Stella & Rose's Books

DICING WITH DEATH
Written by Peter Lewis. Illustrated by Glen Steward.
Stock no. 2134625
Published by Daily Mirror Books. Circa 1961. Very good condition.

Men and cars who have raced against time and danger. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 93 pages. Reading wear to spine. Covers a little scuffed. Foxing and browning to text block. A few minor foxspots to prelims and endpapers. Else contents clean.

DONCASTER PLANT WORKS
Written by Susan Jane Woods; Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 2134509
Published by Bond Publications. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 96 Pages. ISBN: 0950869171. SIGNED by author with dedication to a previous owner to title page. Small nicks to top of spine and bottom corner of front cover.

THE MASTER SCRATCHBUILDERS: THEIR AIRCRAFT MODELS & TECHNIQUES
Written by John Alcorn; Alan Clark; Peter Cooke; et al.
Stock no. 2134504
Published by Schiffer Military History. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Beige cloth with black titles. Colour photos. ISBN: 0764307959.

THE PHANTOM STORY
Written by Anthony M. Thornborough; Peter E. Davies.
Stock no. 2134466
Published by Cassell & Co.. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Revised and extended edition. ISBN: 030435712X.

16 ON THE GRID: THE ANATOMY OF A GRAND PRIX
Written by Peter Garnier.
Stock no. 2134309
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. Text block and endpapers browned. Foxing present, mainly to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with browning and a couple of closed tears/chips. Musty odour present.

M
Written by Peter Robb. Illustrated by Caravaggio.
Stock no. 1320358
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art forever. The author looks at the crisis in politics, religion, art and science as the seventeenth century began. Colour plates. ISBN: 0747545995. Spine bumped. A few small ink marks to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and creased at edges.

TALES ABOUT EUROPE
Written by Peter Parley; T. Wilson.
Stock no. 2134183
Published by Darton And Clark. 1846. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Dark green leather with gilt titles and decorations. 5th edition. Edited by Rev. T. Wilson. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Wear and rubbing to edges. Boards a little bowed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing throughout.

LNER LINES IN THE YORKSHIRE RIDINGS
Written by Peter Cookson; John E. Fairline.
Stock no. 1820592
Published by Book Law Publications; Railbus Publications. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

Yellow and green pictorial cardwraps. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899624333.

WAFFEN-SS UNIFORMS IN COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS (EUROPA MILITARIA NO 6)
Written by Andrew Steven; Peter Amodio.
Stock no. 1820567
Published by Windrow & Greene. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

A unique reference source for the uniform collector, the modeller and the student of military dress and equipment. Pictorial cardwraps. 66 pages. ISBN: 187200461X. Minor crease to top rear cover.

BAYESIAN STATISTICS AN INTRODUCTION
Written by Peter M. Lee.
Stock no. 1319624
Published by Arnold. 3rd 2004. Very good condition.

Third Edition. Cardwraps. 351 pages. ISBN: 0340814055. Covers are edge rubbed and lightly creased. Remains of an old sticker to rear cover. Contents are clean.

THE OPTIMAL DESIGN OF BLOCKED AND SPLIT-PLOT EXPERIMENTS
Written by Peter Goos.
Stock no. 1820476
Published by Springer. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Lecture Notes in Statistics 164. A comprehensive treatment of the design of blocked and split-plot experiments, two types of experiments that are extremely popular in practice. Yellow and black cardwraps. ISBN: 0387955151. Light crease to front cover and prelims. Else contents fine.

PETER THE PILGRIM
Written by L.T. Meade. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 2133905
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Pictorial covers. 6 b/w plates. 296 pages + 32 pages of booklist/advertising to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little fraying of cloth to spine and a couple of corners. Browning to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some page browning; margin marks; foxing and browning.