February 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to the February 2022 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.
As always, we hope you and your families are safe and well. In local news, the book shop continues to tick along well. We are still having various bits of work done but it does feel like we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We have new flooring being fitted to a couple of rooms next week - and that genuinely should complete the repairs from the great flood of 2020! Although we then have to put all the bookcases back into these rooms, this does take us one step closer to the day we re-open to the public.
Meanwhile, in book news, we have just purchased a beautiful large collection of A. & C. Black Colour Books. These distinctive books have beautiful bindings and illustrations; we'll be adding them to our website gradually over the next month so keep an eye out for them if they interest you.
With international travel seemingly sputtering into life, Rosemary's article this month might inspire you to visit the beautiful country of Norway. Alternatively, for the ornithologists among you, our featured book this month is a stunning book of bird paintings by little-known artist Henry Jones. Enjoy!
The Kingdom of Norway contributed by Rosemary
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The Kingdom of Norway - a land of tolerance, respect and equality Norway is part of Scandinavia, and its capital Oslo is on the same Latitude as the Orkney Isles. The king of Norway is Harald V with his queen Sonja. The northern portion is mostly above the Arctic Circle with the western and eastern areas being divided by mountain ranges called Lang Mountains. The fourth region is a narrow coastal land with many islands and narrow, steep fjords. The international geological definition of a fjord is “a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier”. The name fjord relates to the ancient Viking phrase “where you travel across”. There are more than 1,000 fjords, some of which are famous with many tourists visiting Norway to see them. Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Titus In Trouble written by Reeves, James | The Motor Routes of Germany written by Hecht, Henry J. & Home, Gordon | Rupert Adventure Series No. 19 - Rupert and The Space Ship written by Bestall, Alfred | Alpine Flowers and Gardens written by Flemwell, G. |
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| Price: £15.00 | Price: £20.00 | Price: £14.00 | Price: £18.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS ILLUSTRATED ARDIZZONE | Categorised in EUROPE GERMANY CARS A AND C BLACK COLOUR BOOK | Categorised in CHILDRENS RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES RUPERT | Categorised in GARDENING FLOWERS ALPINE GARDENS A AND C BLACK COLOUR BOOK |
| The Church Mouse written by Oakley, Graham | The Observer's Book of Wayside and Woodland written by Marren, Peter | The Story of The Dancing Frog written by Blake, Quentin | Bird Populations (nn 124) written by Newton, Ian |
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| Price: £14.00 | Price: £30.00 | Price: £58.00 | Price: £30.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS CATS CATS (CHILDRENS) ANIMAL STORY MICE | Categorised in OBSERVERS NATURAL HISTORY WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES REFERENCE | Categorised in CHILDRENS FROG | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY NEW NATURALIST ORNITHOLOGY |
The Bird Paintings of Henry Jones contributed by Chris
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The Bird Paintings of Henry Jones (text by Bruce Campbell) Henry Jones? Bird Paintings? Being a lover of birds and an admirer of the works of the great bird artists such as Audubon, Thorburn and Gould, I was immediately intrigued when I saw the title of this book. Who was Henry Jones? Why had I not heard of him before? The answer lay in Bruce Campbell’s introduction to the book. Henry Jones was and still is a mysterious figure. According to Mr. Campbell, much of what we know about him is found in an unsigned obituary of a mere 200 words in Ibis, the journal of the British Ornithologists’ Union. He was born in 1838 near Folkestone and joined the army at the age of 22. He progressed through the ranks, becoming Captain at age 38 and finally retiring with the rank of Major, having served over 15 years in India and Cyprus. Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| The Lord of The Rings written by Tolkien, J.R.R. | Bentley R-Type written by King, Bernard L. | The Adventures of Wonk - The Circus written by Levy, Muriel | The Otterbury Incident written by Lewis, Cecil Day |
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| 1973 Three volumes. 2nd edition. Red cloth, gilt titles to spines. Foldout map to rear of each book. Seventh impressions of the 2nd edition. Spines slightly bumped, light rubbing at corners. Top edges of textblock are a little stained/browned else contents fine, including fold-out maps. Dustwrappers are complete, just slightly edge rubbed... Price: £150.00 | 1st 2006 Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. Complete Classics No. 6. Price: £140.00 | 4th 1949 Ladybird series 417. Beige pictorial boards. Wonk decorated endpapers. Delightful colour pictures. Also contains the story WONK FLIES HIGH. Bump with small tear to board at top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with ink stamp name to front flap; edge-creased with... Price: £100.00 | 1st 1948 Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A tale of detection and high adventure for boys and girls. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Couple of corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few tears and chips; small chips of loss; some marks and foxing. Price: £150.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
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20% discount on London books in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code LONDEX at the checkout to apply your discount before payment. Valid to 9th March 2022 Browse current stock of London books in this offer. |
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