Stella & Rose's Books

THE BOMFORD STORY
Written by Theo Sherwen.
Stock no. 1327932
Published by Bomford & Evershed Ltd.. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Century of Service to Agriculture. Privately published. Colour and b/w photos. Red boards, tilt title to spine. The story of the company in Worcestershire who served agriculture with farm equipment. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Slight foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at top edges.

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RACING REMINISCENCES
Written by G.S. Davison.
Stock no. 1327930
Published by The T.T. Special. 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Motor Cycle Road Racing by riders of the past and present. Brown cloth spine, brown boards. 176 pages. Covers are edge worn and slightly foxed. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Slight musty odour to contents. Front hinge cracked. Dustwrapper is torn with slight loss and tape repairs to verso, also grubby to rear panel.

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BEETLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by E.F. Linssen.
Stock no. 1828261
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1959. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wayside & Woodland Series. Maroon leatherette covers with gilt titles and vignettes. First series - comprises The Superfamilies Caraboidea, Palpicornia, Staphylinoidea and Diversicornia. Second Series - comprises - The Superfamilies Clavicornia, Heteromera, Lamellicornia, Phytophaga and Rhynchophora, and Including the Strepsiptera. Colour and b/w plates with numerous text figures and diagrams. Speckled text block. Series two has a minor knock to lower front board. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Front endpaper of both volumes has an 'Acc no' written in ink to top (neat). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrappers are edge-rubbed with a few small splits, slight fading to spines, slight grubbiness to rear panels. Overall, a lovely set.

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THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1327928
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages. ISBN: 0946537453. Spine slightly bumped. White marks at top and tail of spine edges of covers. Dustwrapper is faded and creased at spine.

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THE MAN WHO MADE THINGS OUT OF TREES
Written by Robert Penn.
Stock no. 1327926
Published by Particular Books. Circa 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of how the author cut down an ash tree to see how many things could be made from it. Navy boards, white title to spine. ISBN: 9781846148422. 2nd printing. Spine bumped. Dustwrapper is edge creased and a little grubby.

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JET JOCKEYS: FLYING THE RAF'S FIRST JET FIGHTERS
Written by Peter Caygill.
Stock no. 1327924
Published by Airlife. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first RAF pilots to experience turbojet-powered aircraft were confronted with an utterly new concept of propulsion. The book describes the aeroplanes, their advantages, faults and quirks. B/w photos. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 184037313X. Minimal bumping to spine of both book and wrapper.

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THE KILLING SKIES: RAF BOMBER COMMAND AT WAR
Written by Simon Read.
Stock no. 1327923
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Bomber Command's role in the ultimate Allied victory of the Second World War. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1862273294. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper has a small nick to front edge of spine and a couple of tiny marks at base.

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CONVERSATIONS WITH MENUHIN
Written by David Dubal.
Stock no. 1327921
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Celebration on His 75th Birthday. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Conversations from different meetings with Musician Yehudi Menuhin. ISBN: 0434216747. SIGNED by Menuhin to half title-page (to Frank). Reprint in same year as first edition. Light vertical marks to edge of front cover. Pages are browned with some light foxing. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed and sunned to spine.

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THE RED LINE: A RAILWAY JOURNEY THROUGH THE COLD WAR
Written by Christopher Knowles.
Stock no. 1327920
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2017. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a train journey from London to Hong Kong. Greey boards, silver title to spine. 220 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781473887442. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased to spine.

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THE ART OF WALT DISNEY
Written by Walt Disney; Christopher Finch. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1828257
Published by Virgin Books. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms. Revised and Expanded Edition. Three new chapters to cover all the major Disney projects since the 1995 edition. Includes Mulan, Fantasia/2000, James and the Giant Peach, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear and Home on the Range, as well as Disney's enormously popular films with Pixar such as Toy Story and Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo. Large format. White cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 504 pages including index. ISBN: 1852272309. Light browning to text block. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE AND THE NEW LONDON THEATRE
Written by Della Hilton.
Stock no. 1327919
Published by The Pentland Press. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 76 pages. ISBN: 1858210038. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Minimal rubbing to wrapper corners.

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THE CASSELL ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY VOLUME TWO: THE MEDIEVAL & EARLY MODERN WORLDS
Written by John Haywood; et al.
Stock no. 1828254
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

A guide to the medieval and early modern worlds that combines the functions of an atlas with those of a historical encyclopedia. Full-colour maps trace the history of all parts of the world between AD600 and 1783. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour maps. ISBN: 030435516X. A lovely copy.

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