Stella & Rose's Books

CLASSIC CIVIL AIRCRAFT:1 LOCKHEED CONSTELLATION
Written by Kenneth E. Wixey.
Stock no. 1319651
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1998. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The career of the 'Connie' in over 100 pages devoted to design and development, the L-049/749 Series, Turbo Compounding, military Constellations, the Starliner and other fascinating areas of design and operation. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Over 140 b/w photos and supported with appendices and technical data. 112 pages. ISBN: 0711017352. Fading to dustwrapper spine.

CHURCHILL AND THE KING: THE WARTIME ALLIANCE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL AND GEORGE VI
Written by Kenneth Weisbrode.
Stock no. 2134019
Published by Viking. 1st USA 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black spine with gilt title, grey/blue boards. American edition. ISBN: 9780670025763. Page edge browning.

ROADS AND VAGABONDS
Written by Kenneth Hare. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819579
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis and one other colour plate. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers very slightly grubby. Very pale scattered foxspots.

LINERS IN ART
Written by Kenneth Vard.
Stock no. 1819505
Published by Halsgrove. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised edition. A maritime art book devoted exclusively to paintings of great ocean liners of the 20th century. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front. ISBN: 1841141186. Previous owner's small ownership label to front endpaper. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

A BIT BEHIND THE TIMES
Written by Kenneth Neve.
Stock no. 2132245
Published by Grenville Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

The early days of motor sport. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 176 pages. ISBN: 0903243067. Uneven browning to covers. Light browning to text block else contents clean. Small newspaper cutting stuck to inside rear cover (obituary of author).

DREAM DAYS
Written by Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 2130893
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1899. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth, dark titles and decorations. Spine is browned, with wear. Marks to covers. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges.

ALVIS: THE STORY OF THE RED TRIANGLE
Written by Kenneth Day.
Stock no. 1817137
Published by Gentry Books. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A definitive history of one of the most famous, influential and successful car manufacturers over the last half century. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 335 pages. ISBN: 0856140635. Lower corners of boards bumped. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

YESTERDAY'S HEROES
Written by Kenneth N. Jordan.
Stock no. 1816863
Published by Schiffer Military History. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

433 men of World War II awarded the Medal of Honor 1941-1945. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 076430061X.

DREAM DAYS
Written by Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 2127482
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 4TH 1904. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth, dark titles and decorations. Some foxing and marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to pages and outer page edges.

THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.
Stock no. 2126390
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1900. Very good condition.

Green/brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Picture and title to front cover. 8 x 6". 18 tissue-guarded b/w plates. Page edges are uncut. Gilt to spine is faded. Bumping along a couple of cover edges. Small bookplate and inscriptions to front pastedown. Some foxing and page browning. All plates present. A few small tears and creases to tissue-guards and a few page margins.

THE JAGUAR COMPANION
Written by Kenneth Ullyett.
Stock no. 1610587
Published by Stanley Paul. 5th 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Corners bumped. Wrapper is edge creased and browned, with some grubby marks.

THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1813869
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1945. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, gilt title to spine, black title and illustration to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. 166 pages plus adverts to rear. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned at spine, split in two at front spine edge and just slightly grubby.