Stella & Rose's Books

LE BALLON LIBRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 630520
Published by Librairie Aeronautique. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Theory and practical. Captain du Genie DO. Hot air balloons. Modern three-quarter calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. viii and 506 pages plus adverts to rear. B/w illustrations and photos. Binding is beautiful. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light page browning and a few grubby marks. Couple of ink stamps to prelims and top margin of one page. Just a few annotations mostly in pencil to margins.

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THE PLANTER'S KALENDAR OR THE NURSERYMAN'S & FORESTER'S GUIDE
Written by Walter Nicol; Edward Sang.
Stock no. 630511
Published by Archibald Constable And Company. 1812. Almost very good condition.

Or the Nurseryman's & Forester's Guide, in the Operations of the Nursery, the Forest, and the Grove. Three-quarter brown leather binding, blue marbled boards. Red title block to spine with gilt title. Two colour plus one b/w plate. Leather worn/split to spine edges but binding still tight. Bookplate to front pastedown. Scattered foxing throughout, heavy in places but still perfectly readable. All plates present. A decent copy of an antiquarian title.

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EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX (2 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 630513
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme And Brown. 1818. Very good condition.

In Two Volumes. Comprising a Brief Historical and Topographical Delineation of Every Town and Village; Together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and every other interesting object of Curiosity. Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller and Tourist. Illustrated with 100 Engravings, including a map of the county. Small format. Brown leather binding, raised bands to spine, gilt tooled borders to front and rear, gilt title to spine. Volume I 1818, Volume II 1819. Re-backed with inscription to rear pastedown stating such. Vol I joints worn with split to top front edge of spine. Volume II Spine rubbed at edges and split at top and tail. Binding of both volumes is generally nice and tight. Bookplate to front pastedowns. A few scattered foxspots but contents generally nice and clean.

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THE PRACTICAL FLY-FISHER
Written by John Jackson.
Stock no. 818633
Published by Charles Farlow. 1st 1854. Very good condition.

More Particularly for Grayling or Umber. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. Ten hand-coloured plates representing 64 flies. 58 pages plus subscriber's list to rear. Spine browned, covers a little marked. Tightly bound leading to creases at inner margins not affecting illustrations or text. A few light marks to contents. A lovely copy of a scarce title.

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MANUEL DES MARINS OU EXPLICATION DES TERMES DE MARINE TOME I & II
Written by Bourde.
Stock no. 818625
1773. Almost very good condition.

Sailors Handbook, explanation of the nautical terms. Two volumes bound as one. Calf leather binding, raised bands to spine, brown title label with gilt title to top of spine, gilt decoration between bands of spine. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. Leather boards marked, edges worn exposing board. Front and rear hinge pulled. Some annotation to verso of half-title page and index page. Text block a little marked. Some scattered foxing and margin marks as to be expected in a book almost 250 years old. A very nice copy of a scarce antiquarian book. Text in French.

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THE KHAKI BOYS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Angela Brazil.
Stock no. 383312
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The two other stories are "The Scallywag Boys" and "The Slap-Bang Boys". Blue decorated cloth with white titles. 122 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. A few tiny pinholes to front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned. Name plate to front endpaper (which has partly browned). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and quite grubby. Nelson's Red Star Series.

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RUPERT AND EDWARD AND THE CIRCUS
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 383253
Published by Sampson Low. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. A Rupert Cut Out Story Book. B/w story panel plus colour figures to cut out. Slight rubbing to cover edges and some very slight scuffing to covers. Staples are rusty, cover has come away from lower staple. Contents unused. A super copy of an exceptionally scarce Rupert book.

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WILLIAM AND A.R.P.
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 383164
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st thus 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cheap edition. Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped with some slight fading to base. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and foxing to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased with loss to spine and corners, some tape repairs on verso.

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ALMANACK FOR 1884
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 817784
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1884. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis and decorated title page. A colour picture every page, printed by Edmund Evans. Post Office regulations at end. A sweet little book. One corner creased.

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OEUVRES COMPLETES DE VICTOR HUGO
Written by Victor Hugo.
Stock no. 817790
Published by Societe Typographique Belge. 1837. Good condition.

2 Volume Set. Nouvelle Edition. Volume I has 6 b/w plates (including frontis). Volume 2 has 3 b/w plates. 3/4 marbled boards with leather spines. Edges and corners are very worn. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Some foxing throughout. 1 plate is a bit dampstained. Volume 1 frontis is nearly detached. Some creasing/chipping to page edges. Volume 2 has tissue-guard present at page 45 - but believed should have been bound in next to frontis. Reduced from £120.

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THE KING WITH THE SEVEN CROWNS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Edmund Lee. Illustrated by Ernold A. Mason.
Stock no. 383115
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

Stories told to relieve a little girl of the tedium of a sick bed. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 117 pages. Floral decorated endpapers. 3 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and very slightly faded. Covers are ever so slightly grubby. Heavy foxing to first few and last few pages. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few light fingermarks but contents generally clean. A nice copy of a very scarce Victorian children's book.

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MICKEY MOUSE ANNUAL 1938 FOR 1939
No author listed.
Stock no. 444742
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1938. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Front cover shows Mickey and Minnie surfing on a plank of wood with caption "Still on Top!". Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. Corners and edges are worn. Spine intact, but a little creased. Some foxing throughout. Tiny patch of colouring to title page. First 4 pages have been numbered in crayon to top of page.

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