Stella & Rose's Books

SOMETHING IN THE CELLAR
Written by Ronald Searle. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1829624
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ronald Searle's Wonderful World of Wine. Large format. Black boards with silver title to spine, orange endpapers. Humorous full page b/w and colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0285627651. Light foxing to text block. Very pale browning to page edges else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly browned and a little grubby.

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HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF IREBY
Written by W.H. Chippindall.
Stock no. 1829621
Published by The Chetham Society. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

'Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester: volume 95 - New Series.' Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black embossed border pattern and crest to front. B/w photos and illustrations. x and 114 pages including index plus xvi pages concerning the Chetham Society to rear. A few marks & scuffs to rear board,spine lightly faded. Foxing to text block. Endpapers a little browned and slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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HISTORY OF THE WELSH GUARDS
Written by C.H. Dudley Ward.
Stock no. 1829619
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Welsh Guards in the first world war. Facsimile edition of the 1920 edition. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. B/w maps. 505 pages. ISBN: 0948130121. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is faded to spine and edge-creased across the top.

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CHESHIRE AND THE TUDOR STATE 1480-1560 (STUDIES IN HISTORY)
Written by Tim Thornton.
Stock no. 1829618
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book asserts the importance of the semi-autonomous political, administrative and judicial system of the palatinate of Chester, and of other similar jurisdictions, in the early Tudor period. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. xii and 320 pages including index. ISBN: 086193248X. Boards clean and bright. Initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.

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WITH THE CARRIERS IN KOREA: THE FLEET AIR ARM STORY 1950-1953
Written by John R.P. Landsdown.
Stock no. 1829616
Published by Square One Publications. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Forty years after a war which is seen by some as a lapse of taste or good judgement, With the Carriers in Korea now presents the first true account of the part played by the Royal and Commonwealth navies in Korea. A vital reference for the survivors and families of those involved and fascinating reading for historians. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 485 pages including index. ISBN: 1872017460. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is creased and slightly grubby.

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MOUNTAIN MILESTONE: 100 YEARS OF THE TT MOUNTAIN COURSE
Written by David Wright; Nick Jefferies.
Stock no. 1829615
Published by Lily Publications. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

For 100 years the Isle of Man Mountain Course has been the ultimate challenge in motorcycle road-racing as it twists and turns through towns, villages and open countryside, before climbing over bleak mountain and moorland, then plunging almost to sea level to complete its dramatic 37.75 mile lap distance. Here are recollections from many of the top road-racers of the past century, whose skills have pushed lap speeds from 50 mph in 1911 to over 130 mph in 2011. Foreword by Nick Jefferies, Introduction by David Wright. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 9781907945045. Covers lightly scuffed. Light creasing to lower corners. Contents clean.

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SIDECAR CHAMPIONS SINCE 1923
Written by Mick Walker.
Stock no. 1829614
Published by The Derby Books Publishing Company Limited. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history of sidecar racing and its competitors. White boards, silver title to spine. 336 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781859838105. A lovely copy, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, very lightly scuffed.

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AN INFAMOUS PAST: E.M. CIORAN AND THE RISE OF FASCISM IN ROMANIA
Written by Marta Petreu; Norman Manea.
Stock no. 1829606
Published by Ivan R. Dee. 1st UK 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of E.M. Cioran, the renowned Romanian-French nihilist philosopher and literary figure. Foreword by Norman Manea. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, blue paper boards. xiv and 332 pages including index. ISBN: 1566636078. A lovely copy. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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THE PARTISANS OF EUROPE IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Kenneth Macksey.
Stock no. 1829605
Published by Granada Publishering Limited. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book takes a long, cool look at the development of partisan and guerrilla warfare throughout Europe during the Second World War. Black cloth spine with gilt title, yellow sides. B/w photos. 271 pages including index. ISBN: 0246105747. Front board a little grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed, author name to spine is faded from red to pink.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton. Illustrated by Edmund H. New.
Stock no. 1329335
Published by Studio Editions. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited with an introduction by Richard Le Gallienne. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 427 numbered pages plus The Angler's Calendar compiled by H.I. Regan to rear. ISBN: 1851700196. Slight bumping to spine. Contents are lightly browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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SEA TROUT FLIES
Written by James Waltham.
Stock no. 1329334
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0713655224. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some light foxing to top edge of textblock.

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A MODERN DRY-FLY CODE
Written by Vincent C. Marinaro. Illustrated by Pearce Bates.
Stock no. 1329330
Published by Crown Publishers Inc.. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Green endpapers. 269 pages. B/w photos and text illustrations. 2nd printing (first was 1950). Spine and corners bumped. Ink stamp of bookseller to front free-endpaper. Pale page edge browning. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby, both corners of front flap cut out (price cut?).

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