Stella & Rose's Books

AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CYPRUS
Written by D.E. Viney.
Stock no. 1828879
Published by Koeltz Scientific Books. 1st 1994. Almost very good condition.

A comprehensive and fully illustrated Flora (grasses and sedges excepted). Cardwraps. Colour frontis and b/w line drawings. xxix and 697 pages. ISBN: 3874293645. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription to title page. Pictorial cardwraps are a little creased and scuffed. Text block is browned. Joints are pulled but glued spine is tight. Inside front cover has ink scuffing from printing, small mark to frontis. Top corner of contents lightly creased else contents are clean.

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COLLECTED VERSE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828872
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

By the Chepstow historian. Limited to 100 copies of which 20 were signed. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 112 pages. ISBN: 0950007994. SIGNED & dated by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Front endpaper lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean. Plain light grey dustwrapper is slightly grubby, lightly creased across top edge, and browned to spine.

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INNS AND TAVERNS OF THE CHEPSTOW DISTRICT
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828854
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. 8 b/w illustrations plus plan of Chepstow Inns. 103 pages including index. 8.5 x 5.5". SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Top corner of boards bumped. top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block & endpapers browned with some foxing. Grubby finger marks to page 14. The list of Chepstow Inns and their Landlords has some marked with a biro 'x' next to the name. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and edge-worn.

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ERKS ON HERCS
Written by Andy Muniandy.
Stock no. 1828798
Published by Hercules Publishing House. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The workings of the Engineering Wing and Mechanical Transport Squadron at RAF Lyneham. Beginning with the very body of the Hercules, the author covers everything from the tip of the air-to-air refuelling probe to the end of the ramp. What makes an Engineering Groundcrew (ERKS) of the RAF a uinique breed within the Aviation Industry. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. B/w photos and drawings. Limited edition of 2000 copies numbered and signed by the author. 176 pages. ISBN: 0952260816. SIGNED by the author. This is copy 468 of 2000 copies. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a bit scuffed.

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POEMS
Written by Dorothy Frances Gurney.
Stock no. 1828626
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

White spine with title block. Blue/grey paper boards. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed and uncut. xiii and 111 pages. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription to her husband on the free front endpaper. Spine browned, title label peeling just a little. Boards browned and mark to rear board. Corners a little worn. Some foxing present throughout. Some pages unopened. Overall a decent working copy.

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MATILDA: HER LIFE AND LEGACY
Written by Joyce Stevens Smith; Joyce Savidge.
Stock no. 1828611
Published by Matilda And War Memorial Hospital. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of Matilda L. Sharp and the hospital she founded in Hong Kong. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 166 pages. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, slightly faded to spine, stained to rear panel. There is a second dustwrapper beneath the outer which is clean.

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MR BUBBUS AND THE RAILWAY SMUGGLERS
Written by Joan Drake. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1828591
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Why was the new railway track ripped up as soon as it was laid? Who was using Princess, the 2-6-2 locomotive, at dead of night when the whole village as asleep? Ambrose and Poppy began to investigate - and something very unexpected happened to them! Another mystery story about Mr Bubbus, Mr Deggas and all the Deggas children. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 87 numbered pages. ISBN: 0340196149. SIGNED by the author (TWICE). Once as a gift dedication to free front endpaper and once with no dedication to the top of the title page. Top of spine is bumped which means the contents are also creassed to top gutter edge throughout. Tape stuck to front pastedown and a small patch of surface paper loss where some tape has been removed. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rubbed at corners, lightly creased and a little grubby to rear panel.

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SEPTIMUS HEAP BOOK ONE: MAGYK
Written by Angie Sage. Illustrated by Mark Zug.
Stock no. 1828580
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A string of unconnected events come together 10 years later when the Heap family receives a knock at the door. A spellbinding journey of cunning deception and magyk. Matt pictorial boards. Short, fat volume. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747575878. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. A very nice copy.

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ZOM-B BABY
Written by Darren Shan. Illustrated by Warren Pleece.
Stock no. 1828579
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When B Smith turns her back on Dr Oystein and strikes out alone, she is shocked to meet the baby from her nightmares - a strnge, sexless, zombie baby. Red cloth boards, white title to spine. Red & white pictorial endpapers. Red, white & black illustrations. 215 pages. ISBN: 9780857077684. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block browned with some minor bleeding to vertical margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed.

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THE TRAIN TO IMPOSSIBLE PLACES: A CURSED DELIVERY
Written by P. G. Bell. Illustrated by Matt Sharack.
Stock no. 1828577
Published by Feiwel And Friends. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A train that travels through impossible places. The Impossible Postal Express is no ordinary train. It's a troll-operated delivery service that runs everywhere from ocean-bottom shipwracks, to Trollville space. Green paper boards, gilt title to spine. Olive green endpapers. B/w illustrations. 367 pages. ISBN: 9781250189509. SIGNED by the author (Happy reading!) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Pale foxing/browning to text block. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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THE TEN RIDDLES OF EARTHA QUICKSMITH
Written by Loris Owen.
Stock no. 1828576
Published by Firefly Press. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition.

Ten riddles, ten days to solve them. Kip Bramley finds himself chasing riddles and solving puzzles set 400 yeas earlier by a mysterious genius. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781913102319. SIGNED by the author to verso of half-title page. A lovely, clean copy.

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JAGUARS IN COMPETITION
Written by Chris Harvey.
Stock no. 1328440
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Foreword by Stirling Moss. An attempt to commemorate the "grace, space and pace" which the Jaguar has given the world. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 0850453232. SIGNED by the author to the half title-page. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly browned.

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