Welcome to the December newsletter from Stella and Rose's Books. The aim of our newsletter is to keep you informed on a monthly basis of new information, articles and books available on our website. We hope you enjoy it.
This Month - Malcolm Saville- contributed by Joanne Throughout his writing career which spanned nearly five decades, Saville wrote approximately 90 books. His popular stories for children, in addition to the Lone Pine adventures, include the 'Jilly Family series' books; 'Buckingham Family books'; 'Mike and Mary' books; 'Susan and Bill' books (the majority of these illustrated by E.H. Shepard of Winnie-the-pooh fame); 'Nettleford books' and 'Lucy and Humf' books. 'Marston Baines' was another popular series, but one that seemed to cross over to a more 'adult' fiction. |
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Featured Book -Malory Towers by Enid Blyton- contributed by CatrionaOne of the joys of working in Rose's Books is rediscovering books of my childhood! Our customers obviously share this joy if the comments ("A trip down memory lane" or "I had that book") are anything to go by! One such rediscovery I shared with Katie my 13 year old daughter - The Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton . We avidly read the whole series together and would indulge in long conversations about the characters, plot and the language ('the hols', 'my people' 'school cert') to the frustration of the rest of the family who had no idea what we were talking about! Written between 1946 and 1951, the Malory Towers of the title is a boarding school situated on the coast in Cornwall. It is made up of four towers or houses...Read More |
A Sample of New Stock
| The Irvine Diaries by Herbert R.C. Carr | My Christmas Present Pop-up Book Illustrated by Susan Mitchell |
The Sagas of Icelanders by Jane Smiley and Robert Kellogg | Uncle Wiggily and the Red Spots by Howard R.Garis |
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| Price: £72.00
More Mountaineering Books |
Price: £15.00
Other Christmas Books |
Price: £24.00
More Books about the Vikings |
Price: £
10
Other Books Uncle Wiggily Books |
Selection from our Special Book Room
| Bill Badger and the Big Store Robbery by BB | The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 by Benson J. Lossing | London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew | That Boarding School Girl by Dorita Fairlie Bruce |
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| 1st ed. 1967. Published by Hamish Hamilton.
A Reindeer Book. Blue and red pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Price:£340 |
1869 edition. Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics and Traditions of the Last War for American Independence. Price: £160 | Published 1967 by
Augustus M. Kelley.
Four volumes.
A Cyclopaedia of the Condition and Earnings of Those that will Work, Those that Cannot Work, and Those that Will not Work. Price: £250 |
Published 1926. Pretty pictorial boards with wraparound picture by Sybil Tawse. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. Price: £90 |
| News in Brief Amongst the books catalogued this month, we have a selection of Mountaineering, Transport, Biggles Books & so much more. Rose's Books were featured in the British magazine Vogue, you can see it here. Shop Opening Times for Holiday Period: - Closed 25th & 26th December, otherwise open every day 9.30am to 5.30p.m. including New Year's Day. Last UK posting dates for Christmas: |
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| This month's image is a wintry view of the Brecon Beacons close to Hay-On-Wye. Click on the image for a larger version |
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