May 2026 Newsletter
Welcome to the May 2026 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.
Despite the recent cold and wet weather, the Wye Valley is looking resplendent with spring flowers. We are fortunate with the view from the shop across the river, where we regularly see foxes and deer—and occasionally fawns!
There is currently a road closure further up the valley near Redbrook, which has resulted in a major drop in traffic—and customers. However, we are still open and can be accessed from the Chepstow end of the valley.
The shop has been ticking over well. One notable recent purchase has been a large collection of Observer books, which Maria is steadily working through. Keep an eye on the website if they interest you!
Our article this month is on the well-known children's author Joan Aiken. Lisa has dug out some interesting facts about this author, who was a staple of many childhoods! Enjoy!
Joan Aiken contributed by Lisa
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Call me a creature of habit, but every year I go to the beautiful and historic town of Rye in East Sussex for a few days break. During my visits I have discovered that a few renowned authors were either born or lived in Rye, so I thought I would concentrate on Monica Edwards, until I discovered that we had already written a review on her a few months previously (here is the link if you want to read it https://stellabooks.com/article/monica-edwards), so therefore I decided to find out more about another author, Joan Aiken instead. Joan Aiken was born in Mermaid Street, Rye on 4th September 1924 to parents Jessie MacDonald and Conrad Aiken who was an American Pulitzer Prize winning poet. She had an older brother John who was a research chemist, and an older sister Jane who was also a writer, so she came from a strong line of academics. Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Falling In Again written by Yates, Christopher | Hoards, Hounds and Helmets: A Conquest-Period Ritual Site At Hallaton, Leicestershire written by Score, Vicki & et al, | Yours Affectionately Peter Rabbit: Miniature Letters By Beatrix Potter written by Potter, Beatrix | Newton's Apple: Isaac Newton and The English Scientific Renaissance written by Aughton, Peter |
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| Price: £64.00 | Price: £70.00 | Price: £30.00 | Price: £14.00 |
| Categorised in FIELD SPORTS ANGLING | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) EAST MIDLANDS LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY COINS | Categorised in CHILDRENS BEATRIX POTTER ANIMAL STORY LETTERS | Categorised in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HISTORY |
| Dark Horse Six: A Memoir of The Korean War 1950-1951 written by Taplett, Robert D. | Western Region Steam Twilight Part One written by Walker, Colin | The Advance of The Fungi written by Large, E.C. | Warship 2018 written by Jordan, John & Dent, Stephen |
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| Price: £80.00 | Price: £30.00 | Price: £52.00 | Price: £28.00 |
| Categorised in MILITARY KOREA REGIMENTAL HISTORY (FOREIGN) | Categorised in TRANSPORT RAILWAYS LOCOMOTIVES | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY BOTANY FUNGI | Categorised in MILITARY MARITIME NAVY WARSHIP |
A Selection from The Special Book Room
| The Wizard of Boland written by BB, | Last Term at Malory Towers written by Blyton, Enid | The Silver Trust: National Collection No author listed. | The Practical Dictionary of Mechanics (4 Volumes) written by Knight, Edward H. |
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| 1st 1959 Blue boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping and browning to spine. Foxing to textblock and a few light foxspots to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with minimal loss and a few small tears and is slightly browned to rear panel. Price: £160.00 | 1st 1951 Blue cloth, black titles and vignette to front. Blue and white endpapers show map of Malory Towers. 150 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Some foxing to textblock. Covers and contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped with slight loss else bright. Price: £160.00 | Circa 1994 The Trust was established in 1987 by Rupert Hambro, Lady Falkender, Lady Henderson and Jean Muir. The Trust helps encourage and publicise the work of practising British silversmiths; silver commissioned and owned by the trust is made available on loan for use in British government buildings and embassies overseas. Blue cloth boards, silver title and vignette to front board. Colour frontis and b/w photos, last page is colour. A scarce book. SIGNED by the... Price: £100.00 | Circa 1880 A description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering; history of inventions; general technological vocabulary; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts. Three-quarter maroon leather binding (spine & corners). Brown cloth boards. 5 raised bands to spines. Gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and plates, some folding. Title page to volume I (A to D) only. D to M, M to S and S to Z follow on in page numbering. 2831 pages spread over... Price: £300.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
Monthly Special Offer20% discount on all CHILDRENS books in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code Browse current stock in this offer. |
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Best regards,
The Stella & Rose's Books Team
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