Stella & Rose's Books

WITH FRENCH AT THE FRONT
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by Arch Webb.
Stock no. 1324651
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

A story of the Great European War down to the Battle of the Aisne. Beige pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 292 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name in ink to front pastedown. Small booksellers embossed stamp to front free-endpaper. Endpapers are browned. Foxing to textblock and some fingering to page margins.

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A LITTLE GIPSY LASS
Written by Gordon Stables. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324648
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

A story of moorland and wild. Blue pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock and top edge of same is dusty.

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DESIGNING AND BUILDING SPECIAL CARS
Written by Andre Jute.
Stock no. 1824888
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Lucidly written and full of proven short cuts and rules of thumb that will help the new car designer avoid abstruse mathematics, this is a book structures in the order that the non-professional designer (and most professionals) will tackle the job. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0713407786. Minor foxing to half-title page and last page. Text block is a little browned and grubby. Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots to verso, is lightly creased and scuffed, faded to spine.

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THE STORY OF BSA MOTOR CYCLES
Written by Bob Holliday.
Stock no. 1824886
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0850592771. Reprint. Very pale browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-creased and slightly browned to rear panel.

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GOLDEN LOCKS AND PRETTY FROCKS
Written by Edric Vredenburg; Hilda Hart; Grace C. Floyd; M. Dorothy Belgrave. Illustrated by Agnes Richardson.
Stock no. 1324637
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1918. Very good condition.

Cloth spine with black titles, brown paper boards with white titles, black and pale yellow vignettes, onlay shows two children looking at fairy in boat. 14 stories. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 136 pages plus 4 page book list. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Odd small mark to covers. Ink inscription to half-title page dated 1918. Small bookseller's price label to rear pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to text block. Odd grubby fingermark to contents. All plates present, a couple are starting to detach from bottom.

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BONNY BAIRNS
Written by Annie Ingham; Elsie Blomfield; Natalie Joan; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Cicely Mary Barker; et al..
Stock no. 1324632
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl on a sledge on a river which has iced over. Colour frontis by Florence Harrison. B/w text illustrations throughout. A book of short stories and verses. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly edge rubbed. Large but light stain to rear cover. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and to page margins. One hinge is cracked showing webbing beneath.

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THE ROMANCE OF READING FIRST SERIES BOOK III PLEASANT PATHS
Written by R.K. Polkinghorne; M.I.R. Polkinghorne. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; Florence Harrison; Helen Jacobs; Ernest A. Aris; et al..
Stock no. 1324630
Published by Oxford University Press. 1953. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth. Some colour plates plus many b/w text illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded. Small dent to lower edges of covers. Some page corners lightly creased, lower corner of last text page neatly removed (text not affected).

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THE LONE RANGER
No author listed. Illustrated by Tom Beecham.
Stock no. 1324629
Published by Rocking Books. Very good condition.

A shaped book with cardwraps. B/w illustrations to each page with minimal text. ISBN: 0394846907. Some light rubbing to cover edges. Light foxing to contents else clean.

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MR MISTOFFELEES WITH MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1324628
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exuberant interpretation of two poems from Eliot's classic "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 057115347X. Minimal bumping/rubbing to corners. Foxing to endpapers. Some fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed at corners.

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STRAWBALE HOME PLANS
Written by Wayne J. Bingham; Colleen F. Smith.
Stock no. 1824882
Published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

An inspiring and diverse collection of strawbale buildings. Featuring everything from single-level country homes to cottages and studios, to community buildings. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos & b/w plans. ISBN: 9781586858612. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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OLD ENGLISH NURSERY SONGS
Written by Horace Mansion. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1324627
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

Music by Horace Mansion. 8 quite charming colour plates plus b/w drawings illustrate this selection of nursery rhymes. Includes musical score for voice and piano. Buff boards with blue pictorial onlay to front cover. 11 x 8.5". 88 pages. Spine and corners bumped, top corner of rear cover quite badly worn. Scuffing to front cover edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. One of the plates is loose with ragged edges. Grubby fingermarks to page margins and some foxing to contents.

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NUMBER NINE JOY STREET
Written by Michael Lynn. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell; Eve Garnett; C.T. Nightingale; et al..
Stock no. 1324625
Published by Basil Blackwell. Good condition.

A medley of prose & verse for boys and girls. Contributors include Laurence Housman, Compton Mackenzie, Hugh Chesterman etc. One story illustrated in colour, packed with b/w illustrations. Cream cloth with blue titles and decorations on covers. Spine and corners rubbed, spine slightly browned. Half title-page is detached at lower 2". Colouring to quite a number of the b/w illustrations. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

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