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Stella & Rose's Books

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American author and screenwriter Irving Wallace was born on this day in 1916. He started selling stories to magazines as a teenager, but then turned to the more lucrative ...

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We ship worldwide, including to the EU. However, if your shipping destination is in the EU, you will need to purchase from us via Biblio.com, Abebooks.co.uk or Ebay.co.uk (our marketplace sites). Our website will link your order to Biblio.com at checkout to make this simple for you. Unfortunately, we have had to make this change due to the continuing impact of Brexit on small businesses. We apologise for any inconvenience.

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Yorkshire – or God’s Own Country
Is it too early to talk about holidays? – I don’t think it is, it’s how we get through the winter months. I am off for a short break to Yorkshire in the Spring, York to be precise. York comes from the Viking name for the city, Jorvik and shire comes from an old English or Nordic word.   I have been to York before, but not for many years now, and I am eager to reacquaint myself with all it has to...

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London (Illustrated) - A Complete Guide…
Or… Herbert’s Guide To London, Being a Guide to Hotels, Places of Amusement, Objects of Interest, Parks, Clubs, Markets, Docks, Railway and Steamship Routes. In fact, anything you could wish to know about the London of almost 150 years ago appears to be in this Guide! Front Cover / Title Page   Books like this have always fascinated me. Despite the fact that I hated history lessons at school, I find that I’m drawn to books that describe what life was like in...

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