Stella & Rose's Books

THE MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by F.G. Moorsom.
Stock no. 1303911
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1923. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial cloth, cream titles. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout (some heavy). First gathering of pages is loose. White pictorial wrapper is grubby, creased and edge worn, 1.5" loss to top of spine and slight loss to base, a few repairs on verso.

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OCEAN PICTURES
Written by Jane Hunter-Cox.
Stock no. 1803039
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel 1936-1959. Unique and unpublished photographs of royalty, celebrities and politicians including Noel Coward, Elizabeth Taylor, Winston Churchill, Clark Gable, Duke & Duchess of Windsor and many more. Oblong format. Blue boards, light blue title to spine. B/w photos throughout. 128 pages. ISBN: 0863502504. Edges rubbed, contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and slightly grubby.

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THE LONG GRAY LINE
Written by Rick Atkinson.
Stock no. 1803019
Published by Collins. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

West Point's Class of 1966 and the Vietnam War. The true story of an extraordinary generation of military officers and the women they loved. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xiii and 592 pages including index. ISBN: 0002154994. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped, text block a little grubby. Contents fine. Grey wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1203263
Published by Ealing Studios. 1st 1947. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. The story of the production of the film version. With full page colour illustrations by Ardizzone. Includes original cast list and story summary. A nice clean copy, with just a little browning to covers.

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PEEPS INTO FAIRYLAND
Written by E. Nesbit; F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Stock no. 1303868
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories. Nister book 633. Six stunning three-dimensional stand-up scenes. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, colour pictorial paper boards. Front cover shows the Babes in the Wood riding on a leaf in the air harnessed to a pair of robins. Green/white floral endpapers. Spine has been rebacked with red cloth. Corners and cover edges are worn. There is some scuffing to the covers. Front free-endpaper is missing. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. One page has a large closed tear which has been neatly repaired. From the pop-up scenes there are some flowers missing at the top of the fairy's oar (in the swan picture) and the giant is missing from behind Jack (in the Jack and the Giant picture) otherwise the pop-ups are complete, bright and in excellent working order. The text pages are well fingered and thus a little grubby. A decent copy of a scarce pop-up book.

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ON HONOUR
Written by Ellinor Davenport Adams.
Stock no. 1303861
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with illustration to front and spine. Colour frontis and title page. 332 pages plus 4 page publication list to rear. A school and home story. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few light marks and an embossed school stamp to rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Some light foxing to page edges and prelims else contents clean.

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THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM
Written by Alan Woolley.
Stock no. 1601289
Published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hundreds of the most common and widely distributed minerals are described in detail. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Illustrated endpapers, numerous explanatory line drawings and colour photographs throughout. 240 pages. ISBN: 0600362639. Corners rubbed, contents clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is a little edge creased.

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THE SELBORNE PIONEER
Written by Ted Dadswell.
Stock no. 1802982
Published by Ashgate. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gilbert White as naturalist and scientist - a re-examination. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0754607496. A fine copy in a green pictorial wrapper which is slightly creased at edges.

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THE WHITE RIVER BADLANDS
Written by Cleophas C. O'Harra.
Stock no. 1601282
Published by South Dakota School Of Mines. 1976. Very good condition.

Light brown cardwraps. B/w illustrations. A revised reprint of South Dakota State School of Mines Bulletin No. 9, The Badland Formations of the Black Hills Region. Front cover and title page say: South Dakota School of Mines Bulletin No. 13 Department of Geology. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean and bright.

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A DALES NATURALIST
Written by Roger Nelson. Illustrated by Roger Nelson.
Stock no. 1802970
Published by Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Week-by-week account of what to look for as a naturalist in the Dales. A personal chronicle of appeal to visitor and resident alike. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1855680580. A fine copy in a slightly scuffed dustwrapper.

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LOCUST
Written by Jeffery A. Lockwood.
Stock no. 1802966
Published by Basic Books. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The devastating rise and mysterious disappearance of the insect that shaped the American frontier. Black paper spine with gilt title, light tan paper boards. xxiii and 294 pages including index. ISBN: 0738208949. Top & tail of spine bumped, lower corners bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine and a little scuffed.

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THE WHISTLERS' ROOM
Written by Paul Alverdes.
Stock no. 1203162
Published by Martin Secker. 1929. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark titles. Spine and cover edges browned. Name in ink to front endpaper. Reprint in same year as 1st.

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