Stella & Rose's Books

16 ON THE GRID: THE ANATOMY OF A GRAND PRIX
Written by Peter Garnier.
Stock no. 1824840
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the 1963 Monaco Grand Prix. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 139 pages. Boards clean and bright. Heavy tape marks to endpapers at corners of page, foxing to endpapers. Text block browned. One or two minor foxspots to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has some foxing, is browned & grubby, has a 1.5" closed tear to top rear corner, aged tape repairs to verso. Strong musty odour present.

NODDY GOES TO SEA
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk.
Stock no. 1324444
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. circa 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 18. Brown pictorial boards. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0361004184. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners of book and wrapper. Spine of wrapper is slightly faded.

Price: £14.00 £12.00.

PRIVATE-OWNER WAGONS (SPECIALIST BOOKLETS No.11)
Written by Peter Matthews.
Stock no. 1824454
Published by Model And Allied Publications. 1st 1973. Nearly fine condition.

MAP Technical Publication. Brown cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. 48 pages. ISBN: 0852423438. A very nice copy.

THE MOTOR CYCLING CLUB
Written by Peter Garnier.
Stock no. 1824430
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of Britain's oldest sporting club for motor cycles and cars, founded in 1901. Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 221 pages pages includes index. ISBN: 0715393111. Light bump to top of spine.

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE MODERN CENTURY
Written by Peter Galassi. Illustrated by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Stock no. 1824268
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published to accompany the major retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, drawing fully on the extensive holdings of the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris. Large format. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine and blind publisher's vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780500543917. Boards clean and bright. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE HOLIDAY TRAIN GOES TO AMERICA
Written by Peter Heaton. Illustrated by Peter Heaton.
Stock no. 1323669
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Baby Puffin Book no. 6. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Covers foxed and edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Lower staple has been pulled away from front cover. Neat name written in ink to front cover. Foxing inside covers. Some light fingering to contents but generally clean.

SEASHORE LIFE
Written by Gillian Matthews. Illustrated by Peter Parks.
Stock no. 1323615
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1965. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 120. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Foxing and slight grubbiness to rear cover. Foxing to textblock. Small booksellers sticker to inside front cover.

PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1323551
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind title to front board. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 431 pages. ISBN: 0224606336. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners, browned to spine and grubby to rear panel.

PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1323543
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind title to front. Front endpaper is a chart of the atlantic ocean. B/w text illustrations throughout. 431 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers slightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and browned, a little worn to spine and corners.

THROUGH THE AIR
Written by Michael Bratby; Peter Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1323485
Published by Country Life. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Adventures With Wild Fowl, and Small-Boat Sailing. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock and to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and a little browned to spine.

JENNIFER'S ROOM
Written by Peter Utton. Illustrated by Peter Utton.
Stock no. 1824100
Published by Orchard Books. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Look at what's let loose in Jennifer's room! Wonderful colour illustrations. ISBN: 0531068420. A nice, clean copy.

ABOUT MAPS
Written by Peter Hood. Illustrated by Peter Hood.
Stock no. 1323332
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Puffin Picture Book No. 67. Colour and b/w illustrations. Slight foxing to covers and to first few and last few pages.