Stella & Rose's Books

THE COMPLETE MOTORIST
Written by Filson Young; W. Gordon Aston; Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 2132564
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 8th 1915. Good condition.

8th edition (rewritten and revised). With a letter from Rudyard Kipling. With 14 diagrams and 24 illustrations. Covers are unevenly browned, faded and marked. Gilt embossed stamp to front cover. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing.

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RILEY RM-SERIES
Written by James Taylor.
Stock no. 2132558
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

1 1/2-litre, 2 1/2-litre and Pathfinder. Blue cloth boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0947981365. Boards clean. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Previous owner's name & address label (small) to rear pastedown. Contents clean. Small pieces of sticky tape to pastedowns and dustwrapper flaps. Rear panel of dustwrapper grubby.

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FULL OF FUN
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2132546
Published by Scott & Sleeman. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Front board shows cat at a writing desk with 3 kittens behind. Colour mounted frontis plate, two dogs playing at the sea-side. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats! 87 pages. 10 x 8". Spine has faded to brown, with some other marks; appears to have been repaired to top and tail at some point. Heavy scuffing and surface paper damage to covers. Corners are bumped and very worn. Joint/hinge between title page and frontis is cracked, showing stitching and webbing. Foxing and browning to pages throughout.

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THE JACKIE JACKDAW BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2132543
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Off-white cloth with orange titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Pretty colour and b/w illustrations accompany short verses for children. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endppaer. Margin marks and some foxing. A couple of small page margin tears.

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JAGUAR V12 RACE CARS
Written by Ian Bamsey; Joe Saward.
Stock no. 1819132
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The career of the V12 engine in international racing. Starting with the ill fated XJ13 Le Mans car of 1966 and embraces the successful Group 44 E type and the XJ-S projects as well as the unsuccessful Broadspeeed XJ12 project of the Seventies. Coverage of the Group 44 and TWR XJ-S and prototype projects of the Eighties brings the story up to date. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 175 pages. ISBN: 0850456800. Previous owner's gold address label to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT IN CAMERA
Written by Keith Wilson.
Stock no. 1819127
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 9780857333032. Small marks to front panel of dustwrapper from removed label.

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MUTINY AND ROMANCE IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by Sven Wahlroos.
Stock no. 2132529
Published by Salem House Publishers. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Companion to the Bounty Adventure. The full story, month by month, giving the background of the mutiny and the people involved. The author is the first professional psychologist to write on the subject. Cream paperboards, blue spine with silver titles. 497 pages includes index. ISBN: 0881623954. SIGNED by author with lengthy dedication on front endpaper. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Wrapper has dampstain to lower edge of rear panel.

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ONCE ON A TIME
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1318726
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis plus numerous b/w text and full-page illustrations. A book written in 1915 "for the amusement of my wife and myself at a time when life was not very amusing" - A.A. Milne. Originally published in 1917 with illustrations by H.M. Brock. 269 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Frontis is part detached and lightly browned at margins. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE HOUSE OF THE PALADIN
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1318719
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The tale of a lovely medieval castle and its chatelaine. Blue cloth, yellow title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Small date in ink to top corner of front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed, tape repair on verso of front flap.

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THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1318718
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Boy in Red is Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Yellow cloth with red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some very slight loss at spine and corners and neat tape repairs on verso, wrapper has a small/old tape mark to front panel (below "Red) and is slightly grubby to rear.

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THE HOUSE OF THE PALADIN
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1318712
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

The tale of a lovely medieval castle and its chatelaine. Blue cloth, yellow title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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BOER PRISONERS OF WAR IN BERMUDA
Written by Colin Benbow.
Stock no. 1819084
Published by The Bermuda Historical Society. 3rd 1994. Very good condition.

Third Edition (reset, revised & enlarged). Orange pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0969789300. SIGNED by the author (with regards) to verso of front cover and lengthy personal dedication by gift giver.

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