Stella & Rose's Books

GOODWOOD REVIVAL: THE FIRST TEN YEARS
Written by Doug Nye.
Stock no. 1830477
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Comprehensive race reports and a full racing record for the first decade of the Revival (1998-2007), together with colourful eyewitness accounts. A magnificent commemoration of this unique event. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. 303 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781858944494. A lovely copy.

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GREAT HOUSES OF ENGLAND & WALES
Written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd; Christopher Simon Sykes.
Stock no. 1830476
Published by Laurence King Publishing. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A choronological selection of thirty-two of the most notable houses in England and Wales, a stunning visual history of the evolution of the 'great house', including Castle Howard, Chatsworth and Highclere Castle (familar to television viewers as 'Donwton Abbey'). Large format. A heavy volume. Black paper boards, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos. 424 pages including index. ISBN: 9781780674025. Reprint. A lovely copy.

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UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Written by Loretta Hall.
Stock no. 1830475
Published by Quill Driver Books. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Underground buildings of North America. A vast spectrum of structures is here presented, ranging from stunning examples of hidden opulence to humble subterranean cubbyholes where unassuming people immerse themselves in nature's simplicity. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 215 pages inlcuding index. ISBN: 1884956270. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to top of spine and scuffed to rear panel.

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RUDOLF STEINER'S SCULPTURE IN DORNACH
Written by Ake Fant; Arne Klingborg; A. John Wilkes; Hagen Biesantz. Illustrated by Rudolf Steiner.
Stock no. 1830474
Published by Rudolf Steiner Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Rudolf Steiner's wood sculpture of the 'Representative of Humanity' - or the 'Christ Being' as he himself also referred to it - stands in a room specially provided for it in the present Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. This book is an intriguing survey of the sculpture's development, supported by a factually clear and artistically perceptive commentary as well as by numerous clearly documented utterance of Rudolf Steiner's on his own conception of the work and its particular style of execution. Introduced by Hagen Biesantz. Large format. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 85 pages. ISBN: 0854403019. Light rubbing to base of spine, boards clean. Some pale foxing present, mainly to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed. Musty odour present.

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WILLIAM'S BAD RESOLUTION
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330394
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1958. Very good condition.

Formerly entitled 'William and A.R.P.'. Red boards with title to spine with black background. Black vignette of William's head to front cover. B/w frontis and text illustrations. 252 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Pages are browned but otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, slightly browned to spine.

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WILLIAM THE DETECTIVE
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330393
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, loss to top of spine.

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WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330391
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with small vignette of William's head to front and title in red on black square background to spine. 252 pages. 6th impression, cheap edition. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents are browned with a slight musty smell else clean. Price-cut dustwrapper (cut by publisher) is just a little worn at spine and corners.

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WILLIAM AND THE TRAMP
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330390
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. 4th impression (cheap edition). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with minimal loss and small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1330389
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. White (plain) label stuck to title page just above publisher details. Contents otherwise fine.

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GREAT GRANDMOTHER GOOSE
Written by Helen Cooper. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1330388
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

80 rhymes from medieval sources. Brown mottled boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations ISBN: 0241895502. Minimal rubbing to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners.

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GALLANT OLD ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1330387
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Black boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour pictures throughout. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Light marks to front cover. Endpapers foxed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn and creased to front panel which patch of loss to top edge.

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THE TWIN ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1330386
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format, Railway series No. 15. Dark brown boards with orange titles and vignette. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small, light marks to front cover. Dustwrapper is complete, just a little edge rubbed with a vertical crease to front edge of spine and a small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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