Stella & Rose's Books

M1 ABRAMS MAIN BATTLE TANK 1982-1992
Written by Steven J. Zaloga. Illustrated by Peter Sarson.
Stock no. 1317711
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Card wraps. New Vanguard 2. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 1855322838. Some grubby marks to covers and light rubbing to corners.

FUROR HORTENSIS ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN IN MEMORY OF H.F. CLARK
Written by Peter Willis; Robert H. Matthew; Patrick Nuttgens; Geoffrey Jellicoe.
Stock no. 2129954
Published by Elysium Press Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Limited first edition of 1000 copies. Large format. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. B/w photos and illustrations. Not numbered, but this is one of 1000 first edition copies. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine with a little fading. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Original glassine wrapper is still present with some tears and chips and creasing; also some foxing; a bit of loss.

THE MOTOR FOR THE MILLION THE AUSTIN SEVEN 1922-1939
Written by R.J. Wyatt. Illustrated by Peter Huntley.
Stock no. 1817434
Published by MacDonald. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0356014428. Verso of dustwrapper edge strengthened with clear tape which has left marks on the boards and is bleeding through to the front of the dustwrapper. Price-cut dustwrapper is also faded at spine.

COMPETITIVE DRIVING
Written by Peter Roberts.
Stock no. 1817428
Published by Motoraces Book Club. 1st thus 1967. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1964. This edition produced for members of the Motoraces Book Club. Edited by Peter Roberts. Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 141 pages. Boards clean. Shelf-wear to base of spine. Text block browned with minor foxing. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is very lightly edge-rubbed.

THE PETER PAN CALENDAR 1976
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2128891
1976. Almost very good condition.

Beautiful Rackham Illustration from 'Peter Pan' for each different month! Card wraps. Some chipping to top 'spine'; a little loss. Acetate cover has corner missing. Creasing to cover corners and some page corners. Rear cover is creased. Some browning. Some fading to front cover. Illustrations are still very good.

"ROSSALL WILL BE WHAT YOU MAKE IT"
Written by Peter Bennett.
Stock no. 2128595
Published by Rossall Archives. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Rossall school. Large format. Red boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. ISBN: 0951962809. Light bumping to corners. Includes a letter SIGNED by and from the author.

BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 31ST YEAR
Written by Barbara C. Freeman; Norman Hunter; Ruth Ainsworth; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Cicely Mary Barker; Peter Fraser; Kenneth Harrow; et al..
Stock no. 2128131
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine with dark titles. Pictorial front cover shows four children at a campfire. Colour plates plus colour and b/w illustrations. Marks to spine; splash mark to top. Scuff marks to covers. Wear and bumping to corners. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Foxing and some grubby margin marks.

BUS SCENE IN COLOUR: PRESERVED BUSES
Written by Gavin Booth; Peter Durham.
Stock no. 2128115
Published by Ian Allan. 1ST 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 0711025371. Light bumping to top and tail of spine. Contents are fine!

THE 20-CM SCHMIDT-CASSEGRAIN TELESCOPE
Written by Peter L. Manly.
Stock no. 2128102
Published by Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

A practical observing guide using one of the most popular type of compact telescope. Techniques for viewing the Moon, the planetary system and the deep sky; interesting projects to try; discusses a full range of telescope accessories and detectors with advice on their use. Orange cardwraps. B/w illustrations and photos. xviii and 265 pages including index. ISBN: 0521644410. Some light rubbing to cover edges. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

GREEN TRAIL
Written by Shirley Faulkner-Horne. Illustrated by Peter Biegel.
Stock no. 1816525
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with red title label and gilt title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. 189 pages. The exciting story of the Paisley children who set out to outwit a gang of crooks. A few marks to boards. Light browning to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is Rubbed at edges, slightly faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

THE BIRDS OF GREAT YARMOUTH
Written by Peter R. Allard.
Stock no. 2127742
Published by Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society. 1990. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0950113034. Some edge wear. Bookplate to inside front cover. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author. Some browning and foxing.

WILDFOWL IN GREAT BRITAIN
Written by G.L. Atkinson-Willes. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 2127608
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Survey of the winter distribution of the Anatidae and their conservation in England, Scotland and Wales. Prepared by The Wildfowl Trust. Monograph Number Three of The Nature Conservancy. 11 x 7.5 ins. Orange cloth. A complete survey of the distribution & habitats of wild ducks, geese and swans. The scientific study contained in this Monograph presents a provisional scientific basis for a National Policy for Wildfowl Conservation. Orange cloth boards, burgundy title block to spine with gilt title. Colour illustrations, line drawings, b/w ph, diagrams & maps. Bookplate to front pastedown. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chipping and small tears; foxed.