Stella & Rose's Books

HANDBOOK OF THE COLLECTION ILLUSTRATING MOTORCYCLES PART II
Written by C.F. Caunter.
Stock no. 2133175
Published by HMSO. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Catalogue of exhibits at the Science Museum with descriptive notes. Brown pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 80 pages includes index. Cover edges rubbed and lower corners lightly creased. Ink diagram on front cover. Covers part detached from contents. Contents clean.

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CANADIAN WINGS: THE PASSION AND THE FORCE
Written by John McQuarrie.
Stock no. 1819536
Published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A graphic story of Canada's Air Force focusing on military aviation. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0075510103. Slight browning to edges of endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly unevenly faded.

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THE GERMAN ARMY ON VIMY RIDGE 1914-1917
Written by Jack Sheldon.
Stock no. 1819532
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9781844156801. Small initials in ink to front endpaper else a fine copy.

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THE CAMPAIGN IN BOHEMIA 1866
Written by G.J.R. Glunicke.
Stock no. 1819531
Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co.. 1st 1907. Good condition.

The Special Campaign Series No. 6. Yellow cloth boards with red titles. B/w maps. Most maps stored in pocket to rear. Covers grubby. 2" split to top front edge of spine. Front board creased as are prelims. Inscription ink to front endpaper. Front joint starting to split from top. Some marks & creasing to contents. Map of Germany MISSING. Some maps have names written on reverse otherwise clean.

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AVIATION: ITS PRINCIPLES ITS PRESENT AND FUTURE
Written by Sydney F. Walker.
Stock no. 1819529
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

'The People's Books'. An endeavour to give an accurate description of the construction and working of balloons and aeroplanes in simple language. Small format. Green cloth boards, dark green titles. B/w diagrams. Spine browned, couple of small marks to front board. Name in ink to free front endpaper. Text block browned.

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MORE PLEASANT SURPRISES
Written by F.E. Weatherly.
Stock no. 1318965
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1893. Very good condition.

Large format. 13 x 10 inches. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. 8 chromolitho moveable pictures. Pull the tab and the picture changes. B/w illustrations. Text in verse. Spine bumped and some light rubbing to cover edges. A few light spots to front edge of spine and some light scuffing to rear cover. Generally covers bright. Joints are cracked. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. The second moveable image is not working - could possibly be repaired. Otherwise, all others in excellent working order. Some light foxing and page browning and the pull-tabs are just a little grubby from fingering. Overall a super copy of a scarce moveable book.

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THE DOUGLAS DC-3 AND ITS PREDECESSORS UPDATE 1
Written by J.M.G. Gradidge.
Stock no. 1819522
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0851301479. Light creasing to covers. Name in ink and initials in ink to title page. One or two annotations in ink. Light creasing to top corners (margins only).

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TWIST OF GOLD
Written by Michael Morpurgo.
Stock no. 1318959
Published by Kaye & Ward. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Entrusted by their sick mother with the golden tore, the only possession of their ancient and proud family, Sean and Annie O'Brien set out to find their father in America. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 226 pages. ISBN: 0718239717. Lancastria binding by Askews of Preston (small binders sticker to rear pastedown). Joints have been reinforced. Foxing to contents else clean. Spine bumped, a few light marks to front cover. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased/rubbed.

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ROARING ROADSTERS: THE ROAD TO INDY
Written by Dick Wallen.
Stock no. 1819516
Published by Dick Wallen Productions. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

The history of the track roadsters. Large oblong format. Black boards, gilt title to spine, pictorial inlay to front cover. B/w photos and a few colour. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication) 233/350. Contained in slipcase in fine condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MASERATI BIRDCAGE
Written by Joel E. Finn.
Stock no. 1819513
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Marvellous Tipo 60 and 61 Sports Racing Cars. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850453666. Base of spine lightly worn. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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KING OF THE BOARDS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JIMMY MURPHY
Written by Gary D. Doyle.
Stock no. 1819511
Published by Gary Doyle. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

At 21, Jimmy Murphy became a racecar mechanic/driver and went on to be the best automobile pilot of his era. He won more races on the board tracks of the 1920s than anyone. This book is about Murphy's life, the atmosphere of the 1920s, the other driver personalities and car builders - the Golden Age of American automobile racing. Oblong format. Silver grey boards, black title to spine, blind vignette of racing driver to front. B/w photos and colour illustrations. 336 pages including index. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to free front endpaper. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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LINERS IN ART
Written by Kenneth Vard.
Stock no. 1819505
Published by Halsgrove. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised edition. A maritime art book devoted exclusively to paintings of great ocean liners of the 20th century. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front. ISBN: 1841141186. Previous owner's small ownership label to front endpaper. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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