August 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to the August 2024 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.
Summer seems finally to have (briefly) arrived in The Wye Valley with a couple of nice weeks of sunshine. Although, as we write this, the weather has become very changeable again. The joys of British weather!
We were delighted to see that a photo taken by our local photographer Chris Bryant, whose photos we often feature in our newsletter, was published this year in the Natural Landscape Photography Awards winners' book. His image is of the sunset on Offa's Dyke, a famous landmark that runs close to Tintern. Congratulations Chris! We have included his photo as our 'Photo of the Month' at the bottom of this newsletter. A celebration of photography is held annually, August 29th is World Photography Day, part of World Photography week (www.worldphotographyday.com)
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A few months back we mentioned that we might feature some of our lovely customers who visit the shop. In late July we were delighted to meet Mary-Lou and Jim who visited the shop while on holiday from Chicago. Mary-Lou is a school teacher back home in the US of A and has a big soft spot for Beatrix Potter. She browsed our extensive collection of Beatrix Potter books, including the rarer books in the Special Book Room; but it was the Potter special edition box sets that reduced her to tears - happy tears she assured us. She said it was an incredible experience to see all the Beatrix Potter books together. It was lovely to meet you both, we hope you continue to enjoy (enjoyed?) the rest of your holiday in the UK. |
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In our article this month, Lisa takes a look at famous English poet William Wordsworth - linked to the area through his travels and poetry. At the other end of the literary spectrum, Alison checks out the 'extremely unpleasant' (but very popular) series of children's books - 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'. Enjoy!
William Wordsworth and The Wordsworth Walk contributed by Lisa
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I am extremely lucky where I work, as the view from my desk overlooks Tintern Abbey and the surrounding Wye Valley countryside which is stunning. I was aware of a poem called “A Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” written by William Wordsworth so thought it would be interesting to find out a bit more about it. William Wordsworth was born in 1770 in the Lake District town of Cockermouth and was the second of five children. Both his parents had died before he was fifteen, so the children were left in the care of different relatives. It was in 1795, when he received a legacy from a close relative, that he and his sister Dorothy moved to Dorset and two years later moved to Somerset... Read more... |
A Sample of New Stock
| A Carp Memoir (Reliving The Carp Dream) written by Paisley, Tim | The Hobbit written by Tolkien, J.R.R. | The Secret World: A History of Intelligence written by Andrew, Christopher | The World of Beryl Cook written by Wilder, Jess & Sans, Jerome |
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| Price: £45.00 | Price: £36.00 | Price: £30.00 | Price: £14.00 |
| Categorised in FIELD SPORTS ANGLING CARP BIOGRAPHY | Categorised in CHILDRENS FANTASY | Categorised in HISTORY HISTORY GENERAL ESPIONAGE | Categorised in ART BIOGRAPHY |
| The Black Riders written by Needham, Violet | Culpeper's Complete Herbal written by Culpeper, Nicholas | Welsh Folk Customs written by Owen, Trefor M. | The Boilerplate War written by Foley, John |
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| Price: £50.00 | Price: £15.00 | Price: £15.00 | Price: £35.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS ADVENTURE | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY BOTANY HERBS MEDICAL | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) WALES HISTORY FOLKLORE | Categorised in MILITARY MILITARY VEHICLES TANKS WORLD WAR I |
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket contributed by Alison
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It was the name that got me first - ‘Lemony Snicket’. It rolled off the tongue and sounded like a cake or a nice yellow flowered plant. That’s what persuaded me to read the back cover to see what the book was about: “Dear Reader, I’m sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant, don’t read this, whatever you do. It will sadden you and cause harm to your mind.” Lemony Snicket was not wrong. The three children the book is about, the Baudelaires, are newly orphaned and go to live with a distant relative who cares nothing for them and sees them as a form of cheap labour and a way to access their parents’ fortune. Not cheery then, and actually pretty cruel in places. Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night Or What You Will written by Shakespeare, William | Goblin Market written by Rossetti, Christina | The Gay Dolphin Adventure written by Saville, Malcolm | Houses of The Welsh Countryside: A Study In Historical Geography written by Smith, Peter |
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| 1st 1908 Signed limited edition of 350 copies. Printed on handmade paper and bound in white vellum, gilt. 40 superb tipped-in colour plates on dark green mounts with captioned tissue-guards. 143 pages. Large, heavy format. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 53. A few small, light marks to covers. Silk ties are missing. Foxing to textblock and to some page margins. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Price: £1500.00 | 1st 1933 Cream decorated paperwraps. 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 42 pages. Covers are lightly edge creased and very slightly grubby having been protected with matching dustjacket which is very grubby and edge creased. A few foxspots at outer page edges and slight grubbiness to margins of endpapers. Contents clean. A fairly decent copy of a scarce Rackham softback book. Price: £180.00 | 1st 1945 The Third book in the Lone Pine series. Beige cloth with gilt title to spine and front cover with lone pine vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with foxing to lower edges of covers. Slight foxing to endpapers and textblock. Hinge between fly-leaf and title-page is cracked showing webbing. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to spine and rear panel and surface paper damage to rear panel (to the printed text). Price: £150.00 | 2nd 1988 Second enlarged Edition. Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. A popular reference work describing the development of Welsh domestic architecture from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, vignette of dragon to front board. B/w and colour photos, b/w illustrations. xl and 723 pages including index. Lower edge of text block slightly grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper... Price: £230.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
Special Offer20% discount on Field Sports books in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code FIELD2024 at the checkout to apply your discount before payment. Valid to 6th September 2024. Browse current stock in this offer. |
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