Stella & Rose's Books

FERRIES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Joan Tucker.
Stock no. 1826355
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

A fascinating exploration of the history of the county's ferries, identifying isolated backwaters and popular tourist spots that once provided an esseeential link. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780752442389. A nice, clean copy.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE COURT OF SEWERS, 1583-1642
Written by Rose Hewlett.
Stock no. 1826354
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Reocrd Series Volume 35. These remarkable Court of Sewers records open a window on communities of the Gloucestershire Levels between 1583 and 1642 and their struggles against encroachments from the sea in a changing political climate. 'Sewers' here are watercourses, natural or manmade. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781913735005. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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HEREFORDSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1826350
Published by Penguin. 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0140710256. Reprint. Tiny, minor brown spot to base of text block else a lovely copy. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded at front spine edge and has a damp stain to lower edges, a few small black misprints to front edge of spine.

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SHIPS
Written by R. Barnard Way; Noel D. Green.
Stock no. 1826344
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

Title to boards is 'The Modern Ship'. A book about Ship building. Cloth baords, gilt title to spine, blind title to front. B/w diagrams. Boards are very grubby and stained. Spine edges are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. '5p' in blue ink to top corner of front pastedown. Some grubby marks to contents. Hinges are pulled but binding is tight.

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ISLES OF GOLD: ANTIQUE MAPS OF JAPAN
Written by Hugh Cortazzi.
Stock no. 1826342
Published by John Weatherhill. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A selection of over 90 of the most attractive, remarkable, and historically significant European and Japanese maps of Japan. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Colour maps, some folding. ISBN: 0834801841. Foxing to text block, contents clean. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MOLD TOWN AND COUNTRY: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
Written by T.W. Pritchard.
Stock no. 1826341
Published by Bridge Books. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A full history of the county town of Flintshire from its earliest artefacts (which date from c.2,000 BC) to the end of the twentieth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations, some in colour. ISBN: 9781844940851. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE IMAGE ON THE GLASS
Written by Laurence Whistler.
Stock no. 1826339
Published by John Murray. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Detailed notes on the engraved glass and a complete check list of work by Laurence Whistler and his sons. Black boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w plates. ISBN: 0719532752. Light browning to text block. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE RICH DESIGNS OF CLARICE CLIFF
Written by Richard Green; Des Jones.
Stock no. 1826335
Published by Rich Designs. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The best of the "Bizarre" years. Every single one of Clarice Cliff's finest designed illustrated in colour. Large format. ISBN: 0952635410. Top of spine bumped. Glue which binds the free front endpapers to the contents has dried out and therefore the endpapers are unstuck inside the front hinge. Otherwise, contents clean and bright. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MADAME DOUBTFIRE
Written by Anne Fine.
Stock no. 1826329
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is a bittersweet, touching, and above all very funny book, about a family which has split up, yet finds its own way to function effectively. The film Mrs. Doubtfire starring Robin Williams (1993) is based on this story. Cream cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 0241120012. Boards browned at horizontal edges. Top & tail of spine have light shelf wear. Contents heavily browned and crinkled vertically. Slight musty odour. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly creased at top edge of spine.

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THE PURPLE VALLEY
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1826327
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second in a series of Secret Service novels. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 215 pages. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, grubby to rear panel, and has surface paper loss to base of spine.

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CHILD OF FIRE
Written by Elizabeth Webster.
Stock no. 1826322
Published by Judy Piatkus (publishers) Limited. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of a Vietnamese boat-child and her family. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Originally serialised in My Weekly magazine under the title Bright Phoenix. ISBN: 0861882849. Text block browned, page browning throughout. A few pale foxspots to margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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A WAGGON-LOAD OF MONKEYS (DOMINION LIBRARY)
Written by D.M. Percy Smith.
Stock no. 1826321
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Not many children, intent on raising money for the Missionary Fair, end by setting the next-door house thoroughly on fire... Green boards, dark title to spine. Part of the Dominion Library series. Colour frontis. Endpapers and text block browned. A few pale foxspots to prelims. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at edges with minor chips to corners, grubby to rear panel and a few small closed tears.

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