Stella & Rose's Books

THE CRIME OF GALILEO
Written by Giorgio De Santillana.
Stock no. 1330884
Published by Mercury Books. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition.

A biography of the Italian scientist, concentrating on his prosecution for urging belief in revolutionary astronomical discoveries. Paperback edition. 338 pages including index. Covers are edge rubbed, grubby and browned. Spine especially browned. Name and date in ink inside front cover. Foxing and slight grubbiness to textblock.

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KEPLER
Written by John Banville.
Stock no. 1330883
Published by Secker & Warburg. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book 2 of the Revolutions trilogy. Black boards, silver title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 0436032643. Minimal bumping to spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit edge creased.

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JOHN ADAMS
Written by David McCullough.
Stock no. 1330882
Published by The Free Press. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

The adventurous life of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot. Paperback edition. Some colour and b/w plates. 751 pages including index. ISBN: 0743232291. Textblock is slightly grubby and foxed. Spine is lightly creased from the book being held open to read.

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THE DEBATE ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1761-1783
Written by Max Beloff.
Stock no. 1330881
Published by Nicholas Kaye. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The British Political Tradition series edited by Bullock and Deakin. This volume edited by Beloff. A selection of contemporary contributions, in speeches and writings, to the debate of the constitutional and political rights and duties of the American colonies. 303 pages including index. Brown cloth, red and gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and slightly edge worn with browning to spine and rear panel.

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CLIVE WOODWARD THE BIOGRAPHY
Written by Alison Kervin.
Stock no. 1330880
Published by Orion Books. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An intimate and revealing portrait. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 358 pages including index. Colour photos. ISBN: 0752868578. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn.

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IN PURSUIT OF REASON: THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
Written by Noble E. Jr. Cunningham.
Stock no. 1330879
Published by Ballantine Books. Very good condition.

A concise, comprehensive one-volume biography of one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. Paperback edition. 414 pages including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 0345353803. 12th printing. Covers are slightly edge worn with slight lifting of laminate at edges. Contents are edge browned and slightly foxed else clean.

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LINCOLN
Written by David Herbert Donald.
Stock no. 1330878
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This compelling biography presents a moving, original portrait of a man who did not seek fame, but who rose reluctantly and spectacularly to the occasion. Blue cloth spine with silver title, pink boards. B/w photos. 714 pages. ISBN: 022404222x. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Some foxing to contents. Top edge of textblock is a little grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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THE TROUBLE MAKERS - DISSENT OVER FOREIGN POLICY 1792-1939
Written by A.J.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1330877
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1956. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 207 pages including index. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock, heavy at top. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby with foxing on verso.

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THE SICILIAN VESPERS
Written by Steven Runciman.
Stock no. 1330876
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1960. Almost very good condition.

A Pelican Book, Blue paperwraps. The rising which brought about the overthrow of the universal papal monarchy. 3 b/w maps. Genealogical tables folded inset at end of book. 384 pages including index. Spine and corners slightly edge worn. Covers foxed, especially spine. Page browning and foxing. Name and date in ink inside front cover.

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A TIME TO SPEAK
Written by Anthony Quayle.
Stock no. 1330875
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An outstanding piece of autobiography of a fine and internationally respected classical actor and director. Red boards, silver title to spine. 368 pages including index. B/w photos. Preface by Dame Peggy Ashcroft. ISBN: 0712639241. Spine bumped. A couple of tiny knocks at cover edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrpaper is edge worn.

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MY LIFE IN RUGBY
Written by Terry Holmes.
Stock no. 1330874
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Holmes speaks of the triumphs and tragedies of his magnificent career. Peach boards, gilt title to spine. 181 pages including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 0333402294. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit sunned to spine.

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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ERNEST BEVIN (VOLUME TWO) MINISTER OF LABOUR 1940-1945
Written by Alan Bullock.
Stock no. 1330873
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second volume of The Life and Times of Ernest Bevin. The events of Bevin's years as Minister of Labour during the war, when he was appointed by Churchill to mobilise Britain's manpower. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 406 pages including index. Spine and corners bumped. Light browning to endpapers. Heavy foxing to textblock. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with new price sticker above, is edge-worn and browned to spine with scuffing to rear panel and foxing to spine on verso.

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