Stella & Rose's Books

PADDLE STEAMERS (GLORY DAYS)
Written by David L. Williams.
Stock no. 2130375
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. Glory Days Series. ISBN: 0711027722. Some fading to red title on spine.

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A CHILD'S BOOK OF HOURS
Written by Constance Irving; Noel Irving.
Stock no. 2130370
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

13 full-page coloured illustrations, many other illustrations to text. Printed on thick card, linen-hinged. Tall folio measuring 15 x 9.5". Cloth backed pictorial boards. Delightful rhymes featuring the hours of the day from morning to school-time, dinner time etc. Beautifully illustrated and unusually bound. Heavy wear to covers; scuffing, bumping. Some page creasing. Browning and grubby marks to pages. One of last pages has surface paper damage/lifting.

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HERBARIUM HABITUM IN HORTO MEDICO SAPIENTIAE ROMANAE ANNO LUBILEI 1700
No author listed.
Stock no. 2130369
Published by Antonio Delfino Editore. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Colour page reproductions. Text in Italian. ISBN: 8872872111. Bumping to a couple of corners. A few grubby marks to covers. Contents are excellent!

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KONIG NUSSKNACKER UND DER ARME REINHOLD
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 2130365
Published by Literarische Anstalt Rutten & Loening. 17th Almost very good condition.

Large format. Ein Kindermahrchen in Bildern. Text in German. 'King Nutcracker and Poor Reinhold'. A child's dreams of the fairy town of toys. Hand coloured illustrations. Book has been rebacked with new endpapers. Scuffing to original covers which have been laid down. Creasing, foxing and some margin marks to pages.

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NEW RHYMES FOR NURSERY TIMES
Written by Edith A. Steinthal.
Stock no. 2130363
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board, stiff card pages each with a rhyme and colour illustration. Oblong format. Heavy bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping. Scuffing to covers. Browning and foxing to some pages; a few creases. Binding starting to become a bit weak in places.

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MY MOTHER
Written by R.M. Ballantyne; Comus; Ann Taylor.
Stock no. 2130362
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1857. Good condition.

An adaptation of the poem by Ann Taylor, with a prose version and two musical settings. Comus is the pseudonym for R.M.Ballantyne. Large format. Green embossed cloth with gilt title and vignette to front cover. 32 pages. 8 attractive colour plates. The story of a kitten. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks and uneven fading to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Creasing and a few margin tears, foxing, including to plate pages. Frontis is very creased; appears to at one time have been folded. Some damp marks. A reading copy.

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STONEHENGE
Written by Rosemary Hill.
Stock no. 1817532
Published by Profile Books. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

What Stonehenge has meant to us through recorded history, and what it means today. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781861978653. Second printing. Faint coffee mug ring to front panel of dustwrapper.

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BY FIRE AND SWORD
Written by Peter Reid.
Stock no. 1817527
Published by Constable. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Rise and Fall of English Supremacy at Arms: 1314-1485. Black boards, silver title to spine. A few colour plates and b/w maps. ISBN: 9781845295264. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine.

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FROM THE FOOTPLATE: REMINISCENCES OF THE LAST YEARS OF STEAM
Written by O.S. Nock.
Stock no. 1817510
Published by Granada. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth spine with gilt title, light brown boards. B/w photos throughout and a few colour. ISBN: 0246121106. Browning to text block. A few minor foxspots. Some pages have a tiny pin mark to vertical edge with a little creasing. Pictorial dustwrapper is fading to spine.

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ON STEAM
Written by O.S. Nock.
Stock no. 1817509
Published by Granada. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

British Standard Gauge Railways Rescued From Extinction. An affectionate account of the preserved standard gauge railways of Britain. B/w photos. Red cloth spine with gilt title, green boards. ISBN: 0246117362. Light browning to top edge of text block. Some light foxing to pictorial dustwrapper and fading to spine.

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MINI: THE TRUE AND SECRET HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF A MOTOR CAR
Written by Simon Garfield.
Stock no. 1817503
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A fascinating story of British endeavour, ingenuity and masterful marketing. In May 1959, the first Mini was produjced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. It would take a team of supremely talented designers, draftsmen, engineers and production-line workers to build a car that was unique in appearance and construction. Somehow, the Mini became an icon. Blue boards, white title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w photos and a few colour. xiv and 285 pages including index. ISBN: 9780571248094. A lovely copy!

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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITISH STEAM RAILWAYS
Written by David Ross.
Stock no. 1817498
Published by Parragon. 1st thus 2007. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The legacy of the steam locomotive. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781405482905. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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