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Welcome to the November newsletter from Stella and Rose's Books. The aim of our newsletter is to keep you informed on a monthly basis of new information, articles and books available on our website. We hope you enjoy it.

Tintern Abbey

This Month - A Potted History of Tintern Abbey - contributed by Sonia

As you are probably aware, Stella Books is located in the heart of the village of Tintern on the banks of the River Wye.

But did you know that Tintern's claim to fame is that of its famous Abbey? The Abbey is situated just south of Stella Books, about half a mile down the road. Those coming from the direction of Chepstow on the A466 will not miss it on their right-hand side as they enter Tintern. It truly is a breathtaking sight as it comes in to view, dominating the whole valley.

Read more.

Featured Book - The Abbey Girls in Town - contributed by Catriona

The Abbey Girls in Town is set mainly in London. Ruth Devine arrives from South Africa to stay with her cousins, Mary and Biddy, for the Christmas period. She has not met her cousins before and, understandably, is nervous about being there. After the Christmas holiday Ruth goes with Mary and Biddy to their Morris and Country Dancing lessons. Here she meets Jen and Joy as well as Joy's wards, Maidlin and Rosamund......

Having read the book I thought I would find out more about Elsie J. Oxenham and the Abbey series. Read the full article.

Abbey Girls in Town

A Sample of New Stock

Littledom Castle and Other Tales by M.H. Spielmann Motorcycle Road Racing in the 1950s in Photographs by Denis Jenkinson
Monmouthshire (King's England) by Arthur Mee Tales of the Rhymney Valley by Richard Felstead
Littledom Castle and Other Tales
Motorcycle Road Racking in the 1950s
Monmouthshire (King's England)
Tales of the Rhymney Valley
Price: £24

Other Fairy Tale books

Price: £38

More MotorCycle books

Price: £60

Other King's England books

Price: £12

More Folk Tales books

Selection from our Special Book Room

Adventures at Hampton Court by Violet Needham The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland by Walter Scott Glamorgan County History by W.M. Tattersall & Et Al. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Biggles of the Camel Squadron
The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland by Scott Walter
Glamorgan County History
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1st ed. 1954. This is one of 18 novels by Needham, who did not get her first book published until she was 63.
Price: £150

1st ed. 1814. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Elaborate gilt borders to covers. All edges gilt. 94 b/w plates plus engraved title page.
Price: £400

Six Volumes:- Vol I Natural History; Vol II Early Glamorgan Prehistory and early History; Vol III The Middle Ages; Vol IV Early Modern Glamorgan; Vol V Industrial Glamorgan; Vol VI Glamorgan Society. Vol VI SIGNED by authors. Price: £250

The first illustrated edition by Rackham in 1907. 13 quite delightful colour plates plus b/w decorations and text illustrations.
Price: £240

Selected posts from our Blog:-

Sea, Sand and…. Chickins!

Last posting dates for delivery by 25th December

Happy Birthday Rupert!

It's Magic!

What is a Fairy Tale?

Many titles have been added to our stock this month, including collections of  Arthur Mee's - King's England, Elsie Jeanette Oxenham - Abbey School, Richmal Crompton - William, Fairy Tales, Motor Cycles and many, many more...

To view the latest from the blog, please click here. I look forward to reading your comments.

Tintern Autumn 2010
This month's picture is of the hillside behind Stella Books with the beautiful autumn colours. Stella Books is just about visible with a magnifying glass!
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