Stella & Rose's Books

THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN STILLWATER FISHING
Written by David Jacques.
Stock no. 1329344
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713614706. Spine and corners bumped. Some page browning. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed with small tears at corners.

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A SUMMER ON THE TEST
Written by John Waller Hills. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings.
Stock no. 1329343
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1941. Almost very good condition.

Pale grey cloth with black title to spine. 7 wonderful b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly browned. Foxing to textblock.

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TROUT MADNESS
Written by Robert Traver.
Stock no. 1329342
Published by St Martin's Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

"Being a Dissertation on the Symptoms and Pathology of This Incurable Disease by One of Its Victims". Green cloth spine with gilt title (on orange title label). Green boards with small gilt vignette to front board. Blue endpapers. 178 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Endpapers lightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is heavily foxed to flaps and on verso, is grubby and edge chipped with some loss, centre of spine has a 1" torn piece (present but torn).

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THE STORY OF GRASS-TRACK RACING 1927-49
Written by Robert Bamford; Dave Stallworthy.
Stock no. 1829634
Published by Tempus. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grass-track racing, the sister sport of speedway. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0752424068. Very minor scuffing to rear cover else a lovely copy.

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NYMPHING STRATEGIES
Written by Larry Tullis.
Stock no. 1329340
Published by The Lyons Press. 2001. Very good condition.

The techniques needed to master this challenging facet of fly fishing. Preface by John Randolph. Cardwraps. 151 pages. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 158574266X. Slight rubbing to corners of covers. Name in ink inside front cover.

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SEX, DEATH, AND FLY-FISHING
Written by John Gierach.
Stock no. 1329339
Published by Flycatcher Books; Robinson Publishing. 1st UK 1995. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

An engaging, humourous and often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 238 pages. ISBN: 1854872982. Spine and corners bumped. Pale grease(?) stain to lower half of covers and endpapers. Contents bright and clean. Grease stain also affects dustwrapper (only visible on verso and wrapper is slightly edge creased.

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JOHN GODDARD'S WATERSIDE GUIDE
Written by John Goddard.
Stock no. 1329338
Published by Unwin Hyman. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pocket reference to insects of rivers and lakes. How to identify them and choose the matching artificial. Colour photos. ISBN: 0044401795. Minimal bumping to spine. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge browned and rubbed, slightly faded to top of spine.

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GERMAN KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 1914-1918: THE HOLDERS OF THE ORDEN POUR LE MERITE
Written by Alan C. Wood; Terry C. Treadwell.
Stock no. 1829632
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Orden Pour le Merite, or 'Blue Max' as it was popularly known, was the highest decoration that could be won by a member of the Imperial German Armed Forces in the First World War. 81 illustrated biographies of all the German airmen who won the award. Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 1857532317. Front spine edge of boards is grubby, small patch of surface cloth missing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and slightly marked.

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WET-FLY FISHING TREATED METHODICALLY
Written by E.M. Tod.
Stock no. 1329337
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Fourth Edition. Dark green cloth, black title to spine, black title and decorations to front cover. B/w plates and text illustrations. 243 pages includes index. Plus four page press reviews to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, a few small, light marks to covers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but clean.

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DRY-FLY FISHING THEORY AND PRACTICE
Written by F.M. Halford.
Stock no. 1329336
Published by Barry Shurlock. 1st thus 1973. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Reprinted from the first edition of 1889. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. 26 b/w plates. ISBN: 0903330024. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some blue marks to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is well worn, torn and creased with some small pieces of loss and some marks.

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THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by C.N. Barclay.
Stock no. 1829631
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This history of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers covers the period between the wars, in outline, when for most of the time it was a normal infantry regiment, and in greater detail the war years from 1939 to 1945, when it was a machine-gun regiment. Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w photos. Many fold-out b/w maps. xxii and 241 pages including index. Light rubbing to base of spine and lower corners. Else boards clean and bright. Text block browned. Pink scuff marks to front endpaper. Contents generally clean, perhaps one or two minor marks. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby and worn at corners with some slight loss.

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THE VORTICISTS: MANIFESTO FOR A MODERN WORLD
Written by Mark Antliff; Vivien Greene; et al.
Stock no. 1829628
Published by Tate Publishing. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of Vorticism, born in London during the summer of 1914. The Vorticists set out to break decisively with the past and to forge an art that expressed the dynamism of the moder age. Published to accompany a major, touring exhibition of the same name. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 9781854378859. Light rubbing to cover corners. Rear cover scuffed with a small mark. Contents clean.

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