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Welcome to the October 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. This month's newsletter is longer than normal so please do scroll down.

Treasure Chest

Introducing the "Treasure Chest" - find a bargain now!

The Treasure Chest contains books which have been permanently reduced in price - it's the perfect place to find some great books at great prices! Many books are now at 50% of their original price!

Look out for the Treasure Chesticon in your search results.

Find all the Treasure Chest books HERE or use our Advanced Search page (tick the Treasure Chest checkbox). Or Browse by category, click 'Refine Search' and tick the Treasure Chest checkbox.

A Sample of Treasure Chest Stock

Hassan by James Elroy Flecker. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie The Technique of Furniture Making by Ernest Joyce

The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church by Frank Leslie Cross and E.A Livingstone

My Goodness! My Gilbert and Sullivan! by Stanley Penn
Hassan by James Elroy Flecker
The Technique of Furniture Making by Ernest Joyce
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
My Goodness! My Gilbert and Sullivan! by Stanley Penn
NOW: £37.50

Other Illustrated books in the Treasure Chest

NOW: £45.00

More Crafts books in the Treasure Chest

NOW: £40.00

Other Religion books in the Treasure Chest

NOW: £40.00

More books on Company History in the Treasure Chest

This Month - My Cheltenham Literature Festival - contributed by Theresa

October is one of my favourite times of the year. Not just that it harbours the last vestige of summer warmth or the portent of the autumn still to come. Not even the childish pleasure that comes from crunching through the brittle golden leaves underfoot or delighting in finding shiny Horse Chestnuts - I love this time of year for The Cheltenham Literature Festival!

Cheltenham is a Spa town nestling on the edge of the Cotswolds and every October for 10 days the town is alive with all things literary - authors, biographers, illustrators, philosophers and critics.

Read the full article

Book is CHELTENHAM SPA OFFICIAL GUIDE @ £6 >

Cheltenham Spa Offical Guide

A Sample of New Stock

Veteran and Vintage Motor Cycles by James Sheldon William Morris by Linda Parry
Winnie The Pooh Classic Story Cupboard by A.A. Milne Armies of the Ancient Near East 3,000 BC to 539 BC by Nigel Stillman and Nigel Tallis
Veteran and Vintage Motor Cycles by James Sheldon
William Morris by Linda Parry
Winnie the Pooh Classic Story Cupboard by A.A. Milne
Armies of the Ancient Near East 3,000 BC to 539 BC
Price: £18

Other Motor Cycle books

Price: £35

More Art books

Price: £70

Other Winnie the Pooh books

Price: £60

More Foreign History books

Featured Book - Heath Robinson on Leather- contributed by Tim

“It is an old proverb that there is nothing quite like leather, and the opinion is equally widely held, though of more recent date, that there is nobody quite like Heath Robinson.”

So begins the Preface to this remarkable Collected Edition of illustrated essays crafted by W. Heath Robinson in which 'the difficult and recondite subject of Leather' may be 'illumined by such moonbeams from the larger lunacy'.

W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944) had initially sought to make a living as a landscape painter. However, he was forced to turn to more lucrative forms....Read more.

Heath Robinson On Leather

 

Selection from our Special Book Room

My Life on Lundy by Felix W. Gade A Book of Old Ballads by Beverley Nichols The Severn Tunnel by Thomas A. Walker

Cats at Play Illustrated by Louis Wain

My Life on Lundy by Felix W. Gade

A Book of Old Ballads by Beverley Nichols
The Severn Tunnel by Thomas A. Walker
Cats at Play by Louis Wain
Published by Myrtle Langham. 1979. The author's life on Lundy Island. Limited edition, 2nd printing of 250 copies. Large folding b/w map of Lundy to rear.
Price: £185
Hutchinson & Co. 1st ed. 1934. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies. 16 full-page colour plates. SIGNED by author and illustrator in pencil, this is copy no. 43.
Price: £210
Published by Richard Bentley & Son. 1891. Construction and Difficulties 1872-1887. Includes an additional appendix by Hawkshaw (written in 1885).
Price: £160
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Part of the Father Tuck's Indestructible Board Series. Beautiful full page colour illustrations. Louis Wain at his best!
Price: £490

Recent additions:
This month we've had collections of books about Bristol, books by Joan Aiken; Bookano and other Pop-up titles, Fantasy, Chalet School & Baedeker Guides besides many others.

Selected posts from our Blog:-

Tim's Teaser - 10th October

Book of the Week: Ten Little Nursery Rhymes

Fungi Photo on Newsletter

Monmouthshire Walking Festival starts 21st October 2011

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

Meadow
This month's photo shows beautiful meadow flowers.
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