Stella & Rose's Books

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Written by L.A. Manwaring.
Stock no. 1331388
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book No. 40. Describing 86 makes with 344 half-tone photos. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SCULPTURE
Written by William Gaunt.
Stock no. 1331387
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Series No. 37. 8 Colour plates and 62 monochrome reproductions from photographs. Grey boards. Small format. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal browning to top and tail. Name in ink to top margin of front pastedown. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has the top corner of front flap neatly removed (no text missing), is edge worn and slightly grubby on verso.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BASIC AIRCRAFT: CIVIL
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1331386
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Book No 38. Pale grey boards. Small format. Silhouettes by Punnett. ISBN: 0723200807. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned, light foxing to textblock. Contained in second state wrapper which is lightly foxed and slightly edge worn.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BASIC AIRCRAFT: MILITARY
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1331385
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observers Book No 39. Cream boards. Small format. Silhouettes by Punnett. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pencil name erased from front free-endpaper. Some light foxing/grubby marks to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with fading to front edge.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF OLD ENGLISH CHURCHES
Written by Lawrence E. Jones. Illustrated by A.S.B. New.
Stock no. 1331384
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Observer book No. 36. Describing the principle exterior and interior features with 44 plates from photographs and text drawings. Red boards, black titles. Small format. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly grubby with a light damp stain to lower edge of front panel.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ASTRONOMY (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Patrick Moore. Illustrated by L.F. Ball.
Stock no. 1331383
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 6th 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer No. 32. 64 plates. In rare advertising wrapper. Small format. Blue boards. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at edges and lightly scuffed on rear panel.

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1331382
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Published for Boots The Chemist. Large format. Red cloth covers, gilt titles. 16 colour tipped-in plates. Many b/w illustrations. 319 pages. 10 x 7.5". Spine and corners bumped. Faded patch to base of spine (where there is a piece of the dustwrapper missing). A few tiny dents to cover edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing, especially to prelims and textblock. Some of the b/w text illustrations has been neatly coloured. Dustwrapper has a piece missing to base of spine and a smaller piece missing above. Rear panel and spine of wrapper are slightly faded.

VERTELLINGEN UIT DE DUIZEND EN EEN NACHT
Written by N. Van Hichtum. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1331381
Published by The Hague. Very good condition.

White pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Colour plates (some mounted) and b/w illustrations. A chunky volume being over 1.5 kg and measuring 5.5cm thick. Text in Dutch. Spine bumped. Spine darkened and cover edges slightly grubby. Bookplate to front pastedown and name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some light page browning. A nice copy.

REDMIRE POOL
Written by Kevin Clifford; L. Arbury; BB.
Stock no. 1331380
Published by Beekay Publishers. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With contribution by BB. Carp fishing. Salmon pink boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 245 numbered pages, plus 2 pages 'Redmire Remembered BB' and 1 page bibliography to rear. ISBN: 0950759899. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at top and tail of spine.

VALENTINE AND ORSON THE TWIN KNIGHTS OF FRANCE
Written by S.R. Littlewood. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1331379
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Retold from the original. Green cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w endpapers. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers and tailpieces. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some slight marking to covers. Some light fingering to page margins. A couple of pages are creased with small tears. Light browning to endpapers.

LILLIPUT LYRICS
Written by William Rands. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1331378
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and title page. B/w text illustrations throughout. 329 pages, all edges pink. Spine and corners bumped. Covers are foxed and a bit grubby, spine slightly browned. Joints cracked. Endpapers browned. Fingering to page margins throughtout. Foxing to textblock and prelims.

REEL TIME: COLLECTED WRITINGS OF CHRISTOPHER YATES VOLUME ONE 1967-1989
Written by Christopher Yates. Illustrated by Paul Cook; Robin Woolnough.
Stock no. 1331377
Published by The Little Egret Press. 1st 2022. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited Edition. Brown boards, gilt titles. 248 pages. Colour and b/w photos and b/w text illustrations.