July 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to the July 2025 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.
The lovely weather we mentioned we'd been enjoying last month has continued here in the UK - there is now talk of water shortages and hosepipe bans! But it's been lovely to enjoy the sunshine - we don't seem to get a huge amount of it here! Speaking of which, as we write this, we've had our first day of rain in what seems like weeks!
The good weather has been great for local events. In particular, the Falconry at the Abbey event last weekend was a great success and well worth the entry fee. It's running again in August and October. Highly recommended - and could be combined with a visit to our ornithology section?
In our article this month, Sonia takes a look at famous children's author Eleanor Farjeon. Although possibly best known for Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard, she was a prolific writer throughout her life. For the gardeners among you, our featured book this month is about famous English landscape gardener 'Capability' Brown. Lisa dives into Dorothy Stroud's book on the great man. Enjoy!
Eleanor Farjeon 1881-1965 contributed by Sonia
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Many of you will know of the popular hymn ‘Morning has Broken’, not so well known is that it was penned by Eleanor Farjeon, a much-loved children’s author. Eleanor was known as ‘Nellie’ in the family. She had one elder brother, Harry who was a composer, and two younger brothers, Joe and Herbert (‘Bertie’) who also became writers. Her mother, Maggie, left the upbringing of the children to her eldest son. Harry had a fertile imagination, he loved rules and organising things. Eleanor was closest to Harry and enjoyed a game of ‘Tar’ with him which allowed her to escape realism and played a part in delaying her move into maturity. Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Fishing With Walker written by Walker, Dick & Maskell, Peter | The Observer's Book of Roses written by Gibson, Michael | Magnesium Overcast: The Story of The Convair B-36 written by Jenkins, Dennis R. | The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse: The Animated Story written by Mackesy, Charlie |
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| Price: £64.00 | Price: £14.00 | Price: £45.00 | Price: £18.00 |
| Categorised in FIELD SPORTS ANGLING COARSE FISHING LIMITED EDITION | Categorised in OBSERVERS GARDENING ROSES | Categorised in TRANSPORT AVIATION AIRCRAFT AIR FORCE MILITARY | Categorised in CHILDRENS ANIMAL STORY ANIMATION FILM |
| Heinrich Vogeler Das Graphische Werk written by Rief, Hans-Herman | Toytown... The World of S.g. Hulme Beaman written by Beaman, S.G. Hulme & Grange, G.G. | The Battleship Warspite (anatomy of The Ship) written by Watton, Ross | The Churchyard Yews of Gwent written by Evans, J. Daryll |
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| Price: £54.00 | Price: £32.00 | Price: £60.00 | Price: £12.00 |
| Categorised in ART ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE (ART) GERMAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE | Categorised in CHILDRENS RADIO | Categorised in MARITIME WARSHIP MILITARY NAVY SHIP BUILDING | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) WALES MONMOUTHSHIRE CHURCHES TREES |
Capability Brown by Dorothy Stroud contributed by Lisa
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As it was a lovely day we decided to visit a National Trust property. The one we chose was Croome Court in Worcestershire which consists of a mid-18th century Neo-Palladian mansion, RAF museum, a church, follies and landscaped gardens. As we entered the grounds, the first thing we noticed was how similar the grounds were to that of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. We were later told that it was Capability Brown who had designed them both. Therefore, not knowing too much about Capability Brown I wondered if we had any books in our shop about him and came across this one, Capability Brown by Dorothy Stroud. Dorothy Stroud was born in London in 1910 and was a garden and landscape architectural historian... Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Great Cars 10: Lotus 18 - The Autobiography of Stirling Moss's '912' written by Wagstaff, Ian | Parlicoot written by MacLeod, Alex W. | A Master's Guide To Building A Bamboo Fly Rod written by Garrison, Everett & Carmichael, Hoagy B. | Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia written by Clarke, Charles |
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| 1st 2017 The car's history told in exhaustive detail. Large, heavy format. Black boards, silver title to spine. 320 pages. Packed full of b/w and colour photos. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Tiniest bump/nick to top of spine else a super copy which appears unread. Price: £135.00 | 1st 1943 And How He Set Out to Find A Playmate. Parlicoot is a strange little creature who appears in the Dell one day looking for a Playmate. An enchanting story delightfully illustrated. 23 pages. Slightly oblong format. Foxing to cloth spine. Light scribble marks to front cover, scuff marks to rear. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Marks to front pastedown and half-title page. Contents generally clean. A nice, bright copy of a scarce little book (not as bad as it sounds!). Price: £165.00 | 1995 Third Edition. Large format. Green cloth spine with black title. Cream boards with Mandarin symbol for the bamboo plant to front. Dark green endpapers. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. xvii and 296 pages inlcuding index. Second printing. Page 263/264 is creased. Else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is rubbed at closed edge, scuffed to plain side, else firm. Price: £120.00 | 1st 2001 Carnivorous pitcher plants in their natural environment. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. x and 326 pages including index plus publisher adverts to rear. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Else a superb copy, looks unread! Price: £180.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
Special Offer20% discount on all TOPOGRAPHY (UK) books in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code Browse current stock in this offer. |
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