January 2026 Newsletter
Welcome to the January 2026 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 all had a nice relaxing time over Xmas and new year. The weather the last few weeks has been pretty cold and wet here in the Wye Valley. We did have a brief dusting of snow - but sadly it was gone too soon! But spring will be here soon - and we're already seeing the first signs with snowdrops tentatively poking their pretty heads above the soil.
On the subject of snowdrops, the Wye Valley Sculpture Garden in Tintern are running some 'Snowdrop Open days'. 'Step into a magical winter experience at Wye Valley Sculpture Garden... wander three acres of meadow, woodland, and sculpted slopes as over 80 snowdrop varieties bloom beneath frosty skies, creating a serene, restorative atmosphere'.
We have recently updated the checkout on our website. The new system uses 'Stripe' and means we can offer more payment options such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link and Revolut. We hope you all like this improvement - and please let us know if you spot any bugs.
Our article this month is a featured book: Heteromorph by Wolfgang Grulke. Find out more about these fascinating creatures in Sonia's article! Enjoy!
Heteromorph by Wolfgang Grulke contributed by Sonia
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When purchasing a ‘lot’ of books to sell in the shop, we do come across the occasional weird and wonderful book titles. I recently came across a bizarre looking item… Heteromorph: The Rarest Fossil Ammonites by Wolfgang Grulke What is a Heteromorph??? Of course, I googled it: Heteromorphic:differing from the normal form in size, shape, and function according to the Collins English Dictionary. Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Rupert Annual 1966 written by Bestall, Alfred | Holiday Tours In Spain, Portugal & Madeira. Illustrated Guide No author listed. | The Sea Shore (NN 12) written by Yonge, C.M. | Albert and Emerald Or How They Saved The Nation written by Sykes, Christopher |
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| Price: £60.00 | Price: £60.00 | Price: £15.00 | Price: £24.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS ANNUALS RUPERT ANNUAL PRE1970 RUPERT RUPERT ANNUAL | Categorised in TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN) EUROPE SPAIN PORTUGAL MADEIRA GUIDE BOOKS TRAVEL | Categorised in NATURAL HISTORY NEW NATURALIST MARINE LIFE | Categorised in CHILDRENS |
| Isaiah Berlin written by Gray, John | Biggles Learns To Fly written by Johns, W.E. | Guglag To Spitfire: A Polish Serviceman's Fight To Survive In The Second World War written by Von Staufer, Andrew Hubert | Stone and Marble Carving: A Manual For The Student Sculptor written by Miller, Alec |
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| Price: £18.00 | Price: £58.00 | Price: £17.00 | Price: £40.00 |
| Categorised in BIOGRAPHY PHILOSOPHY HISTORY HISTORY (BRITISH) | Categorised in CHILDRENS BIGGLES BOYS BOYS ADVENTURE ADVENTURE | Categorised in MILITARY WORLD WAR II AVIATION | Categorised in ART SCULPTURE CRAFTS HOBBIES |
A Selection from The Special Book Room
| A Dissertation on the Universe in General and on the Procession of the Elements in Particular written by Saumarez, Richard | The Hums of Pooh written by Milne, A.A. & Fraser-Simson, H. | De La Passion A La Perfection written by Adatto, Richard | The Cabbage Princess written by Le Cain, Errol |
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| Circa 1830 The author was a surgeon and member of the Company of Surgeons. Includes Annual Oration to the council and fellows of the Medical Society of London dated 1813; and A Letter on the Evil Effects of Abesenteeism; being an answer to Hastings Elwin Esq dated 1829. A Dissertation on the Universe in General is dated 1795. Green leather spine and corners, gilt title to spine. Marbled paper sides and red speckled text block. Not illustrated. Edges of boards rubbed, leather spine & corners... Price: £180.00 | 1st 1929 Large format Beige cloth spine. Green and beige pictorial upper board. A selection of Pooh Bear's lyrics from Winnie-The-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, set to music by H. Fraser-Simson. B/w text illustrations by the famous Pooh Bear illustrator, E.H.Shepard. Spine and corners bumped. Slight darkening to lower edges. Endpapers partly browned. Large but neat inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn/knicked and a little grubby. Price: £180.00 | 1st 2002 L'histoire du style aerodynamique en France 1930-1939. Text in French. Large, heavy format. Black cloth with small silver vignette to front cover. Packed full with colour and b/w photos. Book itself looks unread. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with small tears at corners and some slight scuffing. A nice copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Price: £210.00 | 1st 1969 The story of a King with a very bad temper who offended a powerful enchanter. Matt colour pictorial boards. Bright colour illustrations and endpapers. Not paginated. Clean pictorial boards. Minor spotting to text block and inside edge of boards. Name in ink to half-title page. Else a beautiful, clean copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly browned to spine and unevenly faded to rear panel witha few minor marks. Overall, a very nice copy. Price: £140.00 |
This Month's Special Offer
Special Offer20% discount on all ENID BLYTON books in our Special Book Room. Type in voucher code Browse current stock in this offer. |
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Best regards,
The Stella & Rose's Books Team
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