Welcome to the November 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.
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The Fairy Tale books of Vojtech Kubasta Vojtech Kubasta was born in 1914 in Vienna and moved with his parents to Prague when he was four. He lived in Czechoslovakia for the rest of his life and became best known for the many pop-up books he created. As a young boy Kubasta showed great artistic talent and wanted to be an artist but his father had other ideas – he wanted his son to be a lawyer. A compromise was reached and Kubasta studied architecture which was then considered more of an artistic subject than technical discipline. He graduated in 1938 with a degree in...
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A Sample of New Stock
| Granny's Wonderful Chair And Its Tales Of Fairy Times by Browne, Frances | Clyde And Other Coastal Steamers by Duckworth, Christian L.D. & Langmuir, Graham Easton | Ramblings Of A Sportsman-naturalist by BB, | Birds Of The British Isles And Their Eggs Second Series by Coward, T.A. |
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| Price: £58.00 | Price: £10.00 | Price: £30.00 | Price: £20.00 |
| More Antiquarian Childrens books | More Maritime books | More Field Sports books | More books in the Wayside and Woodland Series |
Autumn Thoughts What does Autumn mean to you? To me, it means that Winter is on its way... out come the jumpers and thick tights, shorts and summer tops go away into the loft to be discovered anew next Summer. Down come the hanging baskets of flowers which have been making the outside of Stella Books look pretty and welcoming all Summer long. Rose's Books' glorious array of petunias is also long gone. My flower tubs at home are looking bedraggled and need emptying for the Winter months. The last mow of grass of the season is also done (I hope!). Read more |
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Selection from our Special Book Room
| Limited Edition Cased Set, special numbered edition of 500 sets to commemorate the centenary of the first publication in 1903.With explanatory leaflet giving a brief biography of Beatrix Potter and the history of the publication of The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. Price: £180 |
1st. 1912. Limited edition of 1450 numbered copies. White buckram, pictorial gilt to front cover and spine. 13 superb colour plates mounted on heavy brown paper with lettered tissue-guards. SIGNED by illustrator. Copy. No. 1010. Includes ephemera item advertising exhibition of the original water-colour drawing for Aesop Fables. Price: £1400 |
1st. 1935. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. A Calendar of Bird Life in the Country around Shanghai. B/w frontis. B/w illustrations. Price: £90 |
Limited Edition to 1250 copies, SIGNED by publisher. Leather bound with black spine and maroon covers. Tissue-guarded full-page colour reproductions from numerous artists. Contained in black leather-like slip-case. This is together with a portfolio of plates, each with limited edition number and illustator's signature.This is copy no. 1112. Price: £280 |
| Recent additions include: ...and many more! Selected Tweets If you're in Edinburgh 10th Dec. @MatthewLLand is @ScotStoryCentre for the TradTales Exhib.His work is beautiful. We have been to auction this week @DWinterAuctions We are going to be busy getting the new stock onto our website. |
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This month: River Wye at Redbrook |
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