Stella & Rose's Books

MANUEL DES MARINS OU EXPLICATION DES TERMES DE MARINE TOME I & II
Written by Bourde.
Stock no. 818625
1773. Almost very good condition.

Sailors Handbook, explanation of the nautical terms. Two volumes bound as one. Calf leather binding, raised bands to spine, brown title label with gilt title to top of spine, gilt decoration between bands of spine. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. Leather boards marked, edges worn exposing board. Front and rear hinge pulled. Some annotation to verso of half-title page and index page. Text block a little marked. Some scattered foxing and margin marks as to be expected in a book almost 250 years old. A very nice copy of a scarce antiquarian book. Text in French.

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THE JOWETT JUPITER: THE CAR THAT LEAPED TO FAME
Written by Edmund Nankivell.
Stock no. 630452
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Jupiter story from inception, production and racing derivatives and also includes a register of all Jupiters. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0713438355. Text block browned with minor foxing to top. A few grubby marks to endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is grubby to rear and very faded to front and spine with worn corners.

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KATALOG DER BALLONHISTORISCHEN SAMMLUNG OBERST V. BRUG IN DER BIBLIOTHEK DES DEUTSCHEN MUSEUMS
No author listed.
Stock no. 818595
1985. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Catalogue of the Historical Hot Air Balloon Collection of Colonel V. Brug in the Library of the German Museum. Large format. Text in German. Blue cloth, light blue title label to spine with gilt title and small vignette, white title to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. A very nice, clean copy.

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THE KHAKI BOYS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Angela Brazil.
Stock no. 383312
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The two other stories are "The Scallywag Boys" and "The Slap-Bang Boys". Blue decorated cloth with white titles. 122 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. A few tiny pinholes to front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned. Name plate to front endpaper (which has partly browned). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and quite grubby. Nelson's Red Star Series.

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THE SECRET OF THE BORDER CASTLE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Charles Willis.
Stock no. 383319
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped otherwise covers bright. Very slight page edge foxing. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased and torn with slight loss to head and tail of spine.

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TIMOTHY AND THE SNAILMAN
Written by Brenda Sivers. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 445803
Published by Abelard. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0200726439. Small blue biro mark to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents smell a little smokey.

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BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 445651
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. 10 b/w plates and 2 maps. 384 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. All edges olivine. Covers are worn and scuffed. New endpapers (book has possibly been restitched). All plates present and correct. An early reprint.

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SIGHT-SEEING IN GERMANY AND THE TYROL
Written by John Forbes.
Stock no. 818373
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1856. Almost very good condition.

Modern recasing in handmade paper, grey spine, blue boards. Handmade paper endpapers (Griffin Mill early wove). Handmade paper label with title and author. 378pp plus 16pp booklist. One folding map plus aquatint frontis. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing. Fold-out map has 3" closed tear.

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COLLECTION GEORG HIRTH II ABTHEILUNG
No author listed.
Stock no. 818376
Circa 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. II. Abthelung: Kunstgewerbe - Oelgemalde - Graphische Kunste etc. Text in GERMAN. Photographs of antiques. Plus approximately 90 b/w plates. Deals with No. 801 to 2086 of collection. Edges worn.

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CAPTAIN PEGGIE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by W.E. Wightman.
Stock no. 383283
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1924. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial blue cloth covers. Six b/w plates. 319 pages. 7.75 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped, a couple of tiny nicks to cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Some heavy foxing, mainly to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs on verso, loss to corners, top of spine and to edges of rear panel.

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GERMAN MOTORCYCLES
Written by Mick Walker.
Stock no. 818300
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Osprey Collector's Library. Road & Racing Bikes. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850457599. Very minor foxing to top of text block. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased with a few small closed tears and is faded to top of spine.

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TUFTY TAKES A HOLIDAY
No author listed. Illustrated by Truus Vinger.
Stock no. 383249
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth backed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to each page. Spine slightly worn at top and bottom. Corners worn. covers a little grubby. Inscription in ink to top margin of first page. Some light fingering to page margins. Top and tail of spine and also corners are bumped (also to contents).

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