Stella & Rose's Books

THE GLOSTERS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF A COUNTY REGIMENT
Written by Christopher Newbould; Christine Beresford.
Stock no. 1829373
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Gloucestershire Regiment was formed nearly 300 years ago, and is perhaps best known as the only regiment of the British Army which is permitted to wear its badge at the back of the cap as well as the front. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. vii and 143 pages including index. ISBN: 0750900415. Front joint pulled but binding tight. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and is lightly scuffed.

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SHADE'S CHILDREN
Written by Garth Nix.
Stock no. 1329166
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Imagine a world where your fourteenth birthday is your last and where even your protector may not be trusted... Black boards, purple metallic title to spine. 345 numbered pages. ISBN: 9780007232123. Top edge of textblock is very slightly foxed/dusty. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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ABHORSEN
Written by Garth Nix.
Stock no. 1329164
Published by Collins. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An ancient evil has arisen... can Lirael defeat the Destroyer? Red boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0007137346. Spine slightly bumped. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty and browned. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed at edges and is lightly foxed on verso.

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SABRIEL
Written by Garth Nix.
Stock no. 1329163
Published by Collins. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

First novel in the Old Kingdom series. White glazed boards with colour vignette. A gripping good versus evil tale. ISBN: 0007137303. Small mark to front free-endpaper. Top edge of textblock is slightly grubby. A few tiny, light marks to clear wrapper.

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THE ROAD TO RANNOCH AND THE SUMMER ISLES
Written by T. Ratcliffe Barnett.
Stock no. 1829370
Published by Robert Grant & Son, Ltd.. 1930. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards with black titles. Map illustrations to endpapers. With 15 b/w photos. xv and 200 pages. Reprint. Text block browned with some foxing. Lower edge uncut. A few foxspots to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper (torn from lower part of front flap) is a little browned, faded to spine, grubby, worn at edges with some loss.

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PAGES AND PICTURES FROM FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Written by Andrew W. Tuer.
Stock no. 1329160
Published by Leadenhall Prefs. Ltd.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Title to spine and front cover is 'Forgotten Children's Books'. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 400 b/w illustrations to text. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 510 pages + booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked/pulled but binding still tight. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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"CARROTS:" JUST A LITTLE BOY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1829369
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth with red titles and borders. 7 b/w illustrations including frontis. 241 pages. Reprint. Mark to top of spine (horizontally) and light fading to base of spine. Boards otherwise clean. Foxing mainly to text block, endpapers and some margins. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Top corner of page 195 and 197 is mis-cut as too large and therefore folded over (binding error). Pictorial dustwrapper has loss to base of spine (in line with the fading to spine), top of spine and corners lightly worn and chipped, overall is grubby with green marks to rear panel and foxing.

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LONDON: PORTRAIT OF A CITY
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1829366
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Compiled by Roger Hudson. From Romans through to the Nineties. Brown cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 272 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with a minor bump to one corner.

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JULIANA HORATIA EWING AND HER BOOKS
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing; Horatia K.F. Gatty.
Stock no. 1329158
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1887. Good condition.

Grey pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. Covers are edge worn, foxed and grubby. Spine is browned and slightly chipped. Contents are browned. Hinges cracked.

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ENGLISH JOURNEY
Written by J.B. Priestley; Margaret Drabble.
Stock no. 1829363
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a Rambling but Truthful Account of What One Man Saw and Heard and Felt and Thought During a Journey Through England During the Autumn of the Year 1933. Introduced by Margaret Drabble. Black cloth, b/w photos to front cover and contents. 348 pages includes index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE MONSTER GARDEN
Written by Vivien Alcock.
Stock no. 1329156
Published by Methuen. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Frances Stein - Frankie for short accquires some living tissue from the genetic engineering laboratory...she never imagined that her experiment would be so successful. ISBN: 041609192X. Spine slightly bumped. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and faded to spine.

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EGYPT REVEALED: ARTIST-TRAVELLERS IN AN ANTIQUE LAND
Written by T.G.H. James.
Stock no. 1829362
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Elaborate blue pictorial cloth in Egyptian design. Colour & b/w illustrations. 224 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at lower edge.

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