Stella & Rose's Books

BIGGIN ON THE BUMP
Written by Bob Ogley.
Stock no. 1830490
Published by Froglets Publications. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the most famous fighter station in the world. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour photos & illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 1872337058. Reprint. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light scuffing and creasing to covers. Contents clean.

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PRACTICE
Written by John Moat. Illustrated by John Moat.
Stock no. 1830469
Published by Libanus Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 300 signed copies of which there are three editions: soft bound, hard-bound, and quarter leather bound in slipcase. This is one of fifty hard-bound with hand-coloured illustrations. The author & artist travels to New Zealand, the birth-place of his mother. Poems and b/w illustrations as well as a few hand-coloured illustrations. Oblong format. Beige cloth spine with white title label, grey paper boards with white title label. Not paginated. ISBN: 0948021322. SIGNED by the author and numbered 38 (of 50) to rear. Gift inscription to half-title page also from the author. A few light foxspots to text block. Boards a little grubby. Contents clean.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson.
Stock no. 1830467
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of the landowner families of the 15th - 19th centuries drawn from county and estate records, and illuminated with revealing glimpses of everyday life - from diary entries, household accounts, marriage contracts, and personal and official correspondence. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 269 pages including index. ISBN: 0862995841. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, laminate is starting to peel away at rear edges.

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DRUMBEATS
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330334
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A desperate drama taking place in the steaming, tortuous jungle of Central Africa. Orange boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 155 pages. B/w illustrations. Contains a SIGNED letter from the author (to the binder?). Spine bumped. Slight mark to top corner of front cover. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears at corners and slightly grubby to rear panel. "Collins Young Elizabethan Book of the Month" wrapround label to wrapper (loose).

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MESSENGER OF FEAR
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1830461
Published by Electric Monkey. 1st 2014. Very good condition.

The Messenger sees the darkness in young hears, and the damage it inflicts upon the world. If they go unpunished, he offers the wicked a game. Win, and they can go free. Lose, and they will live out their greatest fear... Matt black paper boards with black title to spine and decorations to boards. All edges dark red. 308 pages. ISBN: 9781405265157. SIGNED by the author to front fly leaf. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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SEA OF TRANQUILITY
Written by Emily St. John Mandel.
Stock no. 1830434
Published by Picador. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A novel that investigates the idea of parallel worlds and possibilities, and plays with the very line along which time should run. Black boards, silver title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. 263 pages. ISBN: 9781529083491. SIGNED by the author to half-title page which declares this copy is an exclusive signed edition. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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STORIES OF WEST COUNTRY FOLK
Written by .
Stock no. 1830433
Published by R.H. Johns Limited. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

All lovers of the English country-side and its village folk will be fascinated by this volume of stories by a masterly writer whose previous books have met with such a favourable reception. Limited Edition, numbered and signed by the author. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Top edge green. 178 pages. Spine discoloured to top and tail. A few minor white marks to boards. A small area of surface paper loss to lower corner of front pastedown which is hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper. A few minor marks and light foxing to prelims. This is copy 458 SIGNED by the author. Price-ut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with loss at corners, grubby, small patch of surface paper loss to top of front panel.

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OLD EBBW VALE IN PHOTOGRAPHS VOLUME 1
Written by Keith Thomas; Michael Foot.
Stock no. 1830405
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ebbw Vale owes its existence to the iron, steel and coal industries. There has been a rapid decline in the iron and steel industry in Ebbw Vale, but in 1920 the accent was on expansion and the population rose from less than 500 in 1780 to over 40,000 in 1920. These photographs are a permanent reminder of a completely different way of life in Ebbw Vale, which was bound up with hard manual; work, dirt, smoke and grime. Foreword by Michael Foot. Light red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 193 b/w photos. ISBN: 0900807377. SIGNED & dated by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Spine slightly cocked. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Pale dampstain to lower corner of pastedowns and rear endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is dampstained at edges, faded to spine with a small closed tear repaired to verso at top of spine. Tobacco odour present.

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THE INCLINE
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1330232
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. A powerfully direct statement about adolescent emotions and human relationships. 191 pages. ISBN: 0241021383. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine slightly bumped. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at spine ends.

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A WHIFF OF BURNT BOATS
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330231
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

An early autobiography. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. A few b/w photos. 191 pages. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Evidence of a small label removed from front free-endpaper and a larger label removed from pastedown.

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THE LI DYNASTY HONG KONG ARISTOCRATS
Written by Frank Ching.
Stock no. 1330179
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0195909046. 2nd impression. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Couple of grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE LOST PEOPLE OF MALPLAQUET
Written by Andrew Dalton. Illustrated by Jonny Boatfield.
Stock no. 1330113
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The second volume in the Malplaquet triliogy. Jamie needs to protect the Lilliputians! Glazed pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. 176 pages. ISBN: 9780718830496. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription (to Naomi) on verso of front free-endpaper. Minimal bumping to spine.

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