Stella & Rose's Books

GIMLET'S ORIENTAL QUEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1831637
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A 'King of the Commandos' Adventure. A desperate treasure hunt in siamese jungle, which began harmlessly enough as a fishing holiday in the Highlands of Scotland. Gimlet and 'Cub' Peters lead an expedition to vindicate a dead man's faith. Green cloth, colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. Boards clean. A couple of hinges lightly pulled. Small brown rust marks to front endpaper (minor). Some light foxing mainly to prelims otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small chips. Six small squares of clear tape to verso.

THE CITY OF THE THREE CROWNS
Written by G.J. Monson-Fitzjohn.
Stock no. 1831636
Published by A. Brown & Sons Limited. 1sdts 1927. Almost very good condition.

Being Letters Upon Prominent Episodes in the History of Kingston Upon Hull from the Date of its First Charter Onwards. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. xvi and 174 pages. Spine browned, front board stained, boards grubby/scuffed. Text block browned. Two lengthy inscriptions to free front endpaper. Foxing and a few grubby marks to contents. Hinges pulled but binding tight.

A TREATISE ON MINE-SURVEYING
Written by Bennett H. Brough.
Stock no. 1831635
Published by Charles Griffin & Company. 2nd 1889. Very good condition.

This work is intended primarily for students, and embodies the substance of the course of intstruction in Mine-Surveying given at the Royal School of Mines. It may also be found useful as a companion to the standard works of reference on Land-surveying. Second edition, revised. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. xvi and 302 pages plus 36 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Boards a little marked and stained. Text block browned. name in ink to half-title page. Front hinge between free front endpaper and half-title page pulled but tight. A few marks to contents.

CORNWALL AND ITS PEOPLE
Written by A.K. Hamilton Jenkin; Arthur Quiller-Couch.
Stock no. 1831634
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1946. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprising Cornish Seafarers, Cornwall and the Cornish, Cornish Homes and Customs. Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xvi and 487 pages including index. Reprint. Minor spotting to front board. A few minor foxspots present, mainly to prelims and text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby with a few tiny chips, top corner of front flap has been torn away.

THE YOUNG MILL-WRIGHT & MILLER'S GUIDE
Written by Oliver Evans; Eugene S. Ferguson.
Stock no. 1831633
Published by The Oliver Evans Press. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This work, originally published in 1795, emphasizes sturdy foundations, safe dam design, and reliable mill structures, along with detailed descriptions of improvements for elevating grain, conveying it through machines, and grinding into meal and flour. Foreword by Eugene S. Ferguson. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles and red title blocks. B/w illustrations, some folding. Third printing. Small red ink smudge to lower edge of front of dustwrapper else a lovely, clean copy.

JELLY-FISH, STAR-FISH AND SEA-URCHINS: BEING A RESEARCH ON PRIMITIVE NERVOUS SYSTEMS
Written by G.J. Romanes.
Stock no. 1831632
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.. 1st 1885. Very good condition.

The International Scientific Series Vol. L. This work is centered around the investigation of the primitive nervous systems of jelly-fish and star-fish, exploring their anatomy, physiology, and the results of various experiments conducted over several summers. B/w illustrations. vi and 323 pages plus 40 page list of books by the publisher to rear. Top & tail of spine lightly worn, edges of spine rubbed. Hinges lightly pulled but binding is still tight. Contents clean.

THE ENCHANTED LAND: TALES TOLD AGAIN
Written by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.
Stock no. 1831631
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Very good condition.

A collection of 16 fairy tales, first story is The Snow Queen. Illustrated with 16 beautiful colour plates including frontispiece. Green cloth boards with black titles and decoration to spine, pictorial onlay of 'The Babes in the Wood' to top front board. xiv and 211 pages. Undated. A few minor marks to boards but generally nice and clean looking. Text block browned with a few foxspots. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinges to prelims lightly pulled. A few foxspotsmainly to margins. All plates present, some are worn at edges.

CHURCHILL: HIS PAINTINGS
Written by David Coombs. Illustrated by Winston S. Churchill.
Stock no. 1831630
Published by George Rainbird Ltd. 1967. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book illustrates virtually all of Winston Churchill's paintings which are known to have survived and forms a kind of pictorial diary of his private life, a personal record of his family and friends, their homes, holidays and travels, across a span of more than forty years. Compiled by David Coombs and with a foreword by Lady Spencer-Churchill. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title on black to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 272 pages including index. Second impression, same year as first publication. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Boards clean. Some minor foxing to text block. Name & date in ink to front pastedown and 4 digits written in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

MARTYRS AND MURDERERS: THE GUISE FAMILY AND THE MAKING OF EUROPE
Written by Stuart Carroll.
Stock no. 1831629
Published by Oxford University Press. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of three generations of treacherous, bloodthirsty power-brokers. One of the richest and most powerful families in sixteenth-century France, the House of Guise played a pivotal role in the history of Europe. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 345 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199229079. Third printing. Boards clean. Text block has some minor foxing. Some minor surface paper damage to plates where plates have stuck together and been prised apart. Else a nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly rubbed at corners.

PHILIP SNOWDEN
Written by Colin Cross.
Stock no. 1831628
Published by Barrie & Rockliff. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, PC was a British politician and Chancellor of the Excehquer in the first two Labour governments of Great Britain. A strong speaker, he became popular in trade union circles for his denunciation of capitalism as unethical and his promise of a socialist utopia. Peach cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. x and 356 pages including index. Top edge red. A few small, pale stains to front board, base of spine lightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Contents clean. White & green dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly scuffed.

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 1754-1790: INTRODUCTORY SURVEY (THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT)
Written by John Brooke.
Stock no. 1831627
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

This book provides an introduction to and analysis of the biographies and constituency surveys. It also discusses each of the elections held during the period, and provides a brief discussion of the House of Commons and its procedure. An Oxford Paperback No. 147. Originally published in 1964 by HMSO. viii and 312 pages including index. Covers lightly rubbed and edge-worn. Foxing to text block, inside front cover and title page. Neat inscription in ink to title page. Else contents clean.

CB: A LIFE OF SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN
Written by John Wilson.
Stock no. 1831626
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He had known the extremes of political failure and success. At one time he was execrated as a man who was said to sympathise with the enemies of his country. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 717 pages including index. ISBN: 009458950X. Boards clean. Text block grubby, some page edges grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and sunned/faded to top edges and spine.