February 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to the February 2020 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.
This month seems to have revolved around the bad weather and storms we've been experiencing. Thankfully we've survived unscathed! These have been coupled with some recent high tides (never a good combination) but thankfully the water stayed out of the shop! See the photo at the bottom of this newsletter showing the water covering the road outside the shop and surrounding our new sign.
February also sees us hold our Annual Business Meeting - a chance for the staff to all get together, eat donuts and discuss what went well last year, what didn't go so well, and what we can do better - but mainly to eat donuts! But seriously, we are always looking for ways we can improve the service we offer - if you have any suggestions or comments we would love to hear them.
Some time ago, Google visited Stella Books and photographed the inside of the shop allowing people to use Street View to take a virtual tour. So if you've always wanted to visit Stella Books - but haven't managed it - why not take the virtual tour!
Honor C. Appleton contributed by Joanne
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Honor C. Appleton, or Honor Charlotte Appleton in full, was born to parents Georgina and John Hoblyn Appleton, in Brighton on the south coast of England, on 4th February 1879. Appleton grew up with two older sisters, Rachel and Alice Mary (nicknamed 'Sissy') and one younger brother named John. Although not a great deal is known about her early childhood, it seems that her mother, Georgina, encouraged Honor and her sisters to take up the creative arts and painting. Appleton was a student at various art schools. Firstly she attended South Kensington School, after which, on scholarship, she attended Frank Calderdon's School of Animal Painting... Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Woodlands (NN 100) written by Rackham, Oliver | The Hobbit Or, There And Back Again written by Tolkien, J.R.R. | Paddington On Top written by Bond, Michael | The North American Bird Guide written by Sibley, David |
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| Price: £60.00 | Price: £30.00 | Price: £28.00 | Price: £16.00 |
| Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY NEW NATURALIST BOTANY WOODLAND FORESTRY TREES | Categorised in CHILDRENS FANTASY | Categorised in CHILDRENS BEAR | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY NORTH AMERICA |
| Worktown: The Astonishing Story Of The Birth Of Mass-observation written by Hall, David | The Long Wake written by Morton, Leslie | The Story Of E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh written by Chandler, Arthur R. | The Story Of Miss Moppet written by Potter, Beatrix |
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| Price: £18.00 | Price: £12.00 | Price: £34.00 | Price: £12.00 |
| Categorised in HISTORY HISTORY (BRITISH) LANCASHIRE ANTHROPOLOGY | Categorised in MARITIME SAILING TALL SHIPS | Categorised in CHILDRENS WINNIE THE POOH BIOGRAPHY | Categorised in CHILDRENS ANIMAL STORY CATS BEATRIX POTTER CATS (CHILDRENS) |
HALF-SAFE by Ben Carlin contributed by Steve
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As some of our long-term readers may know, one of the founders of Stella Books – Cliff – was the proud owner of a 1942 Willys Jeep. The Jeep had been in his family since being purchased just after the war as ‘army surplus’. It was used around the family farm and was the first vehicle Cliff drove – learning to drive it around the farm as a young boy. Around 20 years ago Cliff and I restored the Jeep back to its original glory. Cliff used to love driving it around Tintern and had it shipped over to Portugal when he and Chris lived there. When Cliff died back in 2017 he left ‘Jeep’ to me. Although I don’t use it as much as I’d like, it is a fantastic vehicle to drive around in the summer – or even in the winter if you dress up warmly enough! Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Sketches Of The Natural History Of Ceylon With Narratives And Anecdotes written by Tennent, J. Emerson | Die Rumpler-Werke A.-G. | Cinderella written by Sowerby, Githa | The Angler's Complete Guide And Companion written by Little, G. |
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| 1861 Blue leather binding with raised bands to spine, red title label to spine. Gilt crest to front cover. Marbled endpapers and outer page edges. Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, & c. Including a Monograph of The Elephant and a Description of the Modes of Capturing and Training it... Price: £140.00 | Circa 1919 Large format. Black cloth spine. Title to front cover is: 'Rumpler 1908 * 1918. Text in German. Looks at History of Rumpler Werke Factory. B/w photos. Bumping and wear with some marks and chipping to covers. Grubby margin marks to prelims. A couple of gatherings have come loose, but are still inserted. Fold-out pages have creasing to some edges. Price: £240.00 | Circa 1915 Told by Githa Sowerby. Large format. White cloth spine. Beige pictorial boards. 12 attractive mounted colour plates with tissue guards. 62 pages. Bumping and wear along cover edges and to corners; surface chipping to one edge on rear cover. Some foxing and grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free endpaper. A few hinges are pulled. Foxing and a few... Price: £110.00 | Green cloth with gilt titles; black, silver and gilt decorations. Pictures of flies internally have been hand coloured. Other b/w illustrations. 2" split to top of spine at rear edge; with fraying to cloth. Bumping and wear, with some chipping to cloth at edges. Front endpaper is nearly detached; rear endpaper IS detached, but loosely inserted. A few marks to margins. A reading copy... Price: £300.00 |
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Best regards,
The Stella & Rose's Books Team
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