Stella & Rose's Books

THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Cecil Keeling.
Stock no. 1330752
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Marble effect boards. Small b/w decorations to text. 349 numbered cream pages. Minimal foxing to textblock and minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Slight musty smell to contents. Contained in original publisher's slipcase which is slightly stained.

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PAUL SCOFIELD: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Garry O'Connor.
Stock no. 1330751
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A masterly biography that paints a revealing portrait of a man, who for the serious film- and theatre-goer, is more of an icon than any other living actor. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 419 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0283063491. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some fingermarks to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased/rubbed.

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MY NAME ESCAPES ME
Written by Alec Guinness.
Stock no. 1330750
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Diary of a retiring actor. Black boards, silver title to spine. 214 pages. Burgundy endpapers. ISBN: 0241136679. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and just a little edge creased.

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RADICAL JOE
Written by Denis Judd.
Stock no. 1330749
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Joseph Chamberlain. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 310 pages (including index), top edges dyed pink. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0241896312. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some very pale page browning to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed and just a little browned to spine.

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FULL MOON: RUGBY IN THE RED
Written by Rupert Moon; David Roach.
Stock no. 1330748
Published by Mainstream Publishing. 1st PB 2003. Very good condition.

A wonderful wander through the life of the former Wales star. Paperback edition. 217 pages. ISBN: 1840187611. Slight rubbing to corners. Light vertical creases to spine where book has been held open to read. A few light marks to rear panel. Very pale page browning else contents clean.

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RING MASTER
Written by Mark Ring; Delme Parfitt.
Stock no. 1330747
Published by Mainstream Publishing. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Incredible Story of Welsh Rugby's Clown Prince. Red cloth boards, gilt ttitle to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1845962311. Spine bumped. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased with small tears and a barcode label to rear panel.

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ON TREK AGAIN
Written by J.B.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 1330746
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The British Rugby Lions in South Africa 1968. ISBN: 0720702364. Minimal bumping to spine. Name in ink to front pastedown (hidden by wrapper flap). Endpapers lightly and partly browned. Small brown mark to edge of prelims. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, small printed price on inside wrapper flap has been blotted out.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1990
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1330745
Published by Daily Express. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

No. 55. 70th anniversary edition. Tall 4to pictorial glazed boards - Rupert on a bench with Baby Badger and Little Yum. 99 pages. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850792061. Top edge of textblock is lightly foxed and slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is complete and bright.

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BIGGLES OF THE INTERPOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330744
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red embossed scottie dog design with black title and scottie dogs to spine. 6 colour plates. 181 pages. Spine slightly bumped and darkened. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and slightly grubby.

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SIERRA LEONE: A MODERN PORTRAIT (THE CORONA LIBRARY)
Written by Roy Lewis.
Stock no. 1830910
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sierra Leone is a little-known land whose strange and romantic history enered a new phase when at the end of the eighteenth century British philanthropists chose it as a settlement for freed and destitute slaves. its story since then has turned upon the attempt, under the leadership of governors and missionaries, for whom the place was literally the White Man's Grave, to make a new nation out of the disparate elements of Negro ex-soldiers, Africans liberated from slave ships by the Royal Navy, and the tribesmen of the hinterland. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w photos. ix and 263 pages including index. Fold-out map to rear. Boards mottled and gilt to spine has faded. Text block browned. Tiny piece of surface paper loss to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-worn, and has three white spots to spine which is faded to grey.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by David Berryman.
Stock no. 1830909
Published by Countryside Books. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

A thoroughly researched and action-packed book describing the history of each airfield, highlights of some of the operations carried out from them, and putting them into overall context of a country and nation at war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781853069499. Reprint. A nice copy.

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WILD THING: A LIFE OF PAUL GAUGUIN
Written by Sue Prideaux. Illustrated by Paul Gauguin.
Stock no. 1830908
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 2024. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An original and revealing portrait of the misunderstood French Post-Impressionist artist, Paul Gauguin. Mustart paper boards, light blue title to spine. Colour photos & illustrations. XIV and 399 pages including index. ISBN: 9780571365937. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Spine is cocked. Faint stain to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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