Stella & Rose's Books

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328267
Published by J. P. Lippincott Co. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles. 4 Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine. Light fading to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and edge worn.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1963
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328262
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows pirates peeping through the title. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate to spine eges cracked. Black address label to front pastedown. Margin tears to a couple of pages.

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PITMEN PAINTERS: THE ASHINGTON GROUP 1934-1984
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 1828498
Published by The Mid Northumberland Arts Group. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Ashington Group began in the early 1930s as an evening class of Northumberland pitmen keen to learn about art. Within weeks they were producing their own work and within a few years their paintings amounted to a complete record of life in a mining community. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations, some colour illustrations. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0904790819. A very nice copy.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1968
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328260
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Cracking of laminate at spine edges. Price on front free-endpaper crossed out with heavy pencil. Belongs to box clean. There is a long, repaired tear to inner margin of front free-endpaper and a few small margin tears.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1972
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328258
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dot-to-dot puzzle completed. Price NOT cut. Small booksellers ink stamp just above printed price on front free-endpaper. Belongs to box clean. Slight damage to last couple of pages where something caused them to stick together.

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AFVS OF WORLD WAR ONE (ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF THE WORLD VOLUME ONE)
Written by Duncan Crow.
Stock no. 1828497
Published by Profile Publications. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Title to spine is: Armoured fighting Vehicles of World War One Volume 1. Tanks of the first holocaust called the Great War. Includes a section in colour on the uniforms of the men who fought in the Tanks. Black cloth spine, gilt title, yellow & black mottled boards. B/w photos. Base of spine lightly worn. Text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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ARMOUR ON WHEELS TO 1942 (OLYSLAGER AUTO LIBRARY)
Written by Bart H. Vanderveen.
Stock no. 1828494
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Armoured vehicles including scout cars, reconnaissance cars, personnel carriers, observation posts and command vehicles. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 072321848X. Board edges lightly browned. Text block lightly foxed & browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.

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TOWNSHEND OF KUT: A BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES TOWNSHEND
Written by A.J. Barker.
Stock no. 1828493
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. Lower edge of b oards lightly rubbed. Light vertical crease to spine. Foxing to text block. Includes a relevant newspaper cutting. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded and grubby, edge-rubbed.

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A SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE OR A VOICE FROM THE RANKS
Written by T. Gowing.
Stock no. 1828490
1896. Very good condition.

Revised and Enlarged edition. Showing the cost of war in blood and treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the standpoint of the ranks; the indian mutiny, and some of its atrocities the Afghan campaigns of 1863. Also Sketches of the lives and deaths of Sir H. Havelock and Captain Hedley Vicars. Together with some things not generally known. Black cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w plates. xv and 585 pages. All edges gilt. Board edges rubbed, rear board a little scuffed. Front joint cracked. Belongs to box completed with contemporary signature. Some pencil annotation. Not a bad copy!

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CHARLES KINGSLEY: HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE
Written by F.E. Kingsley; Charles Kingsley.
Stock no. 1828489
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.. 1st thus 1883. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cheaper Edition. Edited by his wife. Full leather binding, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title and vignettes to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w portrait as frontis. 364 pages including index. Minor rubbing to lower edge of rear board. Contemporary gift inscription dated December 20 1883 to fly leaf. Very few age related marks. Overall a lovely copy.

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NAVAL WARGAMING: FROM ANCIENT GALLEYS TO MODERN U-BOATS
Written by Paul Hague.
Stock no. 1828485
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

From the very beginnings of maritime conflict to the present day, this book provides the historical background on the ships, their weapons and their tactics. In addition, wargaming rules for each period are provided. An essential manual for the hobby. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1852601434. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Else a lovely copy.

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HISTORY OF MERIONETH VOLUME II: THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by J. Beverley Smith; Llinos Beverley Smith.
Stock no. 1828483
Published by University of Wales; The Merioneth Historical And Record Society. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This second volume provides a study of the lands which were brought together to form the medieval county of Merioneth in 1284. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis depicting principal arms borne by Merioneth families. B/w photos. xxiv and 751 pages including index. ISBN: 070831709X. Includes a letter from the author to Ron Brunskill (authority on architectural history). Top & tail of spine shelf wron, a few minor marks to boards. Text block & front pastedown slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears and a little scuffed.

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