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January 2019 Newsletter

Welcome to the January 2019 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.

Shop News
We hope you all have had a great New Year! How are those Resolutions going..?
We've had some excellent collections coming in during the last few weeks, including Howard Baker Magnet volumes, transport books (especially aviation and motor sport), and school stories including Jennings and Billy Bunter.

The Tall Ship STAVROS S. NIARCHOS contributed by Rosemary

Oh my goodness, what an adventure!

Back in January 2001 (so long ago already) I decided, for my annual holiday, to become part of a working crew on board the Stavros S. Niarchos, a British Brig square rigged Tall Ship. A twelve day voyage away from the stresses of running a restaurant. She has since been re-named Sunset but then she was operated by Tall Ships Youth Trust.

Their mission is: "to enable young people aged 12-25 to fulfil their life potential through genuinely life changing adventures at sea. What's more, our extensive Adult Voyage programme..."

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A Sample of New Stock

Edmund Dulac's Picture Book For The French Red Cross
Dame Laura Knight written by Fox, CarolineTarga Florio written by Owen, DavidAir Stories written by Johns, W.E. & Rochester, George E. & et al,
Edmund DulacDame Laura KnightTarga FlorioAir Stories
Price: £58.00Price: £30.00Price: £50.00Price: £38.00
Categorised in
CHILDRENS
FAIRY TALES
POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
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ART
PORTRAITURE
BIOGRAPHY
Categorised in
TRANSPORT
CARS
MOTOR SPORT
Categorised in
CHILDRENS
AVIATION
AIRCRAFT (CHILDRENS)
AIRCRAFT

Consolidated PBY Catalina written by Legg, DavidMonocacy The Battle That Saved Washington written by Cooling, B. FranklinThe World Of Ice & Fire: The Untold History Of Westeros And The Game Of Thrones written by Martin, George R.R. & Garcia, Elio M. & Antonsson, LindaDogs Of Character written by Aldin, Cecil
Consolidated Pby CatalinaMonocacy The Battle That Saved WashingtonThe World Of Ice & Fire: The Untold History Of Westeros And The Game Of ThronesDogs Of Character
Price: £38.00Price: £25.00Price: £20.00Price: £64.00
Categorised in
TRANSPORT
AVIATION
AIRCRAFT
Categorised in
MILITARY
HISTORY
HISTORY (AMERICAN)
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
Categorised in
CHILDRENS
FANTASY
TV
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DOGS
DOGS (FACTUAL)
ILLUSTRATED
PETS

Our Favourite Illustrators

This month we are doing something slightly different: instead of one featured book, we are each writing a short piece about our favourite illustrators...

Maria:

My favourite illustrator is Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964). I just love her chubby children and pixies. She is probably most famous for the Boo-Boo series of books (the Boo-Boos being cute little Pixies) but she also illustrated classic stories such as Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland. As a teenager I collected her postcards and still have an album full somewhere.... maybe they will be worth a fortune one day!

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Slightly foxed - but still desirable

A Selection from The Special Book Room

Puppy-Dogs Frolics written by Aldin, CecilTreasure Island written by Stevenson, Robert LouisJoan's Visit To Toyland And Other Tales written by Freemantle, Alfred & Stokes, Sewell & et al, Fishing With The Famous written by Buteaux, Bob & Clifford, Kevin
Puppy-dogs FrolicsTreasure IslandJoanFishing With The Famous
circa 1930. This is a new edition of "Gyp's Hour of Bliss" originally published in 1919. 16 colour pictures with decorative borders and small piece of text below. A scarce book.
Price: £200.00
1st USA. 1927 US edition. Green cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. 12 tipped-in colour plates mounted on captioned paper, some b/w text illustrations. 287 pages.
Price: £120.00
Large format. Blue boards, colour pictorial onlay to front cover. The Uniform Series. Easy-to-read text.
Price: £140.00
1st 2003. Limited Edition to 600 copies. Green cloth with gilt title box to front cover. Colour and b/w photos. SIGNED by Illustrator, this is Copy No. 556.
Price: £120.00

Recent additions include:

...and many more!

Photo:
The Severn Bridge, now free to cross!

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The Severn Bridge

Best regards
The Stella & Rose's Books Team

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