Welcome to the October 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's newsletter is longer than normal so please do scroll down.
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Introducing the "Treasure Chest" - find a bargain now!
The Treasure Chest contains books which have been permanently reduced in price - it's the perfect place to find some great books at great prices! Many books are now at 50% of their original price!
Look out for the icon in your search results.
Find all the Treasure Chest books HERE or use our Advanced Search page (tick the Treasure Chest checkbox). Or Browse by category, click 'Refine Search' and tick the Treasure Chest checkbox.
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A Sample of Treasure Chest Stock
October is one of my favourite times of the year. Not just that it harbours the last vestige of summer warmth or the portent of the autumn still to come. Not even the childish pleasure that comes from crunching through the brittle golden leaves underfoot or delighting in finding shiny Horse Chestnuts - I love this time of year for The Cheltenham Literature Festival!
Cheltenham is a Spa town nestling on the edge of the Cotswolds and every October for 10 days the town is alive with all things literary - authors, biographers, illustrators, philosophers and critics.
Read the full article Book is
CHELTENHAM SPA OFFICIAL GUIDE @ £6 >
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A Sample of New Stock
“It is an old proverb that there is nothing quite like leather, and the opinion is equally widely held, though of more recent date, that there is nobody quite like Heath Robinson.”
So begins the Preface to this remarkable Collected Edition of illustrated essays crafted by W. Heath Robinson in which 'the difficult and recondite subject of Leather' may be 'illumined by such moonbeams from the larger lunacy'.
W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944) had initially sought to make a living as a landscape painter. However, he was forced to turn to more lucrative forms....Read more.
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My Life on Lundy by Felix W. Gade |
A Book of Old Ballads by Beverley Nichols |
The Severn Tunnel by Thomas A. Walker |
Cats at Play Illustrated by Louis Wain |
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Published by Myrtle Langham. 1979. The author's life on Lundy Island. Limited edition, 2nd printing of 250 copies. Large folding b/w map of Lundy to rear.
Price: £185 |
Hutchinson & Co. 1st ed. 1934.
LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies.
16 full-page colour plates.
SIGNED by author and illustrator in pencil, this is copy no. 43.
Price: £210 |
Published by
Richard Bentley & Son. 1891. Construction and Difficulties 1872-1887. Includes an additional appendix by Hawkshaw (written in 1885).
Price: £160 |
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Part of the Father Tuck's Indestructible Board Series. Beautiful full page colour illustrations. Louis Wain at his best!
Price: £490 |
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