December 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to the December 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.
As always, we hope this newsletter find you and your loved ones well. It's been a stormy month here in the UK. Fortunately, despite our location on the river, we've survived the wind and rain. Thankfully, the bad weather has not coincided with any high tides! If you live in the UK, we hope you've been similarly fortunate.
We're sending this newsletter out a little early due to the festive season. Our article and featured book this month include some stunning illustrations; Maria takes a look at the beautiful illustrations of Henriette Willebeek Le Mair whilst Sonia looks at an illustrated book about a Victorian zoological garden!
Whatever your religious persuasion, we hope you enjoy some time off relaxing with family and friends over the Christmas and New Year period. See you in 2025!
Henriette Willebeek Le Mair contributed by Maria
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I have recently been pricing up a large collection of Children’s books. In amongst them were two items illustrated by Willebeek Le Mair. I loved the illustrations. Similar to Mabel Lucie Attwell (my favourite illustrator), Henriette seems to be able to capture the beauty and innocence of little children so well in her elegant watercolour illustrations. I decided to do a little research on her and this is what I found. Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Hob and The Horse-Bat written by Read, Miss | Out With Romany Again written by Evens, G. Bramwell | Where Ships Are Born: Sunderland 1346-1946 written by Smith, J.W. & Holden, T.S. | Classic European Racing Motorcycles written by Walker, Mick |
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| Price: £54.00 | Price: £16.00 | Price: £15.00 | Price: £18.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS | Categorised in COUNTRYSIDE NATURAL HISTORY NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) NORTH EAST UK MARITIME SHIP BUILDING | Categorised in TRANSPORT MOTOR CYCLES MOTOR CYCLE RACING MOTOR SPORT |
| Five On A Treasure Island written by Blyton, Enid | The Mind In The Cave: Conciousness and The Origins of Art written by Lewis-Williams, David | British Spiders (3 Volumes) written by Locket, G.H. & Millidge, A.F. | Crusader Castles written by Lawrence, T.E. & Bostridge, Mark |
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| Price: £24.00 | Price: £15.00 | Price: £85.00 | Price: £34.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS ENID BLYTON FAMOUS FIVE | Categorised in ART CAVES AND CAVING HISTORY (EUROPEAN) ANTHROPOLOGY | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL SPIDERS | Categorised in FOLIO SOCIETY HISTORY CASTLES |
The Zoological Garden illustrated by Gustav Canton contributed by Sonia
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This book is nothing much to look at from the outside – it looks like a typical Victorian cloth covered book. The full title is ‘The Zoological Garden. An Invitation to the Youth of both Sexes to Contemplate Animated Nature.’ You can glean from the title that this is an old book, dating back more than 100 years. The book itself is undated but has a contemporary gift inscription in the front dated 1863, so we will assume it is from around this time. Upon opening it to the frontispiece and title page… wow! I changed my mind - this is a beautiful book! The frontis shows a lion attacking a crocodile outside its den where the lion’s mate and cubs are... Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| Mummy's Bedtime Story Book written by Marion, | Clever Mr. Twink written by Hurt, Freda | The Adventures of Tintin Reporter For Le Petit Vingtieme In The Land of The Soviets written by Herge, | Audubon's Birds of America written by Peterson, Roger Tory & Peterson, Virginia Marie |
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| 1st 1929 Large format. Blue pictorial printed paper boards. Yellow, blue & white pictorial endpapers. Bright two tone and full colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. An excellent example of Jessie M. King's illustrative style. Edges rubbed, corners lightly worn. Backstrip has slight loss at top and tail of spine through general wear and tear. Else backstrip complete... Price: £950.00 | 1st 1953 Orange boards, black title to spine, black vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Mr. Twink is a cat. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock and rear endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, edge chipped and slightly grubby. Price: £160.00 | 1st thus 1989 Large format. Beige cloth covers with pictorial onlay to front cover and blue and red title to front as well. B/w illustrations. Limited edition of 500 copies. This is copy no. 283. Spine bumped at top and tail. Some light foxing to rear cover. Light page browning to endpapers and page edges else contents fine. With rare bookmark enclosed. Price: £420.00 | 1st thus 1990 Revised Edition. The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio. Very large format. Cream cloth boards, dark blue title and blocking to spine. Full page stunning colour illustrations, b/w smaller illustrations. Tiny closed tear to top margin of plates 84/85 (no loss and very minor). Else a beautiful copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is... Price: £100.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
Special Offer20% discount on Rupert books in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code RUPOFFER at the checkout to apply your discount before payment. Valid to 7th January 2025. Browse current stock in this offer. |
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