Stella & Rose's Books

MUSIC AT MIDNIGHT: THE LIFE AND POETRY OF GEORGE HERBERT
Written by John Drury.
Stock no. 1831313
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

George herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry. In this book John Drury sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it, and depth can be added to the narrative of Herbert's life. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. B/w illustrations and a few colour photos. xix and 395 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846142482. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges else a lovely copy.

THE END OF NORTH'S MINISTRY 1780-1782 (ENGLAND IN THE AGE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION)
Written by Ian R. Christie.
Stock no. 1831312
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book deals with the working of the eighteenth century parliamentary system during the last crisis of the American War of Independence, from the 'false dawn' of the recovery of South Carolina until the final extinction of British hopes at Yorktown. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiii and 428 pages including index. Boards lightly mottled. Foxing to text block, endpapers and some bleeding to a few page margins. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. A few instances of pencil annotation to margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned with some foxing and grubby in appearance.

BYRON'S LETTERS AND JOURNALS (12 VOLUMES)
Written by Lord Byron; Leslie A. Marchand.
Stock no. 1831311
Published by John Murray. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition.

The complete and unexpurgated text of all the letters available in manuscript and the full printed version of all others. 11 Volumes and Index, making up the complete set. Volume I first published 1973, Index first published 1982. Red cloth boards, gilt titles to spine and Byron logo to front. Frontispiece to each volume. Reprints and first editions of the various volumes. One or two minor marks to boards but generally nice, bright and clean. A few volumes have a few marks to text block (not bad), top edges are browned. Name and date in ink to front pastedowns of each volume and also a four digit number to the top corner of the front endpaper. Else contents are clean. A nice set.

UNTOLD STORIES
Written by Alan Bennett.
Stock no. 1331191
Published by Faber & Faber; Profile Books. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of prose. xv + 658 pages. Colour and b/w photos. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571228305. Spine bumped. Cover edges slightly faded. Some light fingermarks to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top of spine.

THOMAS HARDY A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Evelyn Hardy.
Stock no. 1331190
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. 342 pages (including index). Some b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name, address and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

OUR EXPLOITS AT WEST POLEY
Written by Thomas Hardy. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1331189
Published by Oxford University Press. 1979. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Hardy's only story seriously intended for a young audience. Exploring Nick's Pocket, a cave in the Mendips, Leonard and his cousin Steve find a mysterious subterranean stream... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engraving illustrations. x and 77 pages. ISBN: 0192745271. Some light scuffing to spine edge of front cover. Name, town and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is bright.

ALDEBURGH ANTHOLOGY
Written by Ronald Blythe.
Stock no. 1331188
Published by Snape Maltings Foundation Ltd; Faber Music. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful and ingenious and out-of-the-way miscellany. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine (black title label). 456 pages. B/w photos throughout and b/w photo endpapers. ISBN: 0571100031. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Dustwrapper is browned on verso, faded to spine and slightly edge rubbed.

CITY OF FORTUNE
Written by Roger Crowley.
Stock no. 1331187
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire. Colour illustrations and photos. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 405 pages (including index). ISBN: 9780571245949. Spine bumped at head and tail. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at spine ends.

NEVER SURRENDER
Written by Michael Dobbs.
Stock no. 1331186
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A novel of one man's defiance and a nation's courage. Grey boards, silver title to spine. 343 pages. ISBN: 0007107250. Spine bumped at head and tail. Book leans to one side a little. Pages lightly browned else clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn.

CHURCHILL'S HOUR
Written by Michael Dobbs.
Stock no. 1331185
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The extraordinary story of a leader's courage and a country's survival. Black boards, metallic orange title to spine. 357 pages. ISBN: 0007183046. Spine bumped. Book leans to one side a little. A few light marks to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

DESPERATE REMEDIES
Written by Thomas Hardy.
Stock no. 1331184
Published by MacMillan. 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The New Wessex Edition with introduction by C.J.P. Beatty. Green cloth, gilt title to spine and monogram to front cover. 415 pages, top edge dyed green. ISBN: 0333177665. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light score mark to front cover. Name, town and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and worn.

THACKERAY
Written by D.J. Taylor.
Stock no. 1331182
Published by Pimlico. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. 494 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0712662464. Light creases to spine where book has been held open. Light rubbing to corners. Some slight grubby marks to textblock. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.