Stella & Rose's Books

THE LIFE OF HENRY BROUGHAM TO 1830
Written by Chester W. New.
Stock no. 1831171
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, PC, FRS was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act 1832 and Slavery Abolition Act 1833. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis portrait. xi and 458 pages including index. Minor foxing to text block. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Blue dustwrapper is foxed, lightly browned to spine with some heavier foxing.

THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831156
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1963. Almost very good condition.

The book is a sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden with his cousin Benjamin to retrieve the clothes he lost there during his previous adventure. Cream boards, red titles, pictorial onlay. 58 numbered pages. Small format. ISBN: 0723205957. Boards grubby. Corenrs lightly rubbed. Front hinge pulled. A few minor, faint marks to contents but contents generally appear clean.

WORLD CHECKLIST OF MYRTACEAE
Written by Rafael Govaerts; Marcos Sobral; Peter Ashton; Fred Barrie; et al.
Stock no. 1330987
Published by Royal Botanic Gardens. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

An invaluable reference for the plant scientists. Cardwraps. 455 pages (including index). ISBN: 9781842463918. Slight wear to cover edges. Contents fine.

MOUNTAIN ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1831136
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

Railway series no. 19. Sir Handel is grumpy and complains about the coaches causing trouble for him. Rheneas tells him that he should be grateful that he does not work on a mountain railway. Sir Handel does not believe such a thing exists, and an argument ensues until Donald arrives with Culdee, a mountain engine. Small oblong format. Blue boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. 56 pages. Spine heavily faded, light fading to edges of boards. A few foxspots to endpapers and one or two to contents. Contents are lightly creased through reading use.

THE FLOWER MAKER
Written by Alan Blackwood. Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 1831072
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Peter Pollen made very pretty flowers, his friend Bumble Bee worked happily together. Peter made the flowers and the powder scents, Bumble Bee picked up the powder with his feet and sprinkled it over the flowers... Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0723810389. Damp stain to lower edge of front board. Rear board is unevenly faded. Spine faded and worn at base. A few handling marks and creases to contents.

THE GIANT FISH
Written by Svend Otto S.; Joan Tate. Illustrated by Svend Otto S..
Stock no. 1831066
Published by Pelham Books Ltd.. 1st UK 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Peter and Jake are always talking about the fish they are going to catch. "When I go fishing," said Peter, "you wait and see, I'll catch a giant fish."... Oringinally published in Danish, this is the English language edition, translated by Joan Tate. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0720713803. Corners lightly worn. Boards clean. Inscription in ink and a small red mark to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

BLEEP AND BOOSTER
Written by Tim. Illustrated by Tim.
Stock no. 1831056
Published by Purnell. 1965. Good condition.

As seen on Blue Peter BBC TV. Story is 'Into Outer Space', the first story of Bleep and Booster. Blue glazed pictorial boards showing Bleep an Booster floating in space. Colour pictures throughout. 5 puzzle pages to centre of book. Unpaginated. Boards are worn at top & tail of spine and corners, creased, blue biro tracing the title to front page. Sewn binding is coming undone so contents are detaching from boards. Some puzzles completed in pencil. Contents have a few marks. A nice reading copy which will probably detach from the covers at some point (stitching unravelling).

THE BARRY LOCOMOTIVE PHENOMENON
Written by Francis Blake; Peter Nicholson.
Stock no. 1831027
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and entertaining account of how almost three hundred ex-BR (and almost wholly steam) locomotives ended their working lives at this South Wales seaside town facing the cutter's torch but how over two hundred of them escaped what seemed an inevitable fate. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0860934101. A few minor marks to rear board. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

DICKENS
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1330899
Published by Guild Publishing. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book Club edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 1195 pages including index. B/w photos. Name and date in ink to half title-page. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded to spine.

BY JOVE, BIGGLES!
Written by Peter Berresford Ellis; Piers Williams.
Stock no. 1330871
Published by W.H. Allen. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Biography of one of the most popular children's authors of the mid 20th Century - Capt. W.E. Johns creator of 'Biggles'. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 306 pages includes index. ISBN: 0491027753. Slight bumping to spine and corners, very small split to base of spine. Contents fine.

BIGGLES! THE LIFE STORY OF CAPT. W.E. JOHNS
Written by Peter Berresford Ellis; Jennifer Schofield.
Stock no. 1330869
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A new and revised edition of the biography of the creator of Biggles, Worrals, Gimlet and Steeley. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages includes index. ISBN: 187410526X. Spine slightly bumped. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty else contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and just a little edge creased.

BIGGLES FLIES SOUTH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Peter Archer; Jack Nicolle.
Stock no. 1330854
Published by Armada. Circa 1966. Very good condition.

A paperback copy of this classic boys book! C151 to base of spine. Cover illustration by Archer. B/w text illustrations by Nicolle. Light vertical creases to spine and spine edges. Light page browning throughout else contents clean.