Stella & Rose's Books

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN - DESTINATION MOON
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1830990
Published by Methuen. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Young reporter Tintin and his friend Captain Haddock receive an invitation from Professor Calculus to come to Syldavia, where Calculus is working on a top-secret project in a secure government facility to plan a crewed mission to the Moon. Large format. Red cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour cartooon strip illustrations. 61 pages. Spine & board edges rubbed and worn. Boards a little scuffed and grubby. Top edge of rear board has a small knock. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Page edge browning. A few minor foxspots to text block. Else contents clean.

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POUSSIN THE EARY YEARS IN ROME: THE ORIGINS OF FRENCH CLASSICISM
Written by Konrad Oberhuber. Illustrated by Nicolas Poussin.
Stock no. 1830989
Published by Phaidon.Christie's. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This work focuses on a crucial phase in Poussin's career, his early years in Rome. Accompanied by a complete catalogue of all the works he produced in this period, it provides and important reassessment of the founder of the classical school of European painting. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front board. B/w and a few colour illustrations. 367 pages including index. ISBN: 0714880655. Boards are clean. Text block slightly grubby. A few pale foxspots to half-title page else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed, faint score marks where the book has been used as a firm surface to write on.

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BY JOVE, BIGGLES!
Written by Peter Berresford Ellis; Piers Williams.
Stock no. 1330871
Published by W.H. Allen. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Biography of one of the most popular children's authors of the mid 20th Century - Capt. W.E. Johns creator of 'Biggles'. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 306 pages includes index. ISBN: 0491027753. Slight bumping to spine and corners, very small split to base of spine. Contents fine.

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THE MANIACS GUIDE TO THE BIGGLES BOOKS
Written by W.E. Johns; Rowland Smythe.
Stock no. 1330870
Published by Ventos Books. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition.

The Readers Guide to all 100 Biggles Books. Excellent reference for the collector. Pictorial card wraps. Colour plates. ISBN: 0952163101. Minimal rubbing to corners. Contents fine. Old price label to inside front cover.

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BIGGLES! THE LIFE STORY OF CAPT. W.E. JOHNS
Written by Peter Berresford Ellis; Jennifer Schofield.
Stock no. 1330869
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A new and revised edition of the biography of the creator of Biggles, Worrals, Gimlet and Steeley. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages includes index. ISBN: 187410526X. Spine slightly bumped. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty else contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and just a little edge creased.

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BIGGLES THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY
Written by John Pearson.
Stock no. 1330868
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Study of the Real Biggles, who until now had remained something of a mystery. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. 311 pages. ISBN: 0283983981. Minimal bumping and fading to base of spine and lower cover edges. Very small patch of surface paper damage to rear board. Contents fine.

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BIGGLES ADVENTURE DOUBLE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330867
Published by Doubleday. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition.

Two books in one: Biggles Learns to Fly and Biggles: The Camels are Coming. Blue pictorial boards. 404 pages. ISBN: 9780857532060.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330866
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1951. Good condition.

Yellow boards, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 188 pages. Covers are marked (foxed?) and grubby, spine and corners bumepd. Child's inscription in ink to front pastedown and child's writing (messy) to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned with foxing to textblock.

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THE BUMPER BIGGLES BOOK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330865
Published by Chancellor Press. 1st thus 1983. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter; Biggles Flies South; Biggles in the Orient; Biggles Defies The Swastika; and Biggles In The Jungle. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. 720 pages. ISBN: 0907486320. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge creased.

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A BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330864
Published by Cresset Editions. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Three books in one: Biggles Learns to Fly, Biggles Flies East and Biggles in the Orient. ISBN: 0091818893. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased and slightly faded to spine.

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BIGGLES AND THE PLOT THAT FAILED
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330863
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front endpaper. Very light foxing to textblock edges. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn and slightly grubby, small hole to fold of front flap. Spine of wrapper is slightly faded.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1958
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330862
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Very good condition.

This is the first Rupert annual to be dated on the inside title page. Colour illustrated boards showing Rupert leap-frogging over Bill Badger. First story 'Rupert and the Water-Lily'. 107 pages. Corners are nice and sharp with the merest hint of rubbing. Spine very slightly bumped and faded. Inscription in ink to margin below belongs to box. Belongs to box clean, price NOT cut. Colouring contest page NOT completed. Very pale page edge browning else contents bright and clean.

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