Stella & Rose's Books

JOWETT: A PORTRAIT WITH BACKGROUND
Written by Geoffrey Faber.
Stock no. 1831338
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 2nd 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Benjamin Jowett, although never debunked as such by Lytton Strachey, was nothing if not an Eminent Victorian: English scholar, classicist and theologian, and Master of Balliol College. First published in 1957, Geoffrey Faber's biography still holds its own. This is the second and revised edition. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. 456 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Boards clean. Light browning to text block. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly worn at top & tail of spine, browned with some foxing, small closed tear to top rear corner.

HUGH TREVOR-ROPER: THE BIOGRAPHY
Written by Adam Sisman.
Stock no. 1831337
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hugh Trevor-Roper was a polemicist and essayist on a range of historical topics, but particularly England in the 16th and 17th centuries and Nazi Germany. He tainted his own reputation when in old age he erroneously authenticated the forged 'Hitler Diaries'. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xviii and 598 pages including index. ISBN: 9780297852148. Slight lean to spine and light wear to top & tail. Text block browned and foxed. A few pale foxspots to contents, mainly to prelims and margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

DIANA FOR GIRLS 1976
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331227
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark blue title and vignette to front cover. Spine slightly bumped, light rubbing to corners. Crossword clean. Slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased and worn at corners.

DIANA FOR GIRLS 1977
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331226
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1977. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark blue titles and decorations. Spine and corners slighty bumped and rubbed. Crossword completed in red biro. Musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears, flaps are creased.

DIANA FOR GIRLS 1972
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331225
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue pictorial boards. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Pale brown mark to front cover. Light musty smell to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with old tape mark to tear on front panel (tape no longer present).

DIANA FOR GIRLS 1974
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331224
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Crossword completed in pencil. Musty smell to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn.

DIANA FOR GIRLS 1973
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331223
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Teeth marks to top margins of first few pages. Crossword completed in pencil. Pale brown stain at lower inner margins of first few pages. Slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn at spine with vertical creases to flaps and also to rear panel.

DIANA FOR GIRLS 1975
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331222
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1975. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue pictorial boards. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Slight musty smell to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn at edges with very slight loss at corners. Flaps are creased.

THE DANDY BOOK 1974
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331221
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards showing Korky with a drum and the mice following. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0851160824. Spine and corners bumped and worn, slight chipping to spine edges. Price NOT cut. Neat name and address in belongs to box. Some grubby fingermarks but contents generally clean.

THE DANDY BOOK 1976
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331220
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0851161340. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Price cut. Belongs to box clean, no names. Slight musty smell to contents.

THE DANDY BOOK 1980
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331219
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine faded and slightly bumped. NOT price cut. Belongs to box clean, no names. Contents clean.

THE DANDY BOOK 1978
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331218
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1978. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Korky is dress as Santa, holding a cage full of mice! Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Tiny dent to top of vertical edge of front cover. Price NOT cut. No names, belongs to box clean. Contents clean.