Stella & Rose's Books

BISLEY: A COTSWOLD VILLAGE REMEMBERED 1860-1945
Written by Juliet Shipman.
Stock no. 1830641
Published by Chantry Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

A colourful portrait of one of Gloucestershire's most interesting villages. The text has been based on the tape-recorded recollections of Bisley people and illustrated by their photographs. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 124 pages. ISBN: 0951829408. Minor grubby mark to rear cover else clean.

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A SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER
Written by Evelyn Pentecost.
Stock no. 1830639
Published by The Window Press. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography. In this detailed account of a lifetime in rural Sussex Evelyn Pentecost takes us from the earliest days of this century, through childhood, marriage, two wars and into retirement. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 125 pages. Boards very slightly grubby. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and scuffed to rear panel.

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DARK HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS: FROM JULIUS CAESAR TO THE FALL OF ROME
Written by Michael Kerrigan.
Stock no. 1830638
Published by Amber Books Ltd. 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. to the fall of Rome in 476 A.D., revealing the adultery, incest, profligacy, sadism and insanity of Rome's 500-year empire. Pictorial glazed boards. Blue illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations and photos. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 9781908273833. Small corner crease to front flap of dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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STROUD: A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Written by Joan Tucker.
Stock no. 1830637
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A new look at old Stroud. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrated frontis. B/w photos throughout. Not paginated. ISBN: 085033778X. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and very lightly creased.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Anthony West; David Verey.
Stock no. 1830636
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Revised by David Verey. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, colour map to rear. 64 pages plus map to rear. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, split to rear edge of spine repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel a little grubby.

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MASERATI 1970-1975
Written by R.M. Clarke.
Stock no. 1830635
Published by Brooklands Books. Circa 1975. Very good condition.

Road tests and other articles previously published in leading motoring journals. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 100 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. ISBN: 0906589991. Covers lightly browned with some foxing, creased at corners. A few foxspots to prelims and last few pages, as well as inside covers. Lower corner of pages lightly creased. Else contents clean.

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THE LOYAL CAT
Written by Lensey Namioka. Illustrated by Aki Sogabe.
Stock no. 1330498
Published by Browndeer Press; Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A retelling of a charming Japanese fairy tale. Large format. Pictorial boards. Green endpapers. Colour cut paper illustrations. ISBN: 0152000925. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Small yellow old price sticker to front pastedown. Musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly browned at edges.

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THE CITY ADVENTURES OF MARMALADE JIM
Written by Alan Sillitoe. Illustrated by Dorothy Rice.
Stock no. 1330497
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures of Marmalade Jim the ginger cat. Authors first book for children. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed (especially on verso).

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CONVENT CAT
Written by Bunshu Iguchi; Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Bunshu Iguchi.
Stock no. 1330496
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A stray kitten finds its home in a convent and nearly loses it through misadventure. Translated from the Japanese by Willard. Large colour pictures. Easy to read text. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0241892252. Musty smell to contents. Light page browning and some evidence of erased pencil marks to title-page. Price-cut wrapper is just a tiny bit edge creased

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THREE LITTLE KITTENS IN THE ENCHANTED FOREST
Written by Hilary Aaron. Illustrated by Jonathan Langley.
Stock no. 1330495
Published by Collins. 1st 1995. Good condition.

A Pop-Up Adventure, help the kittens by taking the press-out figures through each of the wonderful pop-up pages. Paper engineering by Damian Johnston. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001374249. 3 figures and 1 pair of mittens detached from contents but still present. Turn the wheel to cave and goldilocks house is not working. Pull tab for the cave has been repaired with tape and 'pull tab' is now upside down!

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MR. FERDINAND FISK, CAT DETECTIVE
Written by Tony Linsell. Illustrated by Tony Linsell.
Stock no. 1330494
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A mystery story for the very young! Illustrated paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Large, easy to read text. Unpaginated. 10 x 7.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and some slight rubbing to cover edges. Foxing to contents and a light mark to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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THE BRAVE LITTLE KITTENS
Written by Piotr Wilkon. Illustrated by Jozef Wilkon.
Stock no. 1330493
Published by North-South Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three brave little kittens set off to explore the outdoors for the first time... Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Wonderful colour illustrations. ISBN: 1558581030. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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