, Aero-Engines and Airships. An early edition of this popular reference work.

Price: £150

1st ed1875 Very large format. Red, black and gilt elaborately decorated cloth. 50 of the finest examples of the old masters in mounted b/w plates. All edges gilt. Skillfully rebacked

Price: £200

Blackie & Son Ltd. 1911 Red pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. 26 b/w plates. 370 pages.

Price: £200

News in Brief

Amongst the books catalogued this month we have collections of Dog Books, in particular Collies and Pekingese, Cat books, Malcolm Saville and much more.

We are delighted that Stella Books has been awarded a Silver Certificate by the Hearing Dogs charity for being Hearing Dogs Friendly. This month's photo shows Sonia, Chris and Sonia's hearing dog Bruno. Bruno now has his own page on our website site - to visit it click here.

Two rare 1973 Rupert annuals with a brown-faced Rupert on the front cover have been sold at auction. The annuals achieved prices of £23,000 and £22,000, much higher than the estimates.

Doris Lessing, has won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature at the age of 88. Lessing who has been a favourite for the Nobel for at least three decades is only the eleventh woman to win the prize in its 106-year history and also the oldest person ever to win the literature award.

Anne Enright has won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2007 for her powerful novel "The Gathering", beating competition from the favourites Ian McEwan and Lloyd Jones.

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