March 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to the March 2025 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.
Spring is finally underway in the Wye Valley and we’ve had a few days of unusually warm weather in the last week or so. Our photo this month is of some snowdrops spotted just up the valley near Redbrook. Whilst these are past their best now, the daffodils are in full glory along with the early crocus.
It’s been nice to see shop visitor numbers pick up a little as the better weather gets more of us out and about. We miss seeing friendly faces in the shop during the winter months! However, the village is still pretty quiet; so come and pay us a visit before the crowds arrive and while the weather is clear and dry.
In our article this month, Chris takes a look at the history of the River Wye. Although the river is now known for its natural beauty and serenity, in the past it was a hive of industry and busy with traffic. Meanwhile, in our featured book article, Steve takes a look at a few of the books we have in stock that deal with the legendary De Haviland Mosquito aircraft of World War II.
Speaking of military icons, we are currently processing a large collection of military books (with a focus on aviation and naval). The collection is in amazing condition having been kept in plastic bags and seemingly never read!
Anyhow, we hope you enjoy the newsletter!
More About the River Wye contributed by Chris
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With Stella & Rose’s Bookshop sitting on the banks of the River Wye it’s natural that it holds a fascination for us. With the river being tidal from its junction with the River Severn, for about 15 miles to Bigsweir the next village upriver from Tintern, the vista is constantly changing. The valley of the River Wye has some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the UK. Read more... |
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A Sample of Our Current Stock
| Babar At Home written by De Brunhoff, Jean | Notes On The Old Crosses of Gloucestershire written by Pooley, Charles | Nature Conservation (NN 91) written by Marren, Peter | Missee Lee written by Ransome, Arthur |
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| Price: £90.00 | Price: £40.00 | Price: £50.00 | Price: £35.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS ANIMAL STORY ELEPHANT | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (UK) SOUTH WEST UK GLOUCESTERSHIRE HISTORY HISTORY (BRITISH) CHURCHES ANTIQUARIAN STONE CROSSES | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY NEW NATURALIST CONSERVATION | Categorised in CHILDRENS |
| Wild West Sally written by Ormsby, Ierne | Birds of The Strait of Gibraltar written by Finlayson, Clive | Tiff Gear The Autobiography of Tiff Needell written by Needell, Tiff & Clarkson, Jeremy | Cinema and The Great War written by Kelly, Andrew |
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| Price: £70.00 | Price: £46.00 | Price: £30.00 | Price: £55.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS GIRLS WILD WEST (CHILDRENS) | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY GIBRALTAR | Categorised in TRANSPORT CARS MOTOR SPORT BIOGRAPHY | Categorised in HISTORY HISTORY GENERAL WORLD WAR I PERFORMING ARTS FILM CINEMA |
De Havilland Mosquito – Warpaint Special No. 3 contributed by Steve
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Aircraft have always fascinated me. When I was younger, one of my hobbies was radio-controlled cars. I always wanted to progress onto aircraft – but sadly never had the funds! Over the last few years, I’ve played around with building my own drones (with limited success) and even building a radio-controlled hovercraft, but I’ve never lost my interest in aircraft. One of these days, I might just build a model aircraft and, if I did, it would probably be one of my all-time favourite aircraft – the De Havilland Mosquito. Read more... |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| African Rainbow written by Binks, H.K. | The Adventures of Peter and Judy In Bunnyland written by Uttley, Alison | A New Plan For Speedily Increasing The Number of Bee-Hives In Scotland written by Bonner, James | A History of The Ship Letters of The British Isles (3 Volumes) written by Robertson, Alan W. |
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| 1st 1959 The author's adventures in Kenya illustrated by his own b/w photographs. From farming to nature photography and ivory hunting. 264 pages. SIGNED by author. Corners bumped. Wrapper price-cut, somewhat browned and a little edge-chipped. Price: £160.00 | 1st 1935 Large format. Yellow cloth spine. Black pictorial boards. Superb vivid full-page colour illustrations. Spine is bumped, a little worn and browned. Corners and cover edges are worn. Some scratch marks and small areas of surface paper damage to front cover. Back cover is slightly grubby with some light stains. Endpapers are browned. Closed tear of approx. 3cm to bottom edge of page 29/30. Only a very odd mark mark. Illustrations lovely and bright. Price: £280.00 | 1st 1795 Which may be extended with equal success to England, Ireland, America or to any other part of the world Campbell of producing flowers. Printed by J. Moir and Sold by W. Creech, Bell & Bradfute, P. Hill, Mudie & Son, and by the Author. Leather spine and corners, marble boards. Boards scuffed. Book plate to front pastedown. A few margin marks. Price: £450.00 | Circa 1955 An edition on Art Paper Limited to 600 copies. Large format. Blue cloth 'folders'. One volume contains sections A-D, next volume contains Section E (the catalogue) and third volume contains Supplement No. 4 (Section E, Part 4). Many b/w photos. SIGNED by author to Volume containing sections A-D. This is copy no. 353. Ex-lib. with some old library stamp marks etc. Covers have some uneven fading and a few marks. Foxing to outer page edges; some page browning. Price: £300.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
Special Offer20% discount on Fairy Tale books in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code FAYMARCH at the checkout to apply your discount before payment. Valid to 13th April 2025. Browse current stock in this offer. |
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