Stella & Rose's Books

THE AMBIVALENCE OF BERNARD MANDEVILLE
Written by Hector Monro.
Stock no. 1818868
Published by Clarendon Press. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A consideration of The Fable of the Bees and also Mandeville's little-known other books including a pamphlet on public executions and another on public brothels, a medical treatise on nervous indigestion.Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0198120613. Light browning to text block. Blue dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.

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THE LEGACY OF ISRAEL
Written by I. Abrahams.
Stock no. 1818856
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Legacy series. Companion to The Legacy of Greece and The Legacy of Rome. This volume deals with those elements that Western Civilization has drawn from Israel throughout the ages. A collection of essays concerned with the history and character of Israel only in so far as these have determined Israel's gifts to the World. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. White marks to front edge of spine. Heavy foxing to text block and browning to endpapers. Musty odour present. Price-cut white pictorial dustwrapper has a few edge-chips and is heavily scuffed/grubby.

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TURNER'S TRIUMPHS: EDWARD TURNER & HIS TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES
Written by Jeff Clew.
Stock no. 1818852
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Biography of the man who was probably the most important individual in the history of the British motorcycle industry. Includes coverage of all Edward Turner's motorcycle designs. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 1901295877. Page 146, 150, 152 and facing pages of these three pages have some surface paper damage affecting a little text - pages stuck together and when prising apart some surface paper was left behind especially pages 150 & 151.

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THE HISTORY OF MANN'S PATENT STEAM CART AND WAGON COMPANY
Written by Eur Ing John Pease.
Stock no. 1818843
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A history of this well known, but little documented, steam engine builder. Landmark Collector's Library series. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. ISBN: 1843062054.

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THE AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR 1855-1950
Written by R.B. Gray.
Stock no. 1818839
Published by American Society Of Agricultural Engineers. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition.

Revised edition. A historic work if the success of American agriculture as attributed to the development of the agricultural tractor. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and photos. 60 pages including index. Spine faded, corners of covers lightly creased.

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THE MODERN STEAM CAR AND ITS BACKGROUND
Written by Thomas S. Derr; Floyd Clymer.
Stock no. 1818834
Published by Lindsay Publications. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reprint of the 1932 publication with a supplement on historical steam cars by Floyd Clymer to the rear. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. An interesting little book. 148 pages. ISBN: 1559182172. Covers lightly browned, contents clean.

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HAWKER AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 2132085
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 3rd 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Hawker products are described in great detail and illustrated by photographs and drawings. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 657 pages. 3rd edition. ISBN: 0851778399. Textblock is very slightly marked.

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FAIREY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1915
Written by H.A. Taylor.
Stock no. 2132079
Published by Putnam. 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 450 pages. ISBN: 037000065X. Reprint.

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L'HISTOIRE D'UN MECHANT PETIT LAPIN MAL ELEVE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2132070
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

French Language edition of: The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit. Orange boards, green titles. Circular pictorial onlay to front cover. 34 numbered pages. ISBN: 0723220492. Small dent top top of front cover next to spine. Wrapper has bottom corner of front flap cut off; some grubby marks and browning.

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L'HISTOIRE DE JEANNOT LAPIN
Written by Beatrix Potter; Julienne Profichet. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2132064
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1982. Nearly fine condition.

French edition of 'Benjamin Bunny'. Revised edition. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 59 pages. ISBN: 0723206511. Spine is a bit browned.

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PRINCE RABBIT AND THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT LAUGH
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Mary Shepard.
Stock no. 2132025
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

First story is about a clever rabbit who wished to become heir to the throne... Second story is about a lovely princess who never laughed. Pictorial boards. 10 x 8". Colour and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges; some scuffing. Inscription in ink, partially crossed out to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased and grubby with some large tears and chips; some small pieces of loss.

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ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer.
Stock no. 2132020
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth with dark title to spine and pictorial onlay to front cover. 5 colour plates and many b/w illustrations. 320 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading/browning and some foxing to spine and unevenly to covers. Small corner of loss to pictorial onlay. Prize plate to half-title page. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks. All plates present.

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