Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

163 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

THE RUDGE MULTI BOOK
Written by Bryan Reynolds.
Stock no. 2133205
Published by Rudgen Services. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. 54 numbered pages. ISBN: 0954944100. Big bump/creasing to top of spine, especially on rear cover. A few other knocks along cover edges. Name and address label to inside rear cover. Contents are still excellent!

Buy now for £90.00 Add to Wish List

HANDBOOK OF THE COLLECTION ILLUSTRATING MOTORCYCLES PART II
Written by C.F. Caunter.
Stock no. 2133175
Published by HMSO. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Catalogue of exhibits at the Science Museum with descriptive notes. Brown pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 80 pages includes index. Cover edges rubbed and lower corners lightly creased. Ink diagram on front cover. Covers part detached from contents. Contents clean.

Buy now for £15.00 Add to Wish List

THE RALEIGH HANDBOOK (THE MOTOR-CYCLIST'S LIBRARY)
Written by Mentor.
Stock no. 1819463
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 3rd 1930. Almost very good condition.

Third Edition. A complete guide for owners and prospective purchasers of raleigh motor-cycles. Dealing with every phase of motor-cycling. Small format. Cream paper boards, cloth spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 134 pages including index plus supplement to rear. Boards grubby. Top of spine frayed. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Previous owner's address label to rear pastedown.

Buy now for £32.00 Add to Wish List

MOTOR CYCLING MANUAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819462
Published by Temple Press Limited. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Guide for the Motorcyclist on Tuning, Driving and Repairs. 10th edition. Second Impression. Boards clean. Tape remnants to pastedowns and dustwrapper flaps. Page edge browning. Previous owner's address label to rear pastedown. Endpapers browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped with yellowed tape repair to verso, spine is browned.

Buy now for £50.00 Add to Wish List

THE ART OF DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819444
Published by Temple Press Limited. 3rd 1920. Almost very good condition.

Third Edition. A complete guide to the management of solo machines and sidecar outfits on the road. Written and illustrated by the Staff of "Motor Cycling" weekly journal. Green paper boards. 153 pages plus adverts and index to front. A few b/w illustrations. Boards creased vertically and browned. Previous owner's address label to rear pastedown. Page browning throughout.

Buy now for £48.00 Add to Wish List

EARLY DAYS IN THE BRITISH MOTOR CYCLE INDUSTRY
Written by Eric W. Walford.
Stock no. 2132368
1st 1931. Good condition.

Card wraps. A Brief History of the Years Before the Arrival of the Motor Cycle Press. Published under the authority of The British Cycle & Motor Cycle Manufacturers and Traders, Warwick Road, Coventry. B/w illustrations. Top 1" of spine has tear vertically and then horizontally. Date in ink to bottom of front cover. Binding is weak - spine is coming away from contents. Some foxing.

Buy now for £60.00 Add to Wish List

THE YELLOW MOTORBIKE
Written by Paul Quinn. Illustrated by Funf.
Stock no. 2132358
Published by Paul Quinn. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

The trials and tribulations of an AA Road Patrol. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Humourous b/w cartoon drawings. ISBN: 0950781908. SIGNED by author to title page. Marks to outer page edges.

Buy now for £60.00 Add to Wish List

DON'T TRUDGE IT, RUDGE IT
Written by Bryan Reynolds.
Stock no. 2132295
Published by Haynes. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Unlike most other marque histories, the Rudge story is not one of outstanding success... Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854291881. Tape/tape glue marks to pastedowns, endpapers and wrapper flaps. Inscriptions in ink to rear pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges.

Buy now for £35.00 Add to Wish List

RIDE IT! THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SPEEDWAY
Written by Cyril May.
Stock no. 2132277
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1978. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Specially reprinted edition 1978 - 50th Anniversary Speedway. ISBN: 0854292101. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine and cover edges are faded. Browning to endpapers.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

MOTOR CYCLE INDEX 1913 - 1924
Written by Kenneth Ball.
Stock no. 2132276
Published by Autopress. 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards. This book contains in alphabetical tabular form specifications of almost every motor cycle manufactured in Great Britain or imported during the years 1913-1924. 203 manufacturers are listed. Tape marks/residue to pastedowns, endpapers and wrapper flaps. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some grubby marks to wrapper.

Buy now for £40.00 Add to Wish List

THE HUMBER STORY 1868-1932
Written by A.B. Demaus; J.C. Tarring.
Stock no. 2132135
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Humber and its development to 1932. A full technical history and chronological table of all models (cycles, motor cycles and motor cars) manufactured, and production details. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 178 pages. ISBN: 0862995965. Tape marks to pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Light browning to endpapers. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and has a couple of minor marks.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

TURNER'S TRIUMPHS: EDWARD TURNER & HIS TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES
Written by Jeff Clew.
Stock no. 1818852
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Biography of the man who was probably the most important individual in the history of the British motorcycle industry. Includes coverage of all Edward Turner's motorcycle designs. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 1901295877. Page 146, 150, 152 and facing pages of these three pages have some surface paper damage affecting a little text - pages stuck together and when prising apart some surface paper was left behind especially pages 150 & 151.

Buy now for £110.00 Add to Wish List