Stella & Rose's Books

THE IRISH COUNTRY HOUSE
Written by Peter Somerville-Large.
Stock no. 1818676
Published by Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd.. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Social History. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & a few colour photos. ISBN: 1856192377. Name in ink to front endpaper. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded at front spine edge.

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CURTISS AIRCRAFT 1907-1947
Written by Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 2131906
Published by Putnam. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of the pioneer work of Glenn Curtiss and of the subsequent companies which bore his name. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 637 pages. ISBN: 0370100298. Name in ink to front endpaper which is browned with some creasing. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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RED LETTER DAYS
Written by Peter Rogers; et al. Illustrated by John Searl.
Stock no. 2131848
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A tribute to Bernard Venables. Peter Rogers has compiled and edited 48 golden memories from the most famous names in angling. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 185223783X. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing and small amount of fading to spine.

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COME FISHING WITH ME
Written by Peter Stone.
Stock no. 2131777
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0720706637. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with browning to spine. What appears to be a tape glue residue showing through to top of spine (wrapper possibly reinforced to top of spine on verso).

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FULL STEAM AHEAD: HOW THE RAILWAYS MADE BRITAIN
Written by Peter Ginn; Ruth Goodman.
Stock no. 1818412
Published by William Collins. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Based on a BBC Two Programme. How the world we live in today was entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780008194314.

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THE CHUMMY BOOK - NINTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Dorothy Russell; Constance Heward; Dixon Rutherford; et al. Illustrated by Peter Fraser; Honor C. Appleton; Hilda Cowham; Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1318355
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows black cat and white dog, blue spine with white titles and horse's head. First story is 'The Housing Problem'. 287 pages plus one page book list. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Small dent to top edge of rear cover. Vertical crease to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Heavy foxing to contents, mainly textblock and some other marks.

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THE OOJAH ANNUAL
Written by Flo Lancaster. Illustrated by H.M. Talintyre.
Stock no. 1317910
Published by Peter Pitkin. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing Uncle Oojah as doorman at the cinema. Red cloth spine. Two-tone pictures throughout. 100 pages. First story is "Uncle Oojah's Curious Cousin". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge worn. Rear cover just a little grubby. Name in ink to belongs to box (ink has transferred a little to the front pastedown). Foxing and some grubby marks to contents. Some margin tears and a little pulling of the stitches causing contents to be a bit loose.

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DUMPY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 1317888
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Grey pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. First story 'Little Pink Pig and His Three-Legged Stool'. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Light foxing to contents.

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I SAW ESAU
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2130821
Published by Ted Smart. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Packed full with colour and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. "The Schoolchild's Pocket Book", a book of rhymes. Originally published by Williams & Norgate Ltd in 1947. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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FURTHER TALES OF MR PENGACHOOSA
Written by Caroline Rush. Illustrated by Peter Rush; Caroline Rush.
Stock no. 1817581
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The redoubtable Mr Pengachoosa finds himself in fanciful situations quite unsuited to hamsters in general, but than, of course, he isn't a 'general' sort of hamster at all... Each story is founded in the real world of a girl and her pet hamster and each returns to it after considerable flights of fancy... Pink boards, gilt title to spine and vignette of hamster to front board. B/w illustrations. A little loss to margin of gutter edge of front endpaper. Small name in ink to front pastedown hidden by the front flap of dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and yellowing tape to verso at edges.

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PEG-LEG AND THE INVADERS
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 2130671
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue/green cloth with black titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; chipping and some creasing.

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FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 75)
Written by Peter S. Maitland; R. Niall Campbell.
Stock no. 2130650
Published by Collins. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 75 Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 21 colour photos and over 200 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN to verso of title page is 0002193833 but this is incorrect as this ISBN matches NN No.74 (Ferns). ISBN provided is on verso of dustwrapper of this title. ISBN: 0002193795. Foxing to top edge of outer page edges, else fine. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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