Stella & Rose's Books

TORPEDO AIRMEN: MISSIONS WITH BRISTOL BEAUFORTS 1940-42
Written by Roy Conyers Nesbit.
Stock no. 1825975
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The vivid stories of a suicidal attack on the Schamorst, a night-time torpedo attack on Cherbourg, the winning of a Victoria Cross, a dramatic episode in the 'Channel Dash', the strange events that followed the death of a Commanding Officer, the sinking of an Italian Cruiser, the sky-jacking of an enemy aircraft and a forced landing in the middle of a battle in North Africa. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0718303695. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear to lower edge of front flap fold and is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM
Written by Edgar Allan Poe; Marilynne Robinson. Illustrated by David Lupton.
Stock no. 1825970
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2015. Very good condition.

Introduced by Marilynne Robinson. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Small format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine, with blocked design to front. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is marked and scuffed.

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FLEET AIR ARM FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT SINCE 1946
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Mick Burrow; Lee Howard.
Stock no. 1825961
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Detailed individual histories of all FAA aircraft flown from the beginning of 1946 until early 2000. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Colour photos. ISBN: 0851302831. Boards clean. Lower edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, slightly faded to spine, slightly scuffed.

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THE SQUADRONS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Theo Ballance.
Stock no. 1825960
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 2nd 1994. Very good condition.

2nd Revised Edition. The book represents the culmination of 40 years research into the histories of the Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm. B/w photos. 544 pages. The book makes possible the identification of the location, role, aircraft, and commander of all Fleet Air Arm Squadrons on any given date. It also includes coverage of Australian, Canadian and Dutch Naval Air Squadrons numbered in the same series as the Fleet Air Arm. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 480 pages. ISBN: 0851302238. Spine faded from dark blue to light blue. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Light rubbing to corners, tiny nick to lower rear outer edge of paper covering boards. Rear board a little grubby. Foxing to top edge of text block and a few minor spots to free front endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE DH 104 DOVE AND DH 114 HERON
Written by C. Barber; D. Shaw; T. Sykes.
Stock no. 1825956
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1973. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. Stapled binding. B/w photos. 63 numbered pages. Covers a little rubbed. Contents clean.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325539
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, imprinted in scarlet. 12 colour plates. Published for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and date to front free-endpaper. Tiny margin tear to plate opposite page 17. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine and has some slight loss to lower corner of front panel.

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THE DICKIE-BIRDIE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325538
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

A book of poems about birds. Off-white cloth with green title and pictorial onlay to front. 12 beautiful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly browned at spine and edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT 1939-1945
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Mick Burrow.
Stock no. 1825955
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851302327. Boards lightly scuffed, spine faded from dark blue to light blue (not obvious as fading). Text block browned, contents clean.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S PAINT-BOX
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325537
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. 64 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by the illustrator with an inscription to Sarah Mills dated 1964. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed at spine and corners.

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AMELIARANNE GIVES A PARTY
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1325531
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine, with black titles. Front cover shows a girl offering her cheek to a boy for a kiss. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed. Spine is sunned. Small brown spot to front pastedown. Contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is from a later reprint (c1943) and is edge worn with slight loss.

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BERTIE BEAR'S CIRCUS
Written by Geoffrey Higham. Illustrated by Geoffrey Higham.
Stock no. 1325530
Published by Edmund Ward. Very good condition.

The Sunset Series No. 1. Small square format. Blue pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some light foxing to contents.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT XA100 TO XZ999
Written by James J. Halley.
Stock no. 1825947
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851303110. Text block browned. Covers clean. Small brown mark to vertical margin of page 118 else contents clean.

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