Stella & Rose's Books

WINSTON & CLEMENTINE: THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCHILLS
Written by Richard Hough.
Stock no. 1831462
Published by Bantam Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The intimate portrait of the epic achievement and unshakeable values of two fascinating people whose love withstood the tests of war and family tragedy --- and whose fierce, irreconcilable differences were essential to their triumph. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 590 pages including index. ISBN: 0593018265. Boards clean. Text block is a little grubby/foxed. Personal inscription in ink to top edge of front pastedown and '5190' written small in ink to free front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is crease with a closed tear (no loss) to base of spine, a few grubby marks.

MR. SECRETARY PEEL: THE LIFE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL TO 1830
Written by Norman Gash.
Stock no. 1831461
Published by Longman, Green And Co.. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Sir Robert Peel was twice Prime Minister for Great Britain. Mr Secretary Peel carries its subject's story from birth through his entry into politics in Ireland, his early positions in Tory governments, his tenure as Home Secretary from 1822 (which included his establishing of the Metropolitan Police Force) and up to the struggles over the issue of Catholic Emancipation. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 693 pages including index. A few minor scuffs to boards. Text block is browned and foxed. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing throughout (mainly to margins). Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, lightly sunned/faded to spine, creased to rear panel with a large closed tear which does not affect any text.

THE RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Written by Edmund Morris.
Stock no. 1831460
Published by Collins. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of seven men - a naturalist, a writer, a lover, a hunter, a cowboy, a soldier, and a politician - who merged at the age of forty-two to become the youngest American President in history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 886 pages including index. ISBN: 0002167166. Boards lightly mottled. Vertical reading crease to spine and top headband has become unglued from the spine. Foxing to text block. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, has a few minor marks, and is scuffed.

LADY JANE GREY: A TUDOR MYSTERY
Written by Eric Ives.
Stock no. 1831459
Published by Wiley-Blackwell. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When Edward VI died, his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radical reassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits of Jane both as hapless victim of political intrigue or Protestant martyr. Instead he presents her as an accomplished young woman with a fierce personal integrity. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 367 pages including index. ISBN: 9781405194136. Boards clean. Endpapers lightly marked. Text block has minor foxing/browning. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear (no loss) to top front flap edge and is a little scuffed to rear panel.

THE CIVILIZATION OF EUROPE IN THE RENAISSANCE
Written by John Hale.
Stock no. 1831458
Published by Harpercollins Publishers. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author examines the dramatic changes during the period between 1450 and 1620 in religion, politics, economics and global discoveries. And throughout his book approaches the art of war and the art created for princes from the point of view of their impact on the imaginations, sensibilities and lives of ordinary people. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx and 648 pages including index. ISBN: 0002153394. A few light marks to boards. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and a little scuffed, minor foxing to verso not visible to front.

BIGGLES HITS THE TRAIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331336
Published by Armada. 1980. Very good condition.

White pictorial card wraps. 160 pages. ISBN: 000691750X. Light vertical creases to spine where book has been held open to read. Light page browning else contents clean.

BIGGLES SORTS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331335
Published by Knight Books. 1974. Very good condition.

A paperback edition. ISBN: 0340104325. Third impression. Light rubbing at corners. Spine slightly faded and light vertical crease to front spine edge where book has been held open. Light page browning throughout else contents clean.

BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331334
Published by Knight Books. 1974. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. ISBN: 0340040157. Fifth impression. Covers edge rubbed with slight creasing. Spine slightly faded. Child's name in felt-tip pen to inside front cover. Light page browning throughout else contents clean.

BIGGLES AIR COMMODORE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331333
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1963. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Light vertical creases to spine where book has been held open to read. Contents browned but clean.

BIGGLES' SPECIAL CASE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331332
Published by Knight Books. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. ISBN: 0340190876. Spine is sunned. Faint number '66?' written to top of spine. Pale page browning else contents fine.

BIGGLES TAKES A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331331
Published by Knight Books. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. ISBN: 0340190884. Covers are edge rubbed, lightly creased and scuffed. Child's name in felt-tip pen to inside front cover. Page browning else contents clean.

BIGGLES IN THE ANTARCTIC
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331330
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1970. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. Originally published in 1949 with title 'Biggles Breaks the Silence'. ISBN: 000690369X. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Price on rear cover has been blotted out with blue biro. Foxing and page browning else contents clean.