Welcome to the June 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. We hope you enjoy it.
This Month - Golf!!! - Contributed by Martyn
It is 30 years since I last had an argument with a golf ball, you know the sort of thing :-
‘I was aiming for the flag, why on earth did you fly off in the opposite direction you stupid article?’
‘I hit you straight down the fairway, why are you hiding in the long grass, is it just to be awkward?’
So I was a little taken aback to be asked by my recently retired brother if I fancied a few swings of the clubs on a local driving range, I really......Read the full article.
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A Sample of New Stock
They say you're without honour or faith,
but what more could they have asked?
Did you not fulfil unto death
the sworn duty with which you were tasked?
Legion Captain Borelli, to his Legionnaires
who died at the siege of Thuyen Quang in 1885.
Established in 1831 by the French king Louis Philippe, The French Foreign Legion (or in French: Légion étrangère, L.E.) is a military service wing .... Read More |
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Selection from our Special Book Room
The Handbook of British Birds Volumes I - V by H.F. Witherby; et al. |
The Wind In The Wood by BB |
Venice by Dorothy Menpes |
Stories from Hans Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen Illustrated by Edmund Dulac |
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1st. 1938. H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. These five volumes detail from Crows to Game-Birds. Each Volume contains coloured & b/w plates, text figures & maps. Each plate is accompanied by detail on habitat, field-characters and general habits, voice, display & posturing, breeding, food, distribution, migrations, description with 2 additional sections.
£125 |
1st. 1952. Published by Hollis & Carter. A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 11 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages.
Price: £180 |
1st 1904. Published by Adam & Charles Black. Limited to 500 copies. White cloth, blue and gilt decorations. Large format. 100 colour plates. Top edge gilt.
£150 |
Hodder & Stoughton. 1911. Full vellum cloth with gilt title to spine, gilt border to front and blind border to rear. Unusual in that the cover does not have the usual embossed gilt decoration but is plain. 28 tipped-in colour plates with captioned paper guards.
Price: £500 |
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