Stella & Rose's Books

RUPERT ANNUAL 1970
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1819216
Published by Daily Express. 1970. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing up a slope and waving. 1st story Rupert and the Outlaws. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. Boards creased and a vertical imperfection to laminate on front board. Corners worn, top of spine has small nick to front edge, tiny amount of loss and general wear. Name in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. A few grubby marks to contents, mainly to margins.

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MEMOIRS OF A WELSHMAN
Written by Lyn Clarke.
Stock no. 1819215
Published by The Peppertree Press. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

This collection of stories outlining some of Lyn Clarke's travels and the famous and unusual people that he met along the way, is both amusing and fascinating. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0978774051. SIGNED by the author (best wishes) to first blank page. Covers lightly scuffed.

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THE AGE OF MACHINERY: THE FORCES OF NATURE TURNED TO THE SERVICE OF MAN
Written by Alexander R. Horne.
Stock no. 1819205
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Some ordinary useful applications of the sciences explained in simple language for young people. Small format. Blue cloth boards, pale blue titles. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. Boards marked, spine and title to spine faded. Endpapers and text block heavily browned. Rear pastedown has a sticky label stuck to it and pencil scribble. Rust spot to gutter edge of prelims. A few grubby marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE OPIUM CLIPPERS
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 2132802
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

The romance and chronology of the opium trade, the opium war and the beautiful little ships that were the first trading craft with clipper lines. Blue cloth with gilt chinese characters on front cover, silver titles. B/w photos, illustrations and plans. Endpapers are maps. 392 pages includes index. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine darkened with slight loss of gilt to titles. Cover edges darkened. Pages lightly browned else contents clean.

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LOTUS SEVEN & THE INDEPENDENTS
Written by Dennis Ortenburger.
Stock no. 2132800
Published by Coterie Press Limited. 1st 2004. Fine condition.

Featuring the Lotus Seven and a History of the World's Independent Builders. Telling the story of the life and times of this "four wheeled motorbike", detailing for the first time the many Seven derivatives that have been manufactured the world over. Limited edition of 50 specially bound hand numbered copies. Black cloth, embossed title to spine. All edges gilt. Gold ribbon page marker. Colour and b/w photos throughout. 208 pages includes index. ISBN: 1902351126. Copy no. 23. Gold bookplate on front endpaper SIGNED by author and publisher. A superb copy.

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THE GOOD CHILD'S YEAR BOOK
Written by Violet Jacob. Illustrated by Violet Jacob.
Stock no. 1318806
Published by Foulis. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine with title-label, grey boards with title-label to front cover. 67 pages. Colour illustrations. Verses for each month of the year. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Remains of front panel and front flap of wrapper. Top edge of rear cover is faded.

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LITTLE MARY AND OTHER STORIES
Written by L.T. Meade.
Stock no. 1318801
Published by W. & R. Chambers. Circa 1901. Good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 136 pages. B/w frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and marked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned and vertical crease to front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to contents.

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CHAPARRAL
Written by Richard Falconer; Doug Nye.
Stock no. 2132779
Published by Motorbooks International. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of Jim Hall's Chaparral Race Cars 1961 to 1970. Green boards, silver title to spine. Packed with b/w and colour photos. 208 pages include index. ISBN: 087938607x. SIGNED by author (Falconer) with personal message about Jim Hall. Spine and lower corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Wrapper slightly rubbed at top edge, light crease at lower edge of front panel and very slightly browned to spine with a few light indentations.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES OF BRITAIN: WALES
Written by Roly Smith.
Stock no. 1819189
Published by Frith Book Company. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photographs from the Francis Smith collection of mid-Victorian times. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 1859377726. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed to rear panel.

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ROUND THE YEAR WITH ENID BLYTON - SUMMER BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1318796
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. Circa 1934. Very good condition.

Beige card wraps with b/w illustration to front. (Manilla edition). 96 pages. B/w photos. Some neat blue crayon writing to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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PHILIP AND ARTHUR, OR THE CHATTERTON CHILDREN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318795
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1867. Almost very good condition.

Very small format (4.5 x 3"). Green embossed cloth covered cardwraps with gilt vignette to front. 96 pages, all edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Colour frontis. Covers edge rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Musty smell to contents.

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FOUL DEEDS & SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AROUND NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1819178
Published by Wharncliffe Books. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

Gripping accounts of the dark side of Newport's history. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781903425596.

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