Stella & Rose's Books

MURDER BY AIR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326227
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1951. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A "Steeley" story. Blue boards, black title to spine. 150 pages. 7.5 x 5". Completely revised and reset. Spine and corners bumped. Some damp stains to spine and a small spot to centre of spine. Light vertical crease to front cover. Page browning/foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price printed beside the cut. Wrapper is edge rubbed and slightly creased.

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GIMLET'S ORIENTAL QUEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326225
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

A 'King of the Commandos' Adventure. A desperate treasure hunt in siamese jungle, which began harmlessly enough as a fishing holiday in the Highlands of Scotland. Gimlet and 'Cub' Peters lead an expedition to vindicate a dead man's faith. Green cloth, colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Pale page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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THE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE EAST INDIAN ISLANDS: INSULAE INDIAE ORIENTALIS
Written by David E. Parry.
Stock no. 1826884
Published by Countrywide Editions Ltd. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A guide to the cartographic history and maps of Insulae Indiae Orientalis or the East Indian Islands as the area came to be known for over three hundred years: the world's largest archipelao and the home of the fabled spice islands of the Moluccas. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955170119. Some foxing to text block else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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COLLETT'S FARTHING NEWSPAPER: THE BOWERCHALKE VILLAGE NEWSPAPER 1878-1924
Written by Rex Sawyer.
Stock no. 1826883
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a newspaper like no other, written and printed every week for over forty years in the remote South Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke by its remarkable vicar, the Revd Edward Collett. Originally published as The Bowerchalke Parish Papers: Collett's Village Newspaper, 1878-1924 in 1989 by Alan Sutton Publishing. A completely revissed and reset edition with additional illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 166 pages including index. ISBN: 0946418225. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, is grubby to rear panel and has previous bookseller's label to lower edge.

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FARM WAGGONS AND CARTS
Written by James Arnold. Illustrated by James Arnold.
Stock no. 1826881
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is for anyone interested in our country heritage and in the everyday work of the farmers and country craftsmen of the past, for modellers and collectors, and for those who spot delightful old waggons in unexpected places, or admire those restored in follk museums. Oblong format. Peach cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0715373307. Dustwrapper spine is faded.

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RUM WAR AT SEA
Written by Malcolm F. Willoughby.
Stock no. 1826878
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

The period of National Prohibition in America in the 1920s and 1930s. As one of the law enforcement agencies charged with the suppression of the illegal liquor traffice, the United States Coast Guard was deeply involved in what has become known as 'The Rum War'. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos and chapter headers. A few small knocks to board edges. Boards a little grubby, marked to rear board. Text block browned. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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ALICE AND ALFIE AND THE MAGIC WINDMILL
Written by Loykey. Illustrated by Lillybit.
Stock no. 1326216
Published by Loykey & Lillybit. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Alice and Alfie are two rag dolls who accidentally get left behind in a beautful windmill in France... they magically come alive and this is where there journey begins! Cream glazed boards. Colour illustrations. 298 pages. ISBN: 9780956233301. SIGNED by the author/illustrator with a dedication to Isobella on front free-endpaper. Spine bumped and faded, corners slightly rubbed. Contents fine.

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WISHING FOR TOMORROW
Written by Hilary McKay. Illustrated by Nick Maland.
Stock no. 1326211
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Sequel to A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Yellow boards with silver title and decoration to spine/spine edges and vignette to front cover. Purple endpapers. 312 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780340956533. Minimal bumping to spine. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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CHANGE AT MAYTHORN
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1326209
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Maythorn is a quiet country railway station and for Mike and his family it is a case of 'All Change' when his father becomes the station master there. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 215 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby to rear panel (small drink stain to rear panel).

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. A story of Biggles and the Air Police. A few tiny dents at cover edges and a few light marks to covers. A tiny tear to edge of front fly-leaf. Minor foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut to top of front flap, is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and rear panel is slightly grubby. There is a small patch of surface paper damage to front panel of wrapper.

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ORIGINAL ACTA OF ST. PETER'S ABBEY GLOUCESTER C. 1122 TO 1263
Written by Robert B. Patterson.
Stock no. 1826873
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Records Series Volume 11. Revealing much information about the ecclesiastical. topographical, tenurial, economic and social history of Gloucester and its region. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 354 pages includes index. ISBN: 0900197471. Spine cocked. Text block a little grubby. Contents have been read but are clean. Blue dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE TWELVE GREATEST SOVEREIGNS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826868
Published by Inspire Creative. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

The most historically significant and interesting coins from 200 years of the gold sovereign's history. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Ribbon page marker. ISBN: 9781640083240. A few small, minor marks to boards. Contents clean.

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