November 2016 Newsletter
Welcome to the November 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.
The recommended last order dates for Christmas 2016 can be found on our website.
Dan Dare and Eagle contributed by Maria
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What do the characters Colonel Daniel McGregor Dare, Digby, Sir Hubert Guest, Professor Peabody, Hank Hogan and Lex O'Malley have in common? They all feature in the science-fiction comic strip series “Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future”! We were recently lucky enough to purchase a large collection of Eagle and Dan Dare related items. Not having purchased much of this kind of stock previously I hadn't actually realised that there was a connection between Eagle and Dan Dare! So I did a little research... The Eagle comic was founded by the Rev. Marcus Morris together with Frank Hampson... Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Lucie Attwell's Annual 1947 Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell. | Bacon Portraits And Self-portraits written by Borel, France & Kundera, Milan | The British Sporting Gun And Rifle written by Dallas, Donald | Ferry Porsche: Cars Are My Life written by Porsche, Ferry & Molter, Gunther |
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| Price: £32.00 | Price: £45.00 | Price: £25.00 | Price: £20.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS ANNUALS | Categorised in ART PORTRAITURE | Categorised in FIELD SPORTS GUNS FIREARMS HISTORY HISTORY GENERAL | Categorised in TRANSPORT CARS BIOGRAPHY |
Audubon's Birds of America contributed by Sonia
Birds of America was first published as a series during 1827-1838 and is the result of more than 14 years of field observation and drawings by John James Audubon (1785-1851) who was a naturalist, painter and ornithologist. Audubon's birds were drawn from real models. He would first find and shoot the bird using fine shot and then use wire to position the bird into a natural pose. This is different from the common method of many ornithologists who would prepare and stuff the body into a rigid pose. When working on a large specimen, for example an eagle, he would spend up to four 15 hour days preparing it, studying it and sketching it. The birds were drawn life-size and this is the reason some of the birds appear to be in a contorted pose as he struggled to fit the bird on the page! |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| The Story Of Timothy Tabbycat written & illustrated by Cam | The Folklore Of Birds (NN 39) written by Armstrong, Edward A. | Bentley The Vintage Years 1919-1931 written by Hay, Michael | Rip Van Winkle written by Irving, Washington |
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| 1st 1947. The story of Timothy and his friend Willie Straw, who find a bright a blue bottle which everybody wants including two witches and a great big dragon! The fourth in this series of picture books. Wonderful colour pictures every page. Delightful! Price: £250.00 | 1st 1958. New Naturalist series no. 39, being an enquiry into the origin & distribution of some magico-religious tradititions. 55 b/w plates. 85 text illustrations. An historical study of the influence of birds in mythology and past religious/cultural traditions. Price: £138.00 | 1st 1986. A definitive work on the vintage years of the Bentley, together with a full acount of the racing history. Also included are details of the cars when new and their subsequent history. Large square format. 522 pages plus advertisments. Price: £280.00 | 1st 1905. Frontis and 50 superb colour plates, tissue-guarded and mounted on green card at rear of book. 62 text pages. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Price: £620.00 |
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Theresa &
The Stella & Rose's Books Team
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