January 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to the January 2023 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.
We hope you have all had a relaxing and refreshing festive season! January is always a quiet month for us after the Christmas rush. We've started preparing for the imminent building work by clearing all the books and bookcases from the main downstairs room of the shop. Work is due to commence during the first week of February. As we mentioned in our last newsletter, this has meant that we're closed to the public until the end of March.
Sadly, we're not immune from Covid-19 and we've had a few members of staff off over the last few weeks. Usually it's the phones that suffer when we're short-staffed, so please bear with us. If your call is not answered immediately, please leave a message on the answering machine. Hopefully with the warmer weather there will be a few less germs around!
The beautiful book illustrations of Michael Foreman are much loved. Sonia has put together an interesting mini biography of Foreman in this month's article. Our featured book this month is really a series - the Photographic Memories Series by Francis Frith. Jo provides some fascinating background to the man and the series and includes some interesting local photos. Enjoy!
Michael Foreman contributed by Sonia
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Michael Foreman is an award-winning illustrator of over 300 titles for both adults and children. He is best known for his children’s book illustrations and is a winner of numerous awards including the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and Kate Greenaway Medal. He was born in Suffolk in 1938 and grew up near Lowestoft, in Pakefield, where his mother kept the village shop. As a child, he did not have any books in the family home. This gave him the advantage of being able to come up with completely new look illustrations... Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| The End Crowns All written by Marshall, Emma | Orlando (the Marmalade Cat) and The Water Cats written by Hale, Kathleen | The Book of Eggs written by Hauber, Mark E. | The End of The Affair written by Greene, Graham |
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| Price: £16.00 | Price: £48.00 | Price: £38.00 | Price: £25.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS PICTORIAL BINDING | Categorised in CHILDRENS CATS CATS (CHILDRENS) LITHOGRAPHS | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY EGGS | Categorised in FOLIO SOCIETY LITERATURE |
| The Orchids of Ireland written by Curtis, Tom & Thompson, Robert | Biggles' Special Case written by Johns, W.E. | The Motor Cycling Club written by Garnier, Peter | Dictionary of Landscape Architecture and Construction written by Christensen, Alan Jay |
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| Price: £30.00 | Price: £90.00 | Price: £12.00 | Price: £50.00 |
| Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY BOTANY ORCHIDS IRELAND | Categorised in CHILDRENS BIGGLES BOYS | Categorised in TRANSPORT MOTOR CYCLES CARS MOTOR SPORT RALLYING HISTORY | Categorised in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE DESIGN ARCHITECTURE DICTIONARIES |
Photographic Memories Series – The Francis Frith Collection contributed by Joanne
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Photographic Memories Series – The Francis Frith Collection The Photographic Memories Series is just one of a staggering twelve series of books that feature the famous black and white photographs from the Francis Frith collection. Photographic Memories presents 310 titles of various counties, cities and areas in the UK, with photos showcasing these areas prior to the 1960s. How did this series come about? Francis Frith (1822-1898) was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire and turned out to be a multi-talented man. He was a devout Quaker, attending Quaker schools in Ackworth and Birmingham... Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Reining Dreams written by Sternberg, Francesca | Seaports of The Far East written by Macmillan, Allister | Autocourse The Review of International Motor Sport 1966 written by Phipps, David | The Long Silence Falls: The Life and Times of The Merchant Navy Radio Officer 1900-2000 (Volume II) written by Selman, Tony & et al, |
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| 1st 2011 What it takes to be the Champion and stay there in this demanding sport. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Packed full of colour photos. Spine and corners bumped. Contents bright. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased/rubbed. Neat barcode label to rear panel of wrapper. Price: £110.00 | 2nd 1925 Second Edition. Historical and descriptive; commercial and Industrial; facts, figures, & resources. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette of palm tree to front board. B/w photos. Green mottling to text block. Damp stain to top & tail of spine. Small hole in cloth to front edge of spine. Uneven fading to boards. Professional repair of joints... Price: £350.00 | 1966 Very large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour folding photos. The World's Fastest Cars and the Men who Drive Them. Tape marks to front and verso of dustwrapper, to board, and to endpapers. Text block browned. Top margins of contents browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is also worn at corners with closed edge-tears, grubby in appearance. Price: £230.00 | 1st thus 2015 More stories from QSO. A cross section of articles that have been published in The Radio Officers' Asssociation quarterly newsletter 'QSO' between 1999 and 2012. Introduction by Tony Selman, Chairman of The Radio Officers' Association. Large format. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. A nice copy. Price: £100.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
Special Offer20% discount on Annuals in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code ANNUEX at the checkout to apply your discount before payment. Valid to 4th February 2023. Browse current stock of Annuals in this offer. |
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The Stella & Rose's Books Team
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