Stella & Rose's Books

BRACE BY WIRE TO FLY BY WIRE
Written by Peter R. March.
Stock no. 1803804
Published by Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. 2nd 1998. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

80 years of the Royal Air Force 1918-1998. Second, revised and enlarged edition. Colour illustrations. Large oblong format. Limited edition of 1000 casebound copies. ISBN: 189980806X. Copy 96 of 1000. Signed by Paul A. Bowen (Director) and Timothy Prince (Director Operations). Contained in a slipcase which is marked and scuffed.

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STORIAU A SGRIFAU
Written by J.O. Williams.
Stock no. 1803790
Published by Lerpwl. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

Text in Welsh. Red boards, gilt titles. 126 pages. Boards a little marked, spine browned. Vertical edges untrimmed. Endpapers browned.

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THE SCHOOL ON THE MOOR
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1304471
Published by Oxford University Press. 1937. Good condition.

Cream cloth with swan decoration. Colour frontis. 285 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a little bit grubby and foxed, slight wear to top of spine. There is a large red cross (felt-tip pen?) to front cover. '26. The Salvation Army' written in blue ink to front pastedown, inscription in black ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents otherwise clean.

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ALPINE BYWAYS OR LIGHT LEAVES GATHERED IN 1859 AND 1860
Written by A Lady.
Stock no. 1204149
Published by Longman, Green, Longman And Roberts. 1861. Good condition.

The higher region of the Swiss Alps. Cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 8 colour plates and 4 maps. viii plus 232 pages. Covers scuffed, corners bumped. Bookplate and name in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing present, mainly to endpapers. One plate missing, one plate has a repaired closed tear. One map edge chipped with slight loss to map. Most tissue guards to plates missing. One plate partly detached. Plates themselves are very nice. One hinge pulled. Some pencil annotation.

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MONT BLANC A TREATISE
Written by E. Viollet-Le-Duc; B. Bucknall.
Stock no. 1204139
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1st 1877. Good condition.

A Treatise on its Geodesical and Geological Constitution; its Transformations; and The Ancient and Recent State of its Glaciers. Blue cloth with gilt & black title and decoration. 112 woodcut illustrations. xvi plus 378 pages and 2 page book list to rear. Edges worn, corners bumped. 1" split to side of spine which is browned. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. One section detached but present pages 65 to 80.

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AUVERGNE, PIEDMONT, AND SAVOY: A SUMMER RAMBLE
Written by Charles Richard Weld.
Stock no. 1204133
Published by John W. Parker. 1850. Good condition.

Green cloth with embossed decoration and gilt title to spine. xi and 351 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners chipped. New endpapers. Ex-library with only one stamp suggesting thus. A little foxing. Small name in ink to front pastedown.

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SUMMER DAYS IN AUVERGNE
Written by H. De K..
Stock no. 1703448
Published by Richard Bentley & Son. 1875. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 5 b/w plates including tissue guarded frontis. Covers edges worn. Covers grubby. Small amount of loss to top of spine. Two inscriptions in ink to prelims. All plates present.

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THE MACMILLAN GUIDE TO BRITAIN'S NATURE RESERVES
Written by Jeremy Hywel-Davies; Valerie Thom.
Stock no. 1803767
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Accounts of the reserves researched and written by the authors. Colour & b/w photos. xii and 717 pages. ISBN: 0333353986. Wrapper spine faded and a few white spots to front panel.

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MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1304452
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Green, blue titles to spine and front cover. 223 numbered pages. Spine bumped and faded. Corners bumped. Cover edges slightly faded. Some pencil erasure marks to half title-page which also has a 1.5" closed tear at inner margin. A couple of hinges are pulled. It is possible that the free-endpapers (front and rear) are missing - or it may not have had any in the first instance? Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.

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BEN LAWERS AND ITS ALPINE FLOWERS
Written by Duncan Poore; Fraser Ross.
Stock no. 1601568
Published by The National Trust For Scotland. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Covers grubby. Pages corner creased.

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JACQUES VILLENEUVE: A CHAMPION IN PICTURES
Written by Cedric Daetwyler. Illustrated by Gianni Giansanti.
Stock no. 1601562
Published by Goldstar Holdings. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Images telling the story of the arrival in the world of Formula 1 of a young motor racing virtuoso, Jacques Villeneuve. From his first test in 1995, the lens of photographer Gianni Giansanti, has followed his development and progress. He entered Formula 1 with the Indy Car Title and a name - son of the great Gilles Villeneuve, who dies in his Ferrari in 1982. Large format. Black cloth, grey title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9768108126. Tear to rear panel of dustwrapper (crease but no loss). Else a lovely copy.

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THE ADVENTURE OF ANN AND THE WHITE SEALS
Written by Harold Reckitt. Illustrated by Laurence Irving.
Stock no. 1703421
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

LIMITED EDITION of 365 copies. Large format. White boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Green and white pictorial endpapers. 5 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. 24 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. SIGNED by author and illustrator. Copy number 155. Covers grubby with some scuffing. Silk tie a little frayed to ends. Contents nice and clean.

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