Stella & Rose's Books

SEA-RUNNING!
Written by Maxie Lane.
Stock no. 1827781
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Sequel to 'Running!' which told of its author's whirlwind childhood and adolescence. This biography drops him in 1940, at the age of 24, on his first ship and newest adventure. Sea-Running! takes up the story in the same sentence as it left off, and pursues it in the same exhilarating fashion. A string of memorable merchant ships showed Maxie the wartime world, and he shared the twilit world of the boiler-rooms with men who were many times larger than life. Blue cloth boards, yellow title to spine. ISBN: 0333236513. A nice, clean copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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CEASELESS VIGIL: MY LONELY YEARS IN THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
Written by W.J. Lewis. Illustrated by Frank Francis.
Stock no. 1827780
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Lighthouse keepers are usually considered rather lonely and romantic figures who have to while away weary hours in abject isolation. Yet few have actually told their own story. Here, Mr. Lewis's book is a fascinating revelation of the daily trials and tribulations of these little-known men. Trhough his 15 years of experience on land stations and his 30 years service on rock lighthouses, the author describes all the hazards, pleasures, hardships, and heartaches involved in manning a lighthouse. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edge light blue/grey. ISBN: 0245503528. Text block lightly browned. Gift inscription in ink to front enpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, a little grubby, lightly faded to spine.

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THE BIBLE DESIGNED TO BE READ AS LITERATURE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Ernest Sutherland Bates.
Stock no. 1827779
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt illustration to front cover and gilt title to spines. Colour illustrations. Edited and arranged by Bates with Old Master drawings. Vollume I has a darkened stain running the length of the spine (water stain?). Otherwise a lovely set. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has some slight shelf-scuffing and a faint vertical stain to plain board (VG).

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THE CIVILISATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY
Written by Jacob Burckhardt; Anthony Grafton.
Stock no. 1827778
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

An Essay. Introduced by Anthony Grafton. Very attractive green and gold pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. xxviii + 451 pages. Spine faded from being in the sun (not noticeable until the book is removed from slipcase). Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG).

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William L. Shirer.
Stock no. 1827777
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

A History of Nazi Germany. Red cloth boards with white title panel to spines and swastika to front. B/w photos. A few minor foxspots to text block of volume I. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcases which is lightly scuffed at ends (VG).

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THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1827776
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

A reproduction of the 1909 edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Colour plates. Top edge blue. A beautiful book. Spine lightly faded. Otherwise a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some lightly shelf-scuffing (VG+).

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HIDDEN HANDS: THE LIVES OF MANUSCRIPTS AND THEIR MAKERS
Written by Mary Wellesley.
Stock no. 1827775
Published by Riverrun. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Manuscripts are not only the stuff of history and literature, but they offer some of the only tangible evidence we have of entire lives, long receded. Without manuscripts, many historical figures would be lost to us, as well as those of lower social status, women and people of colour, their stories erased and the remnants of their labours destroyed. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781529400939. 3rd printing. A very nice copy.

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THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE MANUSCRIPTS CLUB
Written by Christopher De Hamel.
Stock no. 1827774
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This entrancing book describes some of the extraordinary people who have spent their lives among illuminated manuscripts over the last thousand years. Cream paper boards, black title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780241304372. Tiny nick to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine. A lovely copy.

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IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME (6 VOLUMES)
Written by Marcel Proust; C.K. Scott Moncrieff; D.J. Enright.
Stock no. 1827773
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

Light and dark blue cloths, with gilt and blue titles. Titles are: 1: Swann's Way; 2: Within A Budding Grove; 3: The Guermantes Way; 4: Sodom and Gomorrah; 5: The Captive; 6: The Fugitive Time Regained. Translated by Moncrieff, Kilmartin. Revised by Enright. Introduced by Jean-Yves Tadie. Complete set in two slipcases. Photographs by Eugene Atget. Small mark to front board of volume two. Volumes 1-3 are sitting forward in binding at top of spine (minor issue). Minor mark to vertical text block of volume 1. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcases which are a little grubby and scuffed (VG).

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FRANKENSTEIN OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
Written by Mary Shelley; Miranda Seymour. Illustrated by Harry Brockway.
Stock no. 1827772
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Miranda Seymour. Dramatic grey, black and silver decorative cloth. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light shelf scuffing (NR F).

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A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME: WINTER
Written by Anthony Powell.
Stock no. 1827771
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Winter: Books Do Furnish a Room; Temporary Kings; Hearing Secret Harmonies. Three novels in one volume. Burgundy cloth spine and rear cover with gilt title to spine, pictorial paper front board. Blue endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light shelf scuffing (VG+).

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A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME: AUTUMN
Written by Anthony Powell.
Stock no. 1827770
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Autumn: The Valley of Bones; The Soldier's Art; The Military Philosophers. Three novels in one volumes. Burgundy cloth spine and rear cover with gilt title to spine, pictorial paper front board. Blue endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light shelf scuffing (VG+).

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