January 2017 Newsletter
Welcome to the January 2017 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.
Investigating the Drains:
or, Tracing our Family History contributed by Tim
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Names are wonderful things, aren't they? Just imagine how confusing life would be without them! It is the pursuit of the names of my ancestors which has been occupying (too) many hours of my spare time recently as I try to fill in the gaps on our family tree – including the titular Drains, related by marriage to one of my great aunts. I have been interested in tracing our family for around thirty years, but as with most hobbies the level of enthusiasm waxes and wanes, or constraints are applied by other factors, so there may be times when there is no active research. However, at present I admit that I am deeply in 'enthusiastic mode' once again and my desk is slowly disappearing beneath an unstable pile of printouts from census returns... Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Carnation Of The Upper Fourth written by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M. | Finches & Sparrows An Identification Guide written by Clement, Peter | Vanished Kingdoms The History Of Half-forgotten Europe written by Davies, Norman | Renaissance Master Bronzes written by Warren, Jeremy |
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| Price: £28.00 | Price: £26.00 | Price: £37.00 | Price: £58.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS GIRLS SCHOOL STORIES SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS) | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY | Categorised in HISTORY HISTORY GENERAL HISTORY (EUROPEAN) | Categorised in ART RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE COLLECTING ANTIQUES |
Bentley Factory Cars 1919-1931 contributed by Sonia
Bentley cars, despite being a subsidiary of Volkswagen, are still British made and are today based in Crewe, England. The Bentley, largely hand built, is a 'British luxury automobile icon' according to Wikipedia. This book, Bentley Factory Cars 1919-1931 by Michael Hay, is described as the 'first definitive history of the Bentley golden era, and covers the personalities, the commercial and financial complexities, the engineering and development work – and the primum mobile of the company, racing.' The book contains a chronological history, also covering events prior to 1919... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam written by Fitzgerald, Edward. Illustrated by Dulac, Edmund. | Millais's Illustrations A Collection Of Drawings On Wood written by Millais, John Everett | Real Fairies written by Blyton, Enid | Orlando (the Marmalade Cat) Goes To The Moon written by Hale, Kathleen |
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| circa 1919. Large format. 20 superb colour plates, tipped onto cream card with decorative border and each with a tissue-guard. Price: £180.00 | 1866 Large format. Brown/brick cloth with gilt, blue and black titles/decorations to front cover. B/w illustrations. Book appears to have been rebacked at some point. Price: £140.00 | 1st 1923. Brown cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. A book of poetry. Small format. Enid Blyton's second book. SIGNED by (INSCRIBED) by Author. Price: £630.00 | 1st 1968. The penultimate story in the Orlando series. Orlando and his family decide to go to the moon to escape the rainy summer. A delightful story. Colour & b/w lithographs. Contents are lovely and bright! Price: £400.00 |
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