Welcome to the May 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.
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This Month - Ladybird Books Illustrators - contributed by CatrionaYou can't beat a Ladybird book!! A comment made in Rose's Books recently and one with which many people would agree. Well written, well illustrated, with just enough information to help any child who is learning to read or doing a school project (and not just in pre-computer days!). Nearly everyone who visits Rose's Books walks past our fabulous collection of Ladybird books. Memories of these books come flooding back. But what I think people remember most is the illustrations - although there are a few people who can practically recite Tootles the Taxi or Ginger's Adventures! One customer...Read More. |
Featured Book - Brushes and Bayonets - by Lucinda Gosling - contributed by SoniaWhilst pondering which book from our 41,000+ stock I could write about for our ‘featured book' article this month, I happened to glance up at the shelf in front of me and there was ‘Brushes & Bayonets' by Lucinda Gosling, calling to me. This is a book of Cartoons, Sketches and Paintings of World War I. Not being particularly interested in World War I (I never was a fan of history), it must have been the ‘Cartoons, Sketches and Paintings' part of the title that...Read the full article. |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Wandering Under Sail by Eric Hiscock | Blanc Vite by Raymond Blanc |
The Wood Engravings of Joan Hassall by Ruari McLean | The Forest of Boland Light Railway by BB |
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| Price: £15
Other Sailing books |
Price: £30
More Cookery and Food books |
Price: £20
Other books with Wood Engravings |
Price: £60
More BB books |
Selection from our Special Book Room
| Enid Blyton Presents Mary Mouse by Enid Blyton | A Practical Treatise On the Steam Engine by Arthur Rigg | The Radiant City by M. Le Corbusier | The Golden Cockerel by Alexander Puskin |
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| T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 1st ed. 1950. A Werner Laurie Show Book Series A. No. 2. A brilliantly coloured showbook, based on the Victorian Peepshow. Fold-out theatre at the end of the book and pages of characters to press out. |
E.& F.N. Spon. 1888. Premium presentation binding and bookplate to front pastedown. Full calf leather boards, raised bands. Gilt title to spine. Price: £150 | Faber & Faber. Circa. 1967. English translation of one of Le Corbusier's major works on planning and which has had a profound effect on planning principles in Britain and throughout the world. |
The Limited Editions Club. 1950. Limited Edition of 1500 copies. Burgundy cloth with gilt title to spine and a gold plated brass cockerel inlaid to front cover. SIGNED by the artist, Edmund Dulac. Copy no. 60. |
| Recent additions: Selected posts from our Blog:- HowTheLightGetsIn To view the latest from the blog, please click here. I look forward to reading your comments. This month's photos are a snake in Australia demanding right of way across a country road (thanks to an Australian customer for this), and above it, a rainbow over the Wye Valley in the UK. |
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