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Welcome to the Special Book Room

The Special Book Room on our website houses our most collectable, rare or fragile items. Prices of Special Book Room items generally start at £90.00.

If you wish to view our special books in person, please contact us and we will let you know whether the items are located at Stella Books (Tintern) or Rose's Books (Hay-on-Wye).

Special Book Room at Stella Books, Tintern

A selection of our Special Books...

WILLIAM AND THE WITCH
Crompton, Richmal. Illustrated by Henry, Thomas & Ford, Henry. Stock no. 378024
George Newnes. 1st ed1964. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Green boards with gilt titles and vignette of William to spine. 191 pages, top edge green. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt to spine slightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers, grubby fingermark to one page margin and erased pencil writing to illustration on page 95. Wrapper is edge worn with slight loss, grubby on rear panel and has price crossed out with new ink price on front flap.
Price: £90.00
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WILLIAM AND THE POP SINGERS
Crompton, Richmal. Illustrated by Ford, Henry. Stock no. 378031
George Newnes Limited. 1st ed1965. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper. Green boards, gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. A couple of tiny foxspots to textblock edges else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn with minimal loss at corners.
Price: £120.00
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RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Bestall, Alfred. Illustrated by Bestall, Alfred. Stock no. 434552
Daily Express. 1968. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Cover: Rupert, Bill Badger and Pong Ping looking at large ball coming down from sky. Spine and corners are bumped. Boards are bowed. Name in ink in belongs to box. Foxing to pages internally. Magic Paintings are NOT done!!!
Price: £90.00
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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Fitzgerald, Edward. Illustrated by Balfour, Ronald. Stock no. 592832
Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st ed1920. Very good condition with no wrapper. 32 b/w plates with highlights of other colours plus 6 colour plates, all tipped-in. Cream parchment binding with gilt titles and small circular colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Printed on light brown card with numerous line drawings. Book: all plates present. Top of spine has small repaired tear. Base of spine slightly chipped. A super copy of this beautiful book.
Price: £200.00
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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Fitzgerald, Edward. Illustrated by Mcmanus, Blanche. Stock no. 592834
The Musson Book Co. Ltd.. Very good condition. Green limp suede binding, gilt titles and marbled endpapers. Very attractive red and green plates. Book: all plates present. Endpapers very lightly browned. Spine and corners a little rubbed.
Price: £90.00
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