Stella & Rose's Books

WILD PRAIRIE: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S PERSONAL JOURNEY
Written by James R. Page.
Stock no. 1830181
Published by Greystone Books. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Matt boards, brown spine with cream title, cream boards. Stunning colour photography of wild landscapes in North America. vii and 135 pages. ISBN: 1553651219. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Horizontal edges of boards lightly faded. A few dints to boards (minor). Rear board lightly scuffed. Rear joint between rear free endpaper and last page is pulled at the top half but the binding is tight.

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FERDINAND PORSCHE: DESIGN DYNASTY 1900-1998
Written by Ferdinand Porsche; Paul Frere; et al.
Stock no. 1830179
Published by Design Museum. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Design Museum, London 1998. The first museum exhibition ever to survey the contribution of the Porshe family to automotive design over the last 100 years. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 93 pages. ISBN: 1872005209. Covers lightly scuffed, corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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CELEBRATION OF FLIGHT: THE AVIATION ART OF ROY CROSS
Written by Roy Cross; Arthur Ward. Illustrated by Roy Cross.
Stock no. 1830178
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of some of Roy's best sketchs, paintings and technical drawings. Large oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Endpapers show sketch of Sopwith Pups. Colour illustrations. 128 pages. ISBN: 1840373261. SIGNED by the artist with personal dedication to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded.

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MR PUNCH'S ANIMAL LAND
Written by Edward Tennyson Reed. Illustrated by Edward Tennyson Reed.
Stock no. 1830177
Published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co.. 1898. Good condition.

'A captivating exploration of anthropomorphism through the lens of satirical humor.' Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations throughout. Not paginated. Glued binding. All edges gilt. Spine and title to spine is faded, spine and corners worn with a little fraying, Boards marked. Front joint starting to crack. Glue binding has dried out and therefore the pages are liable to come loose/detached. Preface page is detached at time of description. A few marks to contents. A good reading copy.

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PETO'S REGISTER OF GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES VOLUME 2: MANOR 4-6-0S
Written by Martin Smith.
Stock no. 1830175
Published by Irwell Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 92 pages. ISBN: 1871608678. Light rubbing to tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly worn at top corners.

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MIDLAND RED BUS GARAGES
Written by Malcolm Keeley.
Stock no. 1830174
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

A colourful garage-by-garage guide to Midland Red - one of the most important regional bus companies in England, and still enthusiastically followed. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 9780711036901. A very nice copy, light scuffing to rear board.

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LOCOMOTIVE LIVERIES OF THE LMS
Written by D. Jenkinson; R.J. Essery.
Stock no. 1830173
Published by Roundhouse Books; Ian Allan. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Fold-out colour plate. B/w photos. xiv and 234 pages. Light rubbing to base of spine. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn, a little grubby.

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PORSCHE 911: GUIDE TO PURCHASE & D.I.Y. RESTORATION
Written by Lindsay Porter; Peter Morgan.
Stock no. 1830172
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A FOULIS Motoring Book. Over 700 illustrations and text aimed at the d-i-y owner, this book tells you how to renovate chassis and bodywork, how to give new life to mechanical and electrical components, what to look for when buying a Porsche and the pitfalls to avoid, what modifications are possible. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 252 pages. ISBN: 0854294759. Spine & corners bumped & lightly worn. A few scuff marks to boards. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean with a musty odour present. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few edge-tears (no loss).

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PAINTINGS AT HASDRUBAL
Written by Rachida Triki.
Stock no. 1830171
Published by Hasdrubal-Thalassa Hotels. 1st 2000. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book presents to the reader one of the most comprehensive private collections of paintings in Tunisia. The fruit of the relentless endeavours of Mohamed Amouri, one of the country's pioneers in the hotel trade and president of the Hasdrubal chain. The collection is now disseminated in the Hasdrubal hotels at El Kantaoui, Jerba and Yasmine Hammamel. Large format. Navy blue cloth boards with no titles. Colour illustrations and b/w portraits of the artists. 231 pages. Boards faded at edges. Hinges cracked and pulled, Couple of hinges are split wide but thread is not broken. Contents themselves are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, worn at corners and lightly faded to spine.

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THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1330074
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book of old favourites with new illustrations! Red cloth covers with orange vignettes and black titles and decorations. 8 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 286 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to base of spine. Endpapers browned, creases to front free-endpaper. 'M13' stamped to rear pastedown. Some foxing to textblock. Large but neat inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and worn to spine and corners with loss at base of spine.

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BOBBY BLUEGUM PLAYS FATHER CHRISTMAS
Written by Patricia Carey. Illustrated by Patricia Carey.
Stock no. 1330073
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Father Christmas had a fit of the blues because no-one had ever filled a stocking for him... along comes Bobby Bluegum the koala who promised to do the job for him and promised the old man a Happy Christmas into the bargain. Cream boards, red title and vignette to front cover. 45 pages, each with a colour illustration above or below the text. Spine and corners bumped, spine worn. A few light marks to covers. Front joint is cracked. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Light finger-creases to page margins. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, loss to top of spine. Title on rear panel of wrapper (Sweet Home) has been crossed out.

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THE BEES ON DRUMWHINNIE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1330072
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unsual story based in Scotland in the 1870's, Felicity cares for her two elderly aunts and their bee colony. Cream boards, green titles to spine and bee vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 273 pages. 7.5 x 5". Minimal bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Pale page browning to endpapers and very slight evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. A few small foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly foxed and slightly edge rubbed.

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