Stella & Rose's Books

THE TOWN OF CHEPSTOW PART 7
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1325941
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1974. Almost very good condition.

Blue card wraps. Top Of The Town. 500 copies printed. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278242. SIGNED by the author to inside front cover and includes a hand-written note from the author. Foxing to spine and staples rusty, small white mark to front cover. Foxing to page edges else contents clean.

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POOR PEOPLE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1325938
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st thus 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Chepstow Series No. 3. Blue card wrap booklet. 39 pages. ISBN: 0906134269. SIGNED and dated by the author to title-page. Some light creasing to top page corners and a few tiny foxspots else covers and contents clean.

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CATALAN SONGS
Written by Ivor Waters; Mercedes Waters; Elvira Heredia.
Stock no. 1325936
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Yellow card wraps. Limited to 120 copies. Edited by Ivor Waters, the Chepstow historian. Translated by Mercedes Waters and Elvira Heredia. ISBN: 0906134110. Foxing. Staples rusty. Contents generally clean.

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A HISTORY OF THE KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES AND EAST AFRICAN FORCES
Written by Malcolm Page.
Stock no. 1826611
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first complete history of the East African Forces. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850525381. A nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Tinsley Pratt; F. Anstey; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1325931
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Front cover shows ice skaters. First story is 'When Hawkins Sailed the Sea'. Includes roughly 6 Louis Wain b/w text illustrations. Colour plates mounted on green paper. Spine and covers are edge worn. Rear cover is grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown (partially covering a Wain illustration). Tissue-guard to frontis torn with lower half missing. Inscription in pencil to top margin of title-page. Grubby fingermarks and foxing to text. One plate (opp page 272) has 1" closed tear.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Albert Lee; Mabel Mackintosh; Catharine Shaw; et al. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; May Gladwin; et al..
Stock no. 1325930
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl pulling a girl (with teddy bear) in a sledge (plate is duplicated inside). 288 pages. Colour plates mounted on green paper, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Golden Passports" by Lee. Covers are edge worn. Spine has been rebacked with red cloth. There is a section of surface paper missing to lower corner of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Name plate to verso of frontis. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Page corner tips are creased and there is some light fingering to page margins.

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OUR DARLINGS - 19TH VOLUME
Written by Dr. Barnardo; E. Everett Greene; M.S. Comrie; et al. Illustrated by M. Irwin; et al..
Stock no. 1325929
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine shows children on a beach with campfire and a kettle. 5 mounted colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 424 pages. First story is "Friends or Foe?". Spine and corners worn, slight loss to top and tail of spine and chipping to spine edges. Damp stain to top corner of front cover. Foxing and fingering to contents.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Charles Herbert; et al. Illustrated by S.I. Venus; K.I. Noble; Basil Reynolds; et al..
Stock no. 1325928
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1924. Fair condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows children around Father Christmas, who has a sackful of toys over his shoulder. Full length story is 'Miss Interference' by Charles Herbert. Colour plates mounted on brown stiff paper. Other illustrations in b/w. Covers are edge worn, creased and grubby. Spine bumped and worn along edges. Writing in crayon inside front covers. Title-page and contents page are detached but still present. Most of the b/w illustrations have some colouring to them.

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OUR DARLINGS - 22ND VOLUME
Written by G. Stebbing; Catharine Shaw; Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain; A.H. Collins; et al..
Stock no. 1325927
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine, front cover shows 3 children on a beach with small wrecked boat behind them. First story is "Never Give In" by Stebbing. Includes a couple of b/w illustrations of cats by Wain. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Scratch mark to front cover. Heavy page browning to endpapers and lighter page browning to margins. Some foxing to textblock.

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OUR DARLINGS - 31ST VOLUME
Written by M.S. Comrie; Catharine Shaw; W.A. Atkinson; Mabel Mackintosh; et al. Illustrated by Levine Helmer; Fred S. Howard; D. Peachey; May Gladwin; et al..
Stock no. 1325926
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Fair condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl in red cloak holding holly and a basket of fruit. First story is "In The Tyrant's Grip" by Comrie. Colour plates and numerous other illustrations. Spine bumped and grubby. Covers edge worn. Rear cover is grubby and spotted. Front joint is almost broken, rear joint cracked. Page browning and some fingering to margins.

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HOLDING TO THE HEAVENS: THE HISTORY OF SIXTY SQUADRON RAF 1916-2016
Written by Paul Hickley.
Stock no. 1826597
Published by Aviation History Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Varied and interesting history of RAF Sixty Squadron. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781526201645. SIGNED and dated by the author to half-title page. Includes a letter from the author to Geoff Moores, also signed by the author. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faintly scuffed to rear panel.

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BATS (CHIROPTERA) AS VECTORS OF DISEASES AND PARASITES: FACTS AND MYTHS
Written by Sven Klimpel; Heinz Mehlhorn.
Stock no. 1826595
Published by Springer. 1st thus 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Parasitology Research Monographs 5. Edited by Klimpel and Mehlhorn. Contributions by 16 international authors on the phenomenion "bats," shedding some light on their morphology, the feeding behaviors (insects, fruits, blood) of different groups, their potential and confirmed transmissions of agents of diseases, their endo- and ectoparasites, as well as countless myths surrounding their lifestyle (e.g. vampirism, chupacabras, batman etc). Green cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9783662523513. A few minor marks to text block. Covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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