Stella & Rose's Books

CALLAGHAN: A LIFE
Written by Kenneth O. Morgan.
Stock no. 1831446
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Jim Callaghan. Starting in humble circumstances and then moving into trade union office and parliament at a young age, he went on to hold all the major offices of state: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and, for three tumultuous years, from 1976 to 1979, Prime Minister. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w plates. xvi and 800 pages including index. ISBN: 0198202164. Couple of minor marks to rear board. Light shelf-rubbing to base of spine. Text block a bit grubby. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

ATTLEE
Written by Kenneth Harris.
Stock no. 1331238
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A full and revealing account of Attlee's personal and political life. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 630 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0297779931. Spine bumped. Name, address and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby with light foxing. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly browned to spine.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame; Mary Ellmann. Illustrated by Alex Tsao.
Stock no. 1831141
Published by The New American Library. Circa 1969. Very good condition.

Introduction by Mary Ellmann. Matt white pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. American Edition. 221 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. A Signet Classic. Second printing. White pictorial boards are a little grubby. Contents clean.

THE WILLIAM COMPANION
Written by Mary Cadogan; David Schutte; Kenneth C. Waller. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330941
Published by Papermac. 1st PB 1991. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 033356524X. Minimal rubbing to corners and slight fading to spine. Browning to first and last pages and foxing to textblock.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1830869
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A handsome new edition with the characters sensitively portrayed and the action evocatively and faithfully depicted by the 1963 winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Pale green boards. Silver title to spine. 239 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. ISBN: 0722657463. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block. A few foxspots to margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks to top & tail.

ALVIS: THE STORY OF THE RED TRIANGLE
Written by Kenneth Day.
Stock no. 1830679
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 2nd 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Why Alvis survived so many other high quality car makers and signposts the story of the company's success in a risk-fraught business. A Foulis Motoring Book. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 375 pages. ISBN: 0854296670. Lower edge of spine shelf-won, a few knocks to board edges (minor). Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and is scuffed to rear panel.

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN THE DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
Written by Charles R. Hicks; Kenneth V. Turner.
Stock no. 1830332
Published by Oxford University Press. 5th 1999. Very good condition.

Fifth edition, thoroughly revised and updated, includes sixty new problems. A comprehensive coverage of the key elements of experimental design used by applied researchers to colve problems in the field. Wide-ranging and accessible, it shows students how to use applied statistics for planning, running, and analyzing experiments. This edition focuses more on computer use than previous editions. Blue glazed boards. x and 565 pages including index. ISBN: 0195122739. Boards scuffed and a little grubby. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. Text block is very slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

I ONLY HAVE TO CLOSE MY EYES
Written by Kenneth Williams. Illustrated by Beverlie Manson.
Stock no. 1330147
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Accompanied by his cat, a small boy dreams up wonderful worlds in which he plays many roles - among them the king of the castle, an explorer in a jungle and the ringmaster of a circus. Glazed pictorial boards. Blue endpapers. Large colour illustrations with smaller b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0460061755. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Light finger creases to page margins. Light scuffing to the blue endpapers. There is a light damp stain which affects the top margins of most pages (very light).

VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1968-77 AUTOBOOK
Written by Kenneth Ball.
Stock no. 1830260
Published by Autobooks Ltd.. 8th 1978. Very good condition.

Eighth Edition, fully revised. Owner's Workshop Manual. Volkswagen Beetle, Super Beetle, Karmann Ghia. Magenta pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos and drawings. 177 pages. ISBN: 0851477976. Boards lightly scuffed, shelf worn to top & tail of spine. Pale browning to endpapers and text block. Contents clean.

JAGUAR MARK 1, 2 1955-69 AUTOBOOK
Written by Kenneth Ball.
Stock no. 1830259
Published by Autopress. 1st 1969. Almost very good condition.

A Workshop Manual for the Jaguar 2.4, 3.4 and 3.8 Mks 1 and 2, 240, 340 1955-1969. Vinyl covered boards. B/w illustrations. 207 pages including index and rear pastedown. ISBN: 0851470408. Boars, endpapers and text block grubby as to be expected from a used car manual. Writing in red biro to top of front endpaper. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a good, clean copy.

ROADS AND VAGABONDS
Written by Kenneth Hare. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1830159
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1930. Good condition.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis and one other colour plate. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Spine is faded and split at edges, frayed to top & tail. Boards a little grubby, corners worn exposing board beneath cloth, tiny nibble to front and back board lower edge of cloth. A few scattered foxspots throughout.

THE ESSENTIAL G.E.M. SKUES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; Kenneth Robson.
Stock no. 1829674
Published by A & C Black Publishers. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An opportunity to read the best of fly fisherman Skues' writing from his books, articles and correspondence. Edited by Kenneth Robson. Cream cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 260 pages including index. ISBN: 0713638923. Shelf-wear to top & tail of spine. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, scuffed to rear panel, bar-coded ISBN label to rear.