Stella & Rose's Books

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
Written by Alan Johnson.
Stock no. 1829396
Published by Bantam Press. 1st 2016. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography of Alan Johnson, Home Secretary 2009. This volume tells of Alan's early political skirmishes as a trade-union leader, where his negotiating skills and charismatic style soon came to the notice of Tony Blair and other senior members of the Labour Party. Grey paper boards, silver title to spine. A few colour photos. 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9780593076033. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Some light rubbing to front board and lower edge of rear board. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is a little sticky to rear panel (label removal?) and just a little grubby.

MY BIRTHDAY PARTY
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by F.G. Lewin.
Stock no. 1328635
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers held together at spine with clear tape. Covers chipped at edges with loss to top corner of rear cover. Covers slightly grubby and first page grubby to top margin. Centre pages detached from staples. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

THE SIEGE OF STALINGRAD
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827254
Published by Communist Party Of Great Britain. Circa 1943. Almost very good condition.

This is the Epic Story of the Siege of Stalingrad Told in Photographs, Words and Maps from August 23rd, 1942, to February 3rd, 1943. Small square format. White pictorial paperwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos throughout. 51 numbered pages. Covers grubby, small pieces of paper stuck to rear cover. Contents clean.

IN HISTORIC LANDS: A RECORD OF OUR HOUSE-PARTY TOUR
Written by E.J. Wareham.
Stock no. 1825990
Published by Christian Touring Union Limited. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

A compilation of the Cuthbert House Party tour through the British Isles, the Continent (Europe), the Holy Land and Egypt. Written especially for those that took part in the tour in the hope that others might be interested. Small format. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles and pictorial onlays to spine and front board. B/w photos. Top & tail of spine rubbed, Corners lightly worn, minor creasing and a few marks to boards. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Front hinge pulled. Contents clean.

MR PINK-WHISTLE'S PARTY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1824718
Published by George Newnes Limited. Circa 1966. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w text illustrations. 79 pages. 9.25 x 7". Edges lightly rubbed. Contents browned. Closed tear to lower margin of page 5/6.

THE BLACK PANTHERS
Written by Shames Stephen; Bobby Seale; Charles E. Jones. Illustrated by Stephen Shames.
Stock no. 1824248
Published by Aperture. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Campus uprisings, urban rebellions, and the Vietnam War rocked the nation when the Black Panther Party arose during the last 1960s. Stephen Shames's exceptional photographs - ranging from the affectionate private moments to intense demonstrations - span the places where the Panthers made their greatest impact. Powerful and poignant images of the most courageous group of young black people ever organized in America. Matt white pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781597110242. A lovely copy with some light scuffing to boards.

THE SLY OLD CAT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1323398
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An intriguing tale of an unusual tea party, where the hostess is a sly old cat and the guest an unassuming rat. Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated this story in 1906 and now for the first time it appears as a book. Foreword by Leslie Linder. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 34 pages. ISBN: 0723214204. Minimal bumping to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly darkened else contents fine. Dustwrapper has a few small creases to front panel.

THE PEACOCK PARTY
Written by Alan Aldridge; George E. Ryder. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge; Harry Willock.
Stock no. 2139979
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Green glazed pictorial boards. A Sequel to The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. Superb colour illustrations with a double-spread fold-out at rear of book. ISBN: 0224015915. Fading to spine and a couple of cover edges. Browning to page edges. 'PROOF' stamp to title page. Fold-out page to rear has crease along one edge.

LONE BULL'S HORSE RAID
Written by Paul Goble; Dorothy Goble. Illustrated by Paul Goble.
Stock no. 2135934
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A young Ogala Sioux tells how he and his best friend joined a party setting out against the neighbouring Crows, and experienced their first horse raid. The pictures take their inspiration from Plains Indian paintings of the period 1860-1900 when the story takes place. Pictorial matt boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 0333147545. Foxing and browning to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

SAMMY AND THE CAT PARTY
Written by Ron Van Der Meer; Atie Van Der Meer. Illustrated by Atie Van Der Meer; Ron Van Der Meer.
Stock no. 2135566
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

The story of Sammy, his sister Mara and their cats Sona and Siva, who have four kittens. Glazed cream pictorial boards. Oblong format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241101417. Uneven browning to covers. Some grubby marks to rear endpapers.

RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES - SOVIET LIMOUSINES 1930-2003
Written by Maurice A. Kelly.
Stock no. 1320159
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A book concerning Russian Limousines, and the Chinese models that were initially derived from them. Investigating the whole story of why the Soviet Communist Party required such a bourgeois product, and how production was subsequently achieved. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 126 pages. ISBN: 9781845843007. Tiny nick to front edge of spine towards base. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

BONZO AT THE PARTY
Written by G.E. Studdy; George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1319260
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Small format (13 x 10.5cm). Pictiorial cardwraps. Full-page colour illustrations. Unpaginated, 14 pages. Covers are slightly edge worn and scuffed. Staples rusty. Some light fingermarks to page margins and centre pages have a couple of small marks.