Stella & Rose's Books

WINTER KING: THE DAWN OF TUDOR ENGLAND
Written by Thomas Pennant.
Stock no. 1331404
Published by Allen Lane. Circa 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the tragic, magnetic figure of Henry VII - controlling, paranoid, avaricious, with a Machiavellian charm and will to power. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Red endpapers. 448 pages including index. Some colour plates. ISBN: 9781846142024. 2nd printing. Heavy foxing at inner margins and to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges.

VENDETTA: HIGH ART AND LOW CUNNING AT THE BIRTH OF THE RENAISSANCE
Written by Hugh Bicheno.
Stock no. 1331403
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of unbridled lust, treachery and murder featuring an extraordinary cast of characters who fought, poisioned, betrayed and cheated their way from the late middle ages into the modern era, and in the process produced some of the most enduringly beautiful works of art ever seen. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 290 pages including index. B/w text illustrations and diagrams plus colour plates. ISBN: 9780297846345. Heavy foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge creased.

GLADSTONE HEROIC MINISTER 1865-1898
Written by Richard Shannon.
Stock no. 1331402
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Some b/w photos. 702 pages. ISBN: 0713992530. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

THE EDWARDIANS
Written by Roy Hattersley.
Stock no. 1331401
Published by Little Brown. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. 520 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0316725374. Spine bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby and edge rubbed.

ERASMUS THE REFORMER
Written by A.G. Dickens; Whitney R.D. Jones.
Stock no. 1331400
Published by Methuen. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the impact of Erasmus upon the movement for religious reform in early sixteenth-century Europe, as well as delineating a most unusual and arresting personality. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 367 pages including index. B/w plates. ISBN: 0413334805. Spine slightly bumped. Page browning and textblock slightly grubby else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

THEODORE REX
Written by Edmund Morris.
Stock no. 1331399
Published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The sequel to "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt". Black boards, gilt title to spine. 772 pages including notes and index. ISBN: 0002177080. Spine slightly bumped. Textblock is slightly grubby. Corner tip of rear free-endpaper torn off and last few pages have corner creases. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed and creased and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS
Written by Eric Duthie; Richard Armstrong; Arthur Catherall; W. Somerset Maugham; Elleston Trevor; et al. Illustrated by John S. Goodall; Stuart Tresilian; et al..
Stock no. 1331398
Published by Odhams Books. 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Duthie. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. First story is Th Visitor by Henry Treece (illus J.S. Goodall). Spine slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page edge browning and some foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a large vertical score mark to front panel.

BURTIE COREY THE FISHER BOY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331397
Published by Gall and Inglis. Circa 1899. Good condition.

A story for boys and girls. Blue decorated cloth. 170 pages. B/w frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and marked (particularly rear cover). Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partially browned. One gathering of pages is detached at lower stitch. Some foxing and fingering.

A SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY
Written by James Cornwell.
Stock no. 1331396
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co.; Whittaker & Co.. 1868. Fair condition.

Brown embossed cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. 360 pages (including index). Spine and corners bumped and worn with splits to spine edges and some slight loss of cloth at top and tail. Covers discoloured and faded, small patch of paper stuck to rear cover. Name in heavy pencil to front pastedown. Joints are cracked but binding is still tight. Contents are grubby and foxed, initials to textblock.

THE MARQUIS' HEIR: A TALE OF THE EARLY YEARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Written by A.H. Biggs. Illustrated by Harold Piffard.
Stock no. 1331395
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 3 colour plates. 254 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine and cover edges faded. Frontis is detached but still present. Foxing else contents clean.

COMRADES: A STORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH
Written by Joseph Bowes. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1331394
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 288 pages, all edges blue. 6 colour plates. Spine bumped. Cover edges slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked/pulled but binding still tight. Some foxing to contents.

COCKERILL THE CONJURER; OR, THE BRAVE BOY OF HAMELN
Written by Mrs Robert Richardson.
Stock no. 1331393
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1885. Almost very good condition.

Sunday Library for Young People. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Cream endpapers. 139 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine darkened, covers a bit grubby/marked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some fingermarks to contents.