Stella & Rose's Books

FERRARI: THE ROAD CARS
Written by Antoine Prunet.
Stock no. 1824995
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st thus 1987. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Edition, completely updated. A FOULIS Motoring Book. From the 126 sports car project of the winter of 1946 to the latest 32 Mondial, 328, 412 and Testarossa, all the Ferraris are examined one by one. Pink cloth boards, white title to spine and Ferrari logo to front. B/w and colour photos. 493 pages. ISBN: 0854296131. Small splash mark to front board. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Musty odour present.

THE FIRST OF THE FEW: FIGHTER PILOTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by Denis Winter.
Stock no. 2139866
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0713912782. Page edge browning, with some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and browned.

LAMIA'S WINTER-QUARTERS
Written by Alfred Austin. Illustrated by George Samuel Elgood.
Stock no. 2137588
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1908. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 16 colour plates. 4 page booklist to rear. Spine is bro2wned with small split to base. Damp staining to rear, going through to pages at rear. Foxing.

TOM, ZACK AND EMMIE IN WINTER
Written by Amy Ehrlich. Illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
Stock no. 2135461
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1987. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0713629584. Bumping to corners. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

WINTER JOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall; E. Lance; et al..
Stock no. 1320793
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A mix of stories and verses. Cloth spine, pictorial boards, front cover shows two children on a sledge on ice. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Corners worn. A few light scratches to rear cover. Joints just starting to crack. Foxing to endpapers and text block, last text page is browned. Just an odd fingermark to contents and looks like small staple(?) indentations to margins of first pages.

TOPSY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A WINTER LAMB
Written by Muriel Catling. Illustrated by Muriel Catling.
Stock no. 1319066
Published by Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with green title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 11.25 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few small spots to covers. Foxing to contents else clean.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE MIDLAND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION WINTER SESSION OF 1864-5
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819468
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1865. Good condition.

Contents include: On Thor's Cave; On the Nest of the Ten Spined Stickleback; On the Embryo of the Pike; On the Jaw of the British Leopard; On some Peculiarities in the growth of the Hawthorn Tree; and much more. Pink cardwraps. 71 pages plus 19 plates at rear. Writing in blue pencil to front cover, covers are unevenly faded and marked/grubby. Backstrip worn and front cover just starting to split from contents because of this. A little unobtrusive annotation to contents in pencil. Text block browned. Plates have some foxing present.

RUPERT ADVENTURE BOOK No. 35 - WINTER ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2129237
Published by Daily Express; Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. Circa 1958. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paper wraps. First story Rupert and the Angry Dolls. Second story Rupert and Will o' the Wisp. Colour illustrations. Snowman to front cover has been outlined in blue biro. Creasing to covers, with chipping and a bit of loss along bottom edge of front cover. Creasing to page corners throughout. A few margin marks, but illustrations are still bright.

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.

SPLASHED TO THE BROWS IN BLOOD THE WINSTON TRAIN ROBBERY AND THE END OF AN OUTLAW
Written by Robert J. Wybrow.
Stock no. 2124539
Published by The English Westerners' Society. 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. The Brand Book Volume 33, No. 1 Winter 1998/99. This edition Limited to 400 numbered copies. This is Copy No. 294.

SOLDIER'S HILL, NEW MEXICO
Written by Lee Myers; Chuck Parsons.
Stock no. 2124537
Published by The English Westerners' Society. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. The Brand Book Vol. 24 No. 1 Winter 1986. Also includes 'Rube Brown and The Atmosphere of Violence' by Parsons. Light creasing to a couple of corners.

JOHN JEFFERSON HARLAN: BUNCO STEERER
Written by Philip J. Rasch; A.G. Brackett.
Stock no. 2124527
Published by The English Westerners' Society. 1982. Nearly fine condition.

16 page pamphlet. Card wraps. Also includes 'The Frontier Cavary' by Brackett. The Brand Book Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter 1982. Light creasing to top corner of front cover.