June 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to the June 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.
As always, we hope this newsletter finds you and your family well! The recent good weather has seen a steady increase in tourists to Tintern, especially now that the wireworks bridge has reopened. The contractors have done a great job and the bridge looks shiny and new. Incidentally, the official opening is happening on Wednesday the 21st of June at 2pm with weatherman Derek Brockway doing the honours. A few days later on the 24th is the Tintern village fete; well worth a visit if you're in the area with lots happening throughout the day.
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Jo has written our article of the month exploring the life and works of children's author Vera Southgate. And staying on the subject of children's books, Steve takes a trip down memory lane with our featured book: The Mountain of Adventure by Enid Blyton. Enjoy!
Vera Southgate contributed by Joanne
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Vera Southgate (birth name Pegg) was born in County Durham in March 1916 and was raised alongside her sister Mary. Both sisters would eventually train and become teachers in their own right. Vera's career was varied, and she taught children of many ages including infant, junior, secondary and also at special schools. In 1942 she married Arthur Southgate and stopped teaching for a while. Sadly, Vera was widowed only six years later in 1948 and, having no children, she returned to teaching, this time in Manchester where she met and married her second husband Douglas Thomas Booth in 1961. Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Holiday House: A Book For The Young written by Sinclair, Catherine | The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales written by Davies, John & Jenkins, Nigel & et al, | Inns and Taverns of The Chepstow District written by Waters, Ivor | Medieval & Renaissance Interiors In Illuminated Manuscripts written by Oledzka, Eva |
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| Price: £20.00 | Price: £20.00 | Price: £54.00 | Price: £45.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS PICTORIAL BINDING | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) WALES ENCYCLOPEDIA | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) WALES WYE VALLEY INNS MONMOUTHSHIRE HISTORY | Categorised in ART INTERIOR DESIGN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE |
| B-24 Liberator Groups of The 8th Air Force In Focus written by Bailey, Mike | The Education of Travellers' Children No author listed. | King Arthur and The Round Table written by Hadfield, A.M. | Here and There In Monmouthshire written by Hando, Fred J. |
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| Price: £26.00 | Price: £20.00 | Price: £14.00 | Price: £16.00 |
| Categorised in MILITARY AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AVIATION WORLD WAR II | Categorised in EDUCATION GYPSY CIRCUS FAIRS AND FAIRGROUND | Categorised in LEGENDS CHILDRENS ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS KING ARTHUR (CHILDRENS) | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) WALES MONMOUTHSHIRE |
The Mountain of Adventure by Enid Blyton contributed by Steve
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Like many of my age, I grew up reading Enid Blyton. For most of my childhood, my parents made the decision not to have a TV in the house. Although this was an unpopular decision with myself and my siblings, I look back with admiration as it meant we were moved to use our time in other (more constructive?) ways. Living in rural Mid-Wales, this meant spending a lot of time outside, but it also meant reading – a lot of reading! My earliest memories of reading include Malcolm Saville, Arthur Ransome, Ladybird books, as well as lots of non-fiction such as Usborne books on nature. But probably the largest number of books in our home library were written by Enid Blyton. Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Siegfried and The Twilight of The Gods written by Wagner, Richard | Five On Kirrin Island Again written by Blyton, Enid | Jeeves & Wooster (6 Volumes) written by Wodehouse, P.G. | Equine Dentistry written by Baker, Gordon J. & Easley, Jack |
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| Circa 1940 The second of the two volumes making up the trilogy of The Ring Of The Niblung. Very scarce publisher's leather edition. Gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. 30 magnificent tipped-in colour plates which display the Germanic inspiration evident in Rip and Midsummer Night's Dream and continuing through Undine and the Wagner books. Orange and cream pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 182 pages... Price: £250.00 | 1st 1947 Red textured boards with black title to spine. Blue and black pictorial endpapers. Two-colour and b/w illustrations. Colour frontis. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to white spine and rear panel, large tear across front panel has been neatly repaired on verso (so hardly noticeable on front now). Price: £360.00 | 1st thus 1996 Titles are: Ring For Jeeves; The Mating Season; Joy In The Morning; The Code Of The Woosters; Thank You Jeeves; Right Ho Jeeves. Attractive pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some minor shelf scuffing and minor grubby marks to one side. Books themselves appear unread. Price: £100.00 | 2nd 2005 Second edition. A most comprehensive and definitive text on the subject, covering all aspects on dentistry in horses and foals. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 353 pages includes glossary and index. Top & tail of spine worn with slight loss of surface paper. A few minor knocks to board edges. Corners of boards lightly worn. Boards a little scuffed. Contents clean. Price: £125.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
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20% discount on Enid Blyton books in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code BLYTONEX at the checkout to apply your discount before payment. Valid to 15th July 2023. Browse current stock of books in this offer. |
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