Stella & Rose's Books

NELSON: A DREAM OF GLORY
Written by John Sugden.
Stock no. 1831625
Published by Jonathan Cape. Circa 2004. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive biography examining Horatio Nelson's early life and naval career through extensive research, revealing new insights about his relationships and path to becoming Britain's greatest naval hero. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xii plus maps and 943 pages including index. ISBN: 022406097X. Second printing. Lihgt wear to top and tail of spine else boards clean. Text block grubby. Vertical edge of contents has a minor wave most likely caused by damp (no damp staining). A few minor foxspots mainly to prelims. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby.

DAVID LLOYD GEORGE: THE GREAT OUTSIDER
Written by Roy Hattersley.
Stock no. 1831624
Published by Little, Brown. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

In this fascinating biography of an authentic radical, Roy Hattersley charts the great reforms - the first old age pension, sick pay and unemployment benefit - of which Lloyd George was architect, and also sheds light on the complexities of a man who was both a tireless champion of the poor, and a restless philanderer. Brown boards, cream title to spine. Photographic illustrations to endpapers. B/w photos. x and 709 pages including index. ISBN: 9781408700976. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards clean. Text block grubby. Frontispiece has faintly imprinted on to facing title page. Else contents clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, has some surface paper loss (snails?) and a few damp stains mostly visible to verso.

RICHARD III
Written by Charles Ross.
Stock no. 1831623
Published by Eyre Methuen Ltd.. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Richard III ruled England for a mere twenty-six months, yet few English monarchs remain as compulsively fascinating, and none has been more persistently vilified. In his absorbing and universally praised account, Charles Ross assesses the king within the context of his violent age and explores the critical questions of the reign. Black cloth boards, gilt title in red title block to spine. B/w illustrations. liii and 265 pages including index. ISBN: 0413295303. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily sunned/faded to spine and lightly worn at corners.

AFTER THE VICTORIANS
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831622
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power. How did Britain's power and influence decline? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour plates. xii and 609 pages including index. ISBN: 0091794846. Light vertical crease to spine (reading crease). Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. Minor vertical 'line' to pastedowns mark where dustwrapper flaps end. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

LONG SUNSET: MEMOIRS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL'S LAST PRIVATE SECRETARY
Written by Anthony Montague Browne.
Stock no. 1831621
Published by Cassell Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

As a young man Anthony Montague Browne fought in the Second World War as a pilot with distinction and was awarded the DFC, and after 1965 he served in the Royal Household. But it is the figure of Winston Churchill which dominates these memoirs (to which his daughter Mary Soames contributes a Foreword) and as the final member of what he called 'my circle' to have written an autobiography, Anthony Montague Browne represents a last link with the greatest Englishman of the century. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 376 pages including index. ISBN: 0304344788. Faint grease spot to lower edge of front board else boards clean. Name & date in ink to front pastedown, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else clean.

HENRY VI
Written by Bertram Wolffe.
Stock no. 1831620
Published by Eyre Methuen Ltd.. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In this widely acclaimed biography, Bertram Wolffe challenges the traditional view of Henry VI as an unworldly, innocent, and saintly monarch and offers instead a finely drawn but critical portrait of an ineffectual ruler. Black cloth boards, gilt title on red title block to spine. B/w illustrations. 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0413320804. Text block slightly grubby/dusty. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily sunned/faded to spine and has a small label to front flap.

EDWARD IV
Written by Charles Ross.
Stock no. 1831619
Published by Eyre Methuen Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This classic study by Charles Ross places the reign firmly in the context of late medieval power politics, analyzing the methods by which a usurper sought to retain his throne and reassert the power of a monarchy seriously weakened by the feeble rule of Henry VI. Peach cloth boards, gilt title on green title block to spine. B/w illustrations. xvi and 479 pages including index. Top edge green. ISBN: 0413286800. Boards clean. Top edge dusty. Text block foxed with some bleeding to page margins. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some browning to endpapers. White pictorial dustwrapper is browned, a little grubby, author's' name in red has faded on spine, price-sticker to front flap has surface paper damage.

LAST TERM AT MALORY TOWERS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stanley Lloyd.
Stock no. 1331470
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles and vignette to front. Blue and white endpapers show map of Malory Towers. 150 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Some foxing to textblock. Covers and contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped with slight loss else bright.

THE WIZARD OF BOLAND
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1331469
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping and browning to spine. Foxing to textblock and a few light foxspots to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with minimal loss and a few small tears and is slightly browned to rear panel.

FALLING IN AGAIN
Written by Christopher Yates. Illustrated by Christopher Yates.
Stock no. 1331468
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tales of An Incorrigible Angler. Green/blue boards, gilt title to spine. Small black and white drawings by the author in the text and at chapter headings. Pictorial dustwrapper. 211 pages. ISBN: 1873674333. Spine slightly bumped at base. Contents fine. Minimal creasing to wrapper edges.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Gladys Davidson. Illustrated by Rene Bull.
Stock no. 1331467
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. Blind title and vignette to front cover. 16 beautiful colour plates, many b/w illustrations. 352 pages, top edge red. 8.75 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and some page margins. Contents clean.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Rhead.
Stock no. 1331466
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1938. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine and large pictorial onlay to front cover. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 429 pages, top edge orange. Publisher's code is H-N indicating a date of August 1938. Spine and corners bumped. Some light page browning and a light mark to textblock else contents clean.