August 2025 Newsletter
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Welcome to the August 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 good weather has continued here in the UK. It feels like the driest and sunniest summer we've had in a number of years! The good weather has bought some extra tourists to the Wye Valley and it has been nice to welcome some new visitors to the shop (including some 4-legged ones!). Beau the Ibizan Hound > |
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Our article and featured book this month deal with shed building and English furniture. Wannabe carpenter Steve tells us about his shed building exploits; and Chris dives into a four-volume set of books detailing the history and English furniture. Fascinating reading! Enjoy!
Garden Shed Building for Beginners contributed by Steve
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When we moved into our current house in Chepstow four years ago, it had a large shed or garden room at the bottom of the garden. The shed had been built as a lockdown project using a lot of recycled materials. It was open fronted and was being used as a games room with a table tennis table and darts board. Needless to say, I was excited with the possibilities of the shed. As a wannabee carpenter, I really wanted a workshop where I could hide away and tinker on various projects. Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Something For Nothing written by Uttley, Alison illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe | The Folklore of (Old) Monmouthshire written by Palmer, Roy | A Midsummer Night's Dream written by Shakespeare, William | The British Brewing Industry 1830-1980 written by Gourvish, T.R & Wilson, R.G. |
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| Price: £24.00 | Price: £16.00 | Price: £28.00 | Price: £30.00 |
| Categorised in COUNTRYSIDE ILLUSTRATED | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) WALES MONMOUTHSHIRE HISTORY FOLKLORE | Categorised in CHILDRENS ILLUSTRATED PLAYS SHAKESPEARE CALLIGRAPHY | Categorised in HISTORY HISTORY (BRITISH) INDUSTRY BREWING |
| The Princess and the Pea written by Southgate, Vera | The Various written by Augarde, Steve | Revised Medieval Latin Word-List From British and Irish Sources written by Latham, R.E. | The Descent of Man and Selection In Relation To Sex written by Darwin, Charles & Dawkins, Richard |
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| Price: £16.00 | Price: £12.00 | Price: £35.00 | Price: £80.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS LADYBIRD LADYBIRD 606D WELL-LOVED TALES FAIRY TALES | Categorised in CHILDRENS FANTASY | Categorised in HISTORY HISTORY (BRITISH) HISTORY (MEDIEVAL) FOREIGN LANGUAGE LATIN DICTIONARIES | Categorised in FOLIO SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY EVOLUTION |
The History of English Furniture By Percy Macquoid contributed by Chris
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History – I hated the subject when I was at school – all those kings and queens and dates! Now I look around our history room in Stella & Rose’s books and there are so many fascinating titles. I wish history had been a more interesting subject when I was young, perhaps I would have paid more attention! This four-volume set caught my eye – the history of furniture. Knowing nothing about the subject of furniture I thought it was worth a look. I had also never heard of the author so did a bit of research. I discovered that Macquoid, born in 1852, was a British theatrical designer and a collector and connoisseur of English furniture... Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Naval Weapons of World War One written by Friedman, Norman | The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales From The Old French written by Quiller-Couch, Arthur illustrated by Edmund Dulac | The Ships of Trafalgar: The British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805 written by Goodwin, Peter | Tannhauser A Dramatic Poem written by Wagner, Richard |
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| 1st 2011 Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations. An Illustrated Directory. Insight into some of the most important technical and operational factors influencing the war at sea. Large, heavy format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 408 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. A super copy, looks unread. Price: £100.00 | 1st 1910 First trade edition. Dark red-brown simulated leather cloth, stamped in gilt on both front and back covers with differing cupid designs. Gilt lettering and 4 gilt cupid designs on spine. White endpapers. 30 magnificent colour plates, mounted on vellum-like paper with black descriptive letterpress beneath and all framed with elaborate border design in black. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small nick to lower edge of rear cover. Heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims... Price: £300.00 | 1st 2005 The definitive guide to the British, French and Spanish ships at Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Examining in detail each of the 73 ships which were present at the Battle of Trafalgar. A complete, standard-setting guide to the hard physical reality of the greatest naval battle of the age of sail - the ships at Trafalgar. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations, b/w line drawings. 256 pages including index. Top & tail of spine very lightly rubbed. Else a lovely copy, appears unread! Price: £120.00 | 1st 1911 Limited to 525 signed and numbered copies. Dark green calf binding with tooled design and title on front cover. Tooled title and decoration to spine. 16 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. Printed on thick grey paper, every page has lithographed orange or black illustrations. Endpapers and prelims are illustrated in multiple colours, predominantly blue. Top edge gilt. Copy no. 16 SIGNED by Pogany. Inscription on front endpaper. Covers edges slightly rubbed, rear cover very slightly scuffed... Price: £1200.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
Special Offer20% discount on all RUPERT books in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code Browse current stock in this offer. |
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