Stella & Rose's Books

DAN LENO AND THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831307
Published by Sinclair-Stevenson. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A novel set in London, 1880. A series of gruesome murders attributed to the mysterious 'Limehouse Golem' strikes fear into the heart of the capital. Inspector John Kildare must track down this brutal serial killer in the damp, dark alleyways of riverside London. Red cloth boads, gilt title to spine. 279 pages. ISBN: 1856195074. Top edge of text block browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to spine.

RHYMES OF A RUSTIC BARD: THE POEMS AND SONGS OF RICHARD WATSON MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE
Written by Richard Watson. Illustrated by Norman Robinson.
Stock no. 1831306
Published by The Teesdale Mercury. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. A few b/w illustrations to text. 206 pages including index. One of two minor scuff marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

JOHN KEATS
Written by Robert Gittings.
Stock no. 1831305
Published by Heinemann Educational Books. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

A biography offering insights into Keats's family background, his financial difficulties, illnesses and unhappy love affair with Fanny Brawne, interpreting evey poem in the context of Keats's experience. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine with silver title. A few b/w illustrations. xv and 469 pages including index. Top edge red. Spine lightly sunned, a few minor marks to boards. Spine is slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned, top edge lightly faded. A few minor foxspots present else contents clean.

THE DORSET POET
Written by William Barnes; Chris Wrigley.
Stock no. 1831304
Published by The Dovecote Press Ltd. 1st thus 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive selection of poetry and prose by the greatest and most popular of all English dialect poets. Introduced and selected by Chris Wrigley. Green pictorial cardwraps. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0946159173. Spine slightly faded. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block a little dusty and a few foxspots to top edge. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

THE TUDOR REVOLUTION IN GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES IN THE REIGN OF THE HENRY VIII
Written by Geoffrey R. Elton.
Stock no. 1831303
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1966. Almost very good condition.

A study of change in the methods and principles of English government in the sixteenth century, from the 'household' methods of the Middle Ages to the bureaucratic organization of national monarchy. Cardwraps. xii and 465 pages including index. ISBN: 0521092353. Reprint. Covers browned and grubby. Text block grubby. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

THE DIVINE COMEDY
Written by Dante Alighieri; Henry Francis Cary. Illustrated by John Flaxman.
Stock no. 1831302
Published by Oxford University Press. 1950. Very good condition.

Being the Vision of Dante Alighieri. This edition translated by Henry Francis Cary. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. List of illustrations mentions a fronitispiece which this copy does not have. B/w illustrations to the text. xlv and 578 pages including index. Top edge blue. Reprint. Boards lightly rubbed at corners, a few light scuff marks. Name in ink to front endpaper. Text block lightly browned. Contents otherwise clean.

BUNTY FOR GIRLS 1971
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831299
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1971. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pink boards with red titles. First story is Rosie and the Orphan Thurshes. Colour illustrations. Cartoon script style stories and text stories & articles. 125 pages. Board edges ligthly rubbed. Slight lean to spine. Small mark to front edge of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper depicting Bunty offering a red squirre on her shoulder a monkey nut is edge-worn, creased & torn with some loss.

BUNTY FOR GIRLS 1974
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831298
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Copyright date is 1973. Orange boards, red titles. Pictorial endpapers. Cartoon script style stories and text stories. First story is Penny of the Pets' Hotel. Colour and two-tone illustrations. 125 pages. A lovely, clean copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper showing young Bunty with a young deer is edge-worn and has a few edge-tears with minimal loss.

MANDY FOR GIRLS 1975
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831297
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards depicting Mandy ice-skating followed by pet dog with cusion to front, and fallen through ice to rear board. First story is The Farmer Wants a Wife. Cartoon script style stories and text stories. 126 pages. Top & tail of spine and corners very lightly shelf worn. A few minor marks to boards. NOT price cut or inscribed. Contents very clean.

JACKIE ANNUAL 1978
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831296
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards depicting young teen in a striped multi-coloured jumper. First article is 50 Way to Warm Up Your Winter. Cartoon script style stories and text stories, articles, quizzes etc. Colour & b/w illustrations. 92 pages. A lovely copy, NOT price-cut or inscribed.

JACKIE ANNUAL 1977
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831295
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards depicting a young teen. First article is When your Get Up and Go Has Gone... Cartoon script style stories and text stories, articles, quizzes etc. Colour & b/w illustrations. 92 pages. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Boards very lightly scuffed. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Contents clean.

JACKIE ANNUAL 1979
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831292
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards depict a young teen in a red beret. First article is 50 Ways to be a Winter Winner. Colour & b/w illustrations. Cartoon script style stories and text stories. 95 pages including pastedowns. Boards lightly scuffed. Puzzles on pages 8 and 26 neatly completed. Else contents clean. NOT price-cut or inscribed.