February 2016 Newsletter
Welcome to the February 2016 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.
Jeep contributed by Cliff
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Faithful as a dog, strong as a mule, agile as a goat. In 1946 my family bought their first jeep – a Willys with a civilian registration DJY 201. 70 years later I still own and drive that jeep. About 8 million horses died during World War One, they were used for transporting men, materials and guns. In World War Two the US Army needed a replacement for the horse and in early 1940 the US Army issued a specification. The Bantam Car Company and Willys-Overland were the only two companies that responded to the Army's call... Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Tree Fairies written by Robins, Patricia | American Car Haulers written by Copello, Richard J. | Travels With Robert Louis Stevenson written by Stevenson, Robert Louis | Stuff And Nonsense written by De La Mare, Walter |
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| Price: £45.00 | Price: £60.00 | Price: £35.00 | Price: £22.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS FAIRIES TREES | Categorised in TRANSPORT LORRIES CARS | Categorised in FOLIO SOCIETY TRAVEL TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN) | Categorised in CHILDRENS RHYME LIMERICKS |
John Wyndham: Three Novels contributed by Theresa
This month's Featured Book is strictly speaking 3 books, but they do come in one slipcase, published by the Folio Society. The illustrations are by Patrick Leger, who gives all three volumes a fabulous fifties vintage look. It has been a long while since I have read these books. I probably read them in my early teens and if my memory serves me right, it was my first foray into the world of Science Fiction books. When I looked at the John Wyndham bibliography, I realised that I must have liked his writing quite a lot as I have read six novels and two books of short stories. So to the novels themselves... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Shakespeare's Comedy - As You Like It written by Shakespeare, William | Just William's Luck written by Crompton, Richmal | The Complete Greek Tragedies written by Greene, David & Lattimore, Richmond | Peeping Pansy written by Marie Queen Of Roumania |
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| 1st 1909. Lovely green cloth covers with gilt titles and decorations. 40 beautiful tissue guarded tipped in plates. 142 pages. Price: £100.00 | 1st 1948. This is the only full-length William book (the others being made up of short stories) and was based on Val Guest's screenplay for the 1947 film of the same name. Price: £380.00 | 1st thus 2011. Five volumes. Aeschylus; Sophocles; Euripedes I; Euripedes II; Euripedes III. Edited by Greene & Lattimore. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Price: £100.00 | 1st 1919. Large format. Red cloth with lovely gilt illustrations to front cover and spine. Gilt titles. 8 delightful tissue-guarded and captioned mounted colour plates plus b/w illustrations. No Date - believed to be 1st 1919. Price: £380.00 |
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