Stella & Rose's Books

BLACK BEAUTY
Written by Anna Sewell. Illustrated by Winifred Austin.
Stock no. 1331376
Published by Jarrold & Sons. Circa 1900. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, red title to front cover. Circular onlay to front cover. Floral decorated endpapers. 262 pages plus booklist to rear. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Some damp staining to spine and mottling to covers. Book leans to one side a little. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint cracked. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight. Grubby fingermarks to pages. Still a good copy.

HOW THE STORY ENDED
Written by Catherine Mary Macsorley.
Stock no. 1331375
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1917. Good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Green floral endpapers. B/w frontis. 128 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock. Light browning to endpapers.

SEA STORIES
Written by An Old Sailor.
Stock no. 1331374
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1874. Fair condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Two b/w plates. 322 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn with fraying of cloth. Covers slightly grubby and darkened. Free-endpapers have been removed. Heavy foxing throughout. Some hinges pulled and cracked.

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Stock no. 1331373
Published by Ingram, Cooke & Co.. 2nd 1852. Good condition.

Second edition. Brown embossed cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w engravings. 355 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed. Book leans to one side a little. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Joints cracked. Foxing to contents. One gather is part detached causing slight wear to the page edges.

THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST
Written by Mrs. Sherwood.
Stock no. 1331372
Published by The Religious Tract Society. 1834. Good condition.

Dark green spine and corners with gilt title on spine. Marbled boards. 108 pages, all edges gilt. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Marble effect endpapers to match boards. Spine and corners are bumped, rubbed and worn. Front free-endpaper is missing. Joints are cracked. Name in ink to front fly-leaf. Some browning to the corners of front fly-leaf. Crease to one corner tip. Some light margin marks but contents are clean considering it is nearly 200 years old!

TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
Written by Richard Henry Dana.
Stock no. 1331371
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Rebound with navy calf, gilt borders and decoration to spine. Endpapers and page edges are marbled. 272 pages. B/w frontis. Corners slightly rubbed/worn. Cover edges and spine lightly faded. A few foxspots to contents but contents generally clean.

THE OUT-DOOR WORLD OR YOUNG COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK
Written by W.S. Furneaux.
Stock no. 1331370
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1894. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 411 pages (including index). All edges gilt. This is the 2nd edition. Spine and corners bumped, rubbed and slightly worn. Foxing to contents. Some slight browning to the plates and tissue-guards. Gilt grammar school stamp to rear cover.

FEATS ON THE FIORD
Written by Harriet Martineau.
Stock no. 1331369
Published by Blackie & Son. Circa 1903. Good condition.

Yellow pictorial cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 208 pages, plus adverts to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Spine slightly dulled. Prize plate (with name scratched out) on front pastedown. Endpapers browned, contents grubby, some foxing. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked.

THE POTTERTON PICTORIAL TREASURY OF CURTAINS & DRAPERY DESIGN 1750-1950
Written by Clare Jameson.
Stock no. 1831538
Published by Potterton Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book provides an illustrated historical survey of designs taken from eontemporary source books durin ghte period 1780 - 1930 in England, France and North America. An essential work of reference for Interior Decorators and Designers. Compiled by Clare Jameson. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Green andf white decorative endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. xvi and 293 plates. ISBN: 1870599004. Light browning to text block. Boards and contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. Tobacco odour present.

GREAT WESTERN COACHES APPENDIX: VOLUME TWO STANDARD PASSENGER STOCK
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1831537
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Specific Duty Coaches and the Brown Vehicles. Large format. Portrait format, contents in landscape format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 279 pages. ISBN: 0860931544. Edges of boards lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Brown pictorial dustwrapper says 'Volume Two Specific Duty Coaches and The Brown Vehicles'. Dustwrapper spine is very slighlty sunned and lightly worn at edges.

300 YEARS OF BRITISH GIBRALTAR 1704-2004
Written by Peter Bond.
Stock no. 1831536
Published by Peter-Tan Publishing Co.. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This special book, which marks the 300th anniversary of British rule over Gibraltar, is a glorious depiction of how Gibraltar has changed over the centuries. Large format. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages. A nice copy.

A PICTORIAL RECORD OF GREAT WESTERN ENGINES (VOLUME TWO)
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1831535
Published by Oxford Publishing Co; Haynes Publishing Group. 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Churchward, Collett & Hawksworth Locomotives. Large format. B/w photos & drawings. 242 pages. ISBN: 0860933997. Reprint. Boards clean. Pale foxing to prelims else contents clean. Price-cut green dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear to top front spine edge and barcode label to rear.