Welcome to the December 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.
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This Month - The Christmas Tree - a long time passion - contributed by MartynWhen I wrote this article it was June - but for those of us with the bug, our Christmas Tree is a year round passion. Mine started as a child, when the Woolworth's plastic tree with matching baubles my Mother used to put up every year did not match the pictures in my books, i.e. trees laden with candles, glowing in the corner of the room, intricate ornaments dripping from every limb. A clash of images I never forgot. When it was time for me to create my own tree, it had of course to be a reflection of my childhood image of what a tree should be. ... Read More |
Featured Book - The John Cobb Story- contributed by Jane"The world land speed record requires the minimum of skill and the maximum of courage". Tommy Wisdom I drive a 1990 1.4 litre Renault 5 Campus that is my pride and joy, (in addition to being something of a running joke with my colleagues), and answers to the appropriately continental name of ‘Claude'. Claude and I have had many adventures together but there are a couple of trips that I long to take in him before we are both too old! If I were to win the lottery, mine and Claude's first port of call would be the North Yungas Road in Bolivia, .... Read the full article. |
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A Sample of New Stock
| The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen | Bristol Aircraft Since 1910 by C.H. Barnes |
Norway Sweden and Denmark by Karl Baedeker | Santa's Workshop by Walt Disney |
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Other Fairy Tales books |
Price: £24
More Aircraft books |
Price: £50 Other Baedeker Guides |
Price: £54 More Christmas books |
Selection from our Special Book Room
| Horse-Hoeing Husbandry by Jethro Tull | Motor-Luftschiffe by Ansbert Vorreiter | Papyro-Plastics by D. Boileau | Cinderella by Vera Southgate |
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| 1751. Published by A. Millar.
Third Edition, very carefully corrected. An Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage. |
1909 edition. Published by
Richard Carl Schmidt & Co.
Autotechnische Bibliothek Band 37.
Text in German. A book about Airships. |
Published by Boosey And Sons in 1825. Second edition, greatly enlarged and improved. The Art of Modelling in Paper; Being an Instructive Amusement for Young Persons of Both Sexes. Price: £240 |
1st ed. 1964. Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! With original dustwrapper. Cinderella
wears 3 different colour ballgowns, in this popular edition! |
Selected posts from our Blog:- Bagpuss - The Musical! (9th December - 9th January) Last Recommended Posting Dates for Christmas (Royal Mail) Airmail:Eastern Europe, USA and Canada - Friday 10th December Airmail: Western Europe - Monday 13th December UK 2nd Class Mail: Saturday 18th December UK 1st Class Mail: Tuesday 21st December Included in the titles that have been added to our stock this month we have, books about Hot Air Balloons; New Naturalists; Baedeker guides; Motorcycle books; Foreign and English Antiquarian books; Angela Brazil 1st editions and many more besides. To view the latest from the blog, please click here. I look forward to reading your comments. |
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| This month's picture is of the clock tower outside Roses Books in Hay-on-Wye, during the first snowfall of the winter. |
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