Stella & Rose's Books

MILES AIRCRAFT: THE WARTIME YEARS 1939-1945 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1825900
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd / Miles Aircraft Ltd, Reading, South Marston & Doncaster, and Miles Aircraft (Northern Ireland) Ltd. Continuing the story with the trials and tribulations of Miles Aircraft during the war. Contains a fully comprehensive history of each individual aircraft built during the period. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Includes The Appendices in cardwraps. ISBN: 9780851304304. DVD is MISSING. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

PEG-LEG AND THE FUR PIRATES
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 1325332
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Captain Peg-Leg takes his ship into the Arctic seas to find out why certain valuable cargoes of furs have never reached port. Blue cloth. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and slightly worn at spine and corners.

MILES AIRCRAFT - THE POST-WAR YEARS 1945 TO 1948
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1325311
Published by Air-Britain. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Reading, Berkshire, England and Newtownards, Northern Ireland. The third volume of the history of Miles Aircraft and takes the story through to the end of the company. Large, heavy format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780851304809. Top front corner of wrapper and cover slightly bumped else a fine copy.

MILES AIRCRAFT: THE WARTIME YEARS 1939-1945
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1325300
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

The Appendices - containing individual aircraft histories of 1939-1945 production of Magister, Master, Martinet, Monitor and Messenger I types together with additional activities and background information. Large, heavy format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 400 pages. ISBN: 9780851304304. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.

WARBIRD TECH SERIES VOL 40: MIKOYAN GUREVICH MIG-15 FAGOT
Written by Yefim Gordon; Peter Davison.
Stock no. 1325139
Published by Speciality Press. Circa 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the MiG-15. Cardwraps. B/w photos throughout with some colour photos to centre pages. 104 pages. ISBN: 1580070817. Spine and front spine edge faded else a super copy.

THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by Henrietta Merriman; Phyllis I. Norris; C. Bernard Rutley; M.E. Buckingham; May Wynne; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Alfred Bestall; Peter Fraser; et al..
Stock no. 1325125
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing two girls at a fence looking at lambs. Colour frontis. B/w plates and text illustrations. First story is "A Good Word for Captain Bob" by Merriman. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine, two small white spots to front cover. Partially erased inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

JURA: ISLAND OF DEER
Written by Peter Youngson.
Stock no. 1825220
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jura is one of the largest islands of the Inner Hebrides. This is a complete history of the island's history, from the Meolithic period to the present day, also focusing on other aspects such as Jura's natural history and geography. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, b/w drawings. ISBN: 1841581364. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. A few minor knocks to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, a little grubby, lightly worn at top of spine.

110TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Emma Thompson. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter; Eleanor Taylor.
Stock no. 1324994
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition.

Special limited edition (of 1000 copies) being a celebration of Peter Rabbit's 110th year. It contains clothbound volumes of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson - as well as an individually signed letter from this acclaimed writer. The cloth pattern was specially commissioned from renowned design studio Timorous Beasties. ISBN: 9780723268697. The books and presentation box are in fine condition. Contained in a white cardboard slip and a brown numbered box (this is copy no. 691). The outer box is just slightly worn at corners. A super set. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE SITMAR LINERS PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Peter Plowman.
Stock no. 1825182
Published by Rosenberg. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Sitmar Liners written primarily from an Australian perspective, but also covers the general development of the company and its operations throughout the world. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 1877058254. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Minor grubby mark to half-title page (cannot be picked up by camera in photos). Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY: CHRONICLES - CREATURES & CHARACTERS
Written by Daniel Falconer; Joe Letteri; Andy Serkis.
Stock no. 1324869
Published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

Exploring the amazing cast of heroes and villains, beasts and beings that populate Middle-earth in Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Hobbit. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Amazing colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780007487264. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Contents fine.

ALF FRANCIS: RACING MECHANIC
Written by Alf Francis; Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 1825006
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 1958. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

His own story as told to and written by Peter Lewis. B/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 336 pages including index. Reprint. Light fading to top edge of spine. Text block and endpapers browned and foxed. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Some minor foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and repaired with tape, faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

THE TRACTION ENGINE COMPANION
Written by Peter Haining.
Stock no. 1824877
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, silver titles. B/w photos. The development and manufacture of traction engines from the 1850's. ISBN: 0709010214. Minor foxing and browning to text block else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners and browned to rear panel.