January 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to the January 2020 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.
We had one of our busiest Decembers for quite a few years - good for business but hard work for all the team! After the mad Christmas rush, January is generally a quieter month for us. A chance to re-stock and to recover! So if you like your bookshops on the quiet side - January is a good month to visit!
Laughter - The Best Medicine contributed by Nicky
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A couple of weeks ago we sold a copy of "Lucky Jim" by Kingsley Amis. This is one of my favourite books. My brother had recommended it and I first read it years ago amid tears of laughter. It is so unusual to laugh like this while reading and it is pure joy when it happens. The main character Jim Dixon is trying so hard at his new academic post but it is so obviously the wrong environment for him and the constant sneering and disapproval that he encounters are seriously funny. We can all find things less worrying or concerning if we can laugh at them and Jim’s hapless attempts at fitting in were probably striking a chord with me as I was starting out in a new job and in a new city with new people. I have recommended this book to other people with mixed reviews. Some have loved it... Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Mark Herald's Work Book written by Martin, Simon | Kyffin Williams written by Sinclair, Nicholas & Jeffrey, Ian | Empires Of Early Latin America written by Davies, Nigel & Hammond, Norman | Mickey Mouse Annual 1947 For 1948 written by Disney, Walt |
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| Price: £18.00 | Price: £48.00 | Price: £40.00 | Price: £18.00 |
| Categorised in ART | Categorised in ART WALES |
Categorised in FOLIO SOCIETY HISTORY CENTRAL AMERICA | Categorised in CHILDRENS ANNUALS MICKEY MOUSE DISNEY |
| Pillgwenlly Newport Again written by Knight, Cliff V. | A Child's Garden Of Verses written by Stevenson, Robert Louis | Film Fun Annual 1950 No author listed. | Roads To Gettysburg Lee's Invasion Of The North, 1863 written by Gottfried, Bradley M. |
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| Price: £45.00 | Price: £15.00 | Price: £25.00 | Price: £20.00 |
| Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) WALES MONMOUTHSHIRE HISTORY HISTORY (BRITISH) | Categorised in FOLIO SOCIETY CHILDRENS POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS) | Categorised in CHILDRENS ANNUALS FILM PERFORMING ARTS | Categorised in HISTORY HISTORY (AMERICAN) CIVIL WAR CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN) |
Quality Street by J.M. Barrie contributed by Maria
Quality Street was first published in 1901, a few years before Barrie's famous novel of Peter Pan. The play, a comedy in four acts, opened in Ohio in October 1901 and in New York in November 1901 where it ran for 64 performances. However, when it arrived in London in September 1902, it ran for a very successful 459 performances. The play enjoyed numerous revivals and tours until World War II and even enjoyed a recent revival in 2010. Set in Napoleonic times, the story is about two sisters, Phoebe and Susan Throssel, who start a school intended for genteel children in order to pay the rent. |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Rupert Annual 1946 - The New Rupert Book written by Bestall, Alfred | Autocourse 1967-68 written by Phipps, David | Four Seasons Being The Fishing Diaries Of Christopher Yates June 1977 - March 1981 written by Yates, Christopher | The Password To Fairyland written by Southwart, Elizabeth |
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| 1946 Colour pictorial card wraps - Rupert looking out through a window. 1st story - Rupert on Coon Island. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. This annual has not been reproduced in a facsimile edition. Some slight rubbing to spine and corners. Small (0.75"), light scratch mark to front cover - on second R in Rupert. Otherwise covers bright and clean. Not inscribed or price-cut. Puzzle pages untouched. Two pages were mis-cut during the binding... Price: £250.00 | 1967 The Review of International Motor Sport. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Foreword by Denis Hulme. Bumping to top of spine and a couple of corners. A few spots to covers. Foxing/browning to prelims; last few pages; some page margins. Page edge browning, with a little wrinkling. Wrapper is edge-creased with one closed tear to top of front panel, which has been repaired to verso. Price: £220.00 | 1st 1996 SIGNED, Limited Edition to 1489 copies. Green covers with gilt title to spine and onlay to front cover. Includes an author signed bookplate to title page, photo of author in a print and a facsimile copy of authors hand drawn map, that was issued with the book. Ths is a Binder's copy; SIGNED bookplate has been REMOVED from title page. Also does NOT include map or plate of author. This copy HAS been numbered: Copy No. 811, with 'Display' written over it. Price: £140.00 | 1st 1920 A little girl finds herself unexpectedly in Fairyland. A delightful story accompanied by 8 marvellous colour plates and 3 b/w illustrations of fairies. Cream cloth with dark green titles and vignette to front cover. Beautifully decorated endpapers. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and along cover edges. Small split to top of spine; some fraying to cloth. Marks to covers. Foxing and browning throughout. Bookplate... Price: £280.00 |
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The Stella & Rose's Books Team
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