Stella & Rose's Books

THE YOUNG MILL-WRIGHT & MILLER'S GUIDE
Written by Oliver Evans; Eugene S. Ferguson.
Stock no. 1831633
Published by The Oliver Evans Press. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This work, originally published in 1795, emphasizes sturdy foundations, safe dam design, and reliable mill structures, along with detailed descriptions of improvements for elevating grain, conveying it through machines, and grinding into meal and flour. Foreword by Eugene S. Ferguson. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles and red title blocks. B/w illustrations, some folding. Third printing. Small red ink smudge to lower edge of front of dustwrapper else a lovely, clean copy.

LONG SUNSET: MEMOIRS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL'S LAST PRIVATE SECRETARY
Written by Anthony Montague Browne.
Stock no. 1831621
Published by Cassell Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

As a young man Anthony Montague Browne fought in the Second World War as a pilot with distinction and was awarded the DFC, and after 1965 he served in the Royal Household. But it is the figure of Winston Churchill which dominates these memoirs (to which his daughter Mary Soames contributes a Foreword) and as the final member of what he called 'my circle' to have written an autobiography, Anthony Montague Browne represents a last link with the greatest Englishman of the century. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 376 pages including index. ISBN: 0304344788. Faint grease spot to lower edge of front board else boards clean. Name & date in ink to front pastedown, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else clean.

SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1897
Written by Various. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1331463
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1897. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial grey cloth (illustration by Robinson) with gilt titles. Colour (chromolithograph) frontis. B/w illustrations throughout. 412 pages plus 16 page catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some stitching pulled but binding still tight. A couple of page corner tips torn off but no loss of text.

AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
Written by George MacDonald; Carol Ann Duffy. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk.
Stock no. 1831601
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. Introduced by Carol Ann Duffy. Silver/blue pictorial cloth. Blue endpapers. Beautiful colour plates. xv and 269 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a little marked.

COCKERILL THE CONJURER; OR, THE BRAVE BOY OF HAMELN
Written by Mrs Robert Richardson.
Stock no. 1331393
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1885. Almost very good condition.

Sunday Library for Young People. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Cream endpapers. 139 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine darkened, covers a bit grubby/marked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some fingermarks to contents.

THE GRENVILLE GARRISON
Written by Gwendoline Courtney. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1831558
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

The cottage of the island where the five young Grenvilles - and their dogs - were to spend their holiday was in a lovely and seemingly peaceful spot. As Roy remarked when they arrived: "You just don't expect things to happen here because you know they won't." But how wrong he was!... A new edition, complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 265 pages. ISBN: 9781847451880. Minor grease spot to top edge of text block and a few page margins. Else a nice, clean copy.

THE OUT-DOOR WORLD OR YOUNG COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK
Written by W.S. Furneaux.
Stock no. 1331370
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1894. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 411 pages (including index). All edges gilt. This is the 2nd edition. Spine and corners bumped, rubbed and slightly worn. Foxing to contents. Some slight browning to the plates and tissue-guards. Gilt grammar school stamp to rear cover.

ROOSTER BROTHER
Written by Nonny Hogrogian. Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian.
Stock no. 1831516
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An Armenian folktale originating in the family of Hogrogian's husband and follows young Melkon, who cleverly retaliates against three bandits after they steal the plump rooster his mother had prepared for his name day feast. Through a series of resourceful tricks and persistent harassment—including leaving taunting notes signed "Rooster Brother"—the boy outwits the thieves and reclaims his special meal in a humorous tale of wit triumphing over theft. Oblong format. Cream and brown mottled cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers depicting poppies. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0241891299. Light rubbing to board edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and minor loss, spine is rubbed and sunned/faded. Dustwrapper has 'Lantern Home Education Reading Library' stamped in blue in to front flap.

FEVER DREAM
Written by Ray Bradbury. Illustrated by Darrel Anderson.
Stock no. 1831509
Published by St. Martin's Press, New York. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A young boy's illness comes alive taking over his body bit by bit until he dies - but the virus remains alive in his body. Night Lights series, a glow-in-the-dark book. Dark blue boards, no titles. Colour illustrations, each with a glowing element. 31 pages. ISBN: 0312572859. A few minor marks to boards. Small name in ink to top edge of front pastedown. A few minor handling marks to contents else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and is sunned/faded to spine.

HOW TO PLAN A HOUSE: A BOOK FOR ALL ABOUT TO BUILD
Written by George Gordon Samson.
Stock no. 1831469
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

'One thing must never for an instant be lost sight of when preparing a plan. The wishes of woman - be she young and fair or not quite so young or unassistedly beauteous - must ever be considered... 'Brown cloth boards, dark brown titles. B/w plans, some folding. xvi and 133 pages plus 16 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Boards are grubby, slight lean to spine, tiny split to base of front edge of spine. Wear to top rear edge of spine. Text block browned. Some foxing, browning and a few marks to contents. A nice copy for its age.

LADY JANE GREY: A TUDOR MYSTERY
Written by Eric Ives.
Stock no. 1831459
Published by Wiley-Blackwell. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When Edward VI died, his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radical reassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits of Jane both as hapless victim of political intrigue or Protestant martyr. Instead he presents her as an accomplished young woman with a fierce personal integrity. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 367 pages including index. ISBN: 9781405194136. Boards clean. Endpapers lightly marked. Text block has minor foxing/browning. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear (no loss) to top front flap edge and is a little scuffed to rear panel.

CALLAGHAN: A LIFE
Written by Kenneth O. Morgan.
Stock no. 1831446
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Jim Callaghan. Starting in humble circumstances and then moving into trade union office and parliament at a young age, he went on to hold all the major offices of state: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and, for three tumultuous years, from 1976 to 1979, Prime Minister. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w plates. xvi and 800 pages including index. ISBN: 0198202164. Couple of minor marks to rear board. Light shelf-rubbing to base of spine. Text block a bit grubby. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.