Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

18,180 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

MORE WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326401
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1953. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. 36th impression. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly darkened at edges. Ink stamps (some blotting out) and number A428 written to front pastedown and half title-page. Front free-endpaper missing. Contents browned but clean. Poor dustwrapper is very very worn with loss and creasing and grubbiness.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

THE JUBILEE YEARS 1887-1897
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1827054
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus1 1996. Very good condition.

Compiled by Hudson. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, lightly marked and has a small patch of surface paper damage to one end.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

HOURS IN A LIBRARY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Leslie Stephen; Jonathan Steinberg.
Stock no. 1827049
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition.

Introduction by Jonathan Steinberg. A series of essays. Blue cloth. Gilt titles and decoration. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is partly split at top open edges.

Buy now for £14.00 Add to Wish List

BIGGLES PRESENTE... 16 AVIONS DE CHASSE DE LA II GUERRE MONDIALE
No author listed. Illustrated by Francis Bergese.
Stock no. 1326400
Published by Miklo. 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. 16 numbered and 2 other, large postcard style illustrations of fighters of World War II by Bergese, contained in card case and slip-case. Text to bottom of postcards is in French. ISBN: 2930234148. Illustrations are fine. Top edge of slipcase has come unstuck (could be repaired with proper binding glue).

Buy now for £48.00 Add to Wish List

BIGGLES 2 GULDFUGLEN
Written by W.E. Johns; Carmen Jorgensen; John Jorgensen. Illustrated by Bjorn Karlstrom.
Stock no. 1326399
Published by Interpresse. Circa 1978. Good condition.

A comic book with text in Dutch. Large format. Cardwraps. ISBN: 8775293722. Covers are edge rubbed, splits to spine. Name and address label stuck inside front cover.

Buy now for £20.00 Add to Wish List

THE MODERN BOY'S ANNUAL 1932
Written by George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by W.E. Johns; et al..
Stock no. 1326397
Published by The Fleetway House. 1932. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows picture of the 'Southern 903' train. First feature in the book is 'The Desert Air Mail'. Colour plates and full page pictures. Colour frontis by Johns. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed and corners worn. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Pat Williams.
Stock no. 1326395
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A Biggles Strip Book. Spine and corners bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Browning and fingering to page margins.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

THE WAY WE WERE IN NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1326393
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book Two: Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1950. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 095079080X. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine bumped. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

YESTERDAYS NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1326392
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Book One Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1920. A pictorial record describing the way we were, where we lived, worked and played; memories of yesterdays contributed by the people of Newport in Gwent. Brown cloth, gilt. Sepia photos. ISBN: 0907143008. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased, tear to top of rear panel.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

THE ASCENT OF MAN
Written by J. Bronowski; Melvyn Bragg.
Stock no. 1827046
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

New foreword by Melvyn Bragg. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue paper boards with blocked design. Colour & b/w illustrations. xvii and 302 pages. Still in original shrinkwrap. One side open edge corners are crushed, book believed to be unharmed.

Buy now for £20.00 Add to Wish List

THE CHURCHYARD YEWS OF GWENT
Written by J. Daryll Evans.
Stock no. 1326390
Published by Archangel Press. 2nd 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. Cardwraps. B/w photos. A fascinating study. 174 pages. ISBN: 9781905037018. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents clean.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES
Written by D. Emrys Evans.
Stock no. 1326389
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

This historical sketch throws much light on the character and problems of a university. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Fading to covers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Contents generally clean. Foxed dustwrapper is well worn with quite a bit of loss to spine and top edges.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List