Stella & Rose's Books

8TH AIR FORCE REMEMBERED
Written by George H. Fox.
Stock no. 1825669
Published by Iso Publications. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. An illustrated guide to the memorials, memorabilia and main airfields of the US 8th Air Force in England in WW2. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0946784027. SIGNED with gift dedication to free front endpaper. Contents are low down in the boards and 0.5cm forward from spine (binding error not affecting book itself). Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, old price-label to front flap.

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KATE GREENAWAY
Written by M.H. Spielmann; G.S. Layard. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1825653
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe limited edition of 500 copies, SIGNED by Kate Greenaway's brother, John Greenaway. Cream cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. With an original sketch by Kate Greenaway. Beautiful plates that have captioned page guards. Spine browned and worn with fraying to top & tail. Boards are grubby. Text block browned. Joints cracked but binding tight. SIGNED by John Greenaway and number 275 (?) of 500. Some minor foxing and age related marks presnt. All plates present. Plate on page 88 has a repaired closed tear which does not affect the actual illustration. Plate and tissue guard facing page 166 is creased at edges with a few tiny closed tears.

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HOLLAND
Written by Beatrix Jungman. Illustrated by Nico Jungman.
Stock no. 1825644
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1904. Good condition.

De Luxe edition limited to 300 numbered copies and signed by the illustrator. White cloth, blue borders and orange tree design with gilt titles. 75 tissue-guarded plates. Top edge gilt. SIGNED by the artist (no dedication) and numbered 128 (of 300). Spine browned, boards marked and grubby. Top & tail of spine worn and fraying. Front hinge pulled with residue surface paper from front endpaper stuck to half-title page. Rear hinge pulled wide, free rear endpaper is stuck to rear pastedown (possibly a binding error). Some inner hinges pulled else the binding is tight. Some foxing present especially to tissue-guards but not the plates themselves. Small damp stain to margins and lower corner of last few pages and plates.

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THE DURBAR
Written by Dorothy Menpes. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 1825639
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1903. Good condition.

White cloth with orange and blue decorations to spine and front cover. Gilt titles also to front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. 100 colour plates. A. & C. Black Colour Book. De Luxe limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies, signed by the artist. xii and 210 numbered pages. SIGNED by the artist (no dedication) and numbered 613 (of 1,000). Boards unevenly heavily browned and stained, scuffed to rear board. Fraying to cloth at base of spine. Joints cracked. Binding is still tight. All plates present and clean. A few pale foxspots and margin marks to contents.

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EGYPT
Written by R. Talbot Kelly. Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly.
Stock no. 1825638
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

De Luxe Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies, signed by the author. Bevelled boards. Heavy duty cloth boards with gilt titles and colour pattern. Top edge gilt. 75 tissue-guarded colour plates. xiii and 239 numbered pages. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) and numbered 238 (of 500). Boards grubby and stained, rear edge of spine has a small patch of cloth fraying.Joints cracked, rear endpaper missing. Binding of first few pages weak and will possibly disintegrate further so that the pages are loose. Binding glue drying out and thus a few weak spots. A few foxspots throughout. All plates present and clean.

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MEDIEVAL WOODCARVINGS OF RIPON CATHEDRAL
Written by Maurice H. Taylor; Derek Ching.
Stock no. 1825590
Published by The Friends Of Ripon Cathedral. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Choirstalls, Canopies, Ceiling Bosses and Misericords. Cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780953197958. SIGNED by both authors (To Maggie) to title page. Else contents fine.

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SALMONS & SONS: THE TICKFORD COACHBUILDERS
Written by Dennis C. Mynard.
Stock no. 1325237
Published by Phillimore. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photographs throughout. ISBN: 9781860774225. SIGNED by author to title page. Corners bumped. Couple of knocks to top and tail of spine. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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WIMPYS TO MUSTANGS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF STEEPLE MORDEN AIRFIELD 1940-45
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1825475
Published by East Anglia Books. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Life and times of a small village airfield in Cambridgeshire called Steeple Morden. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 186998708X. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and front spine edge, tiny split to top front corner.

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FISHING WITH THE FAMOUS
Written by Bob Buteaux; Kevin Clifford. Illustrated by Tom O'Reilly.
Stock no. 1325107
Published by The Little Egret Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited Edition to 600 copies. Green cloth with gilt title box to front cover. Colour and b/w photos. SIGNED by Illustrator to Limited Edition page. This is marked 'Complimentary' (doesn't have a number). Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of nicks to top of spine; some edge-wear.

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MICHAEL FOREMAN'S MOTHER GOOSE
Written by Iona Opie; Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1325102
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Foreword by Iona Opie. Blue oblong boards with gilt title to spine. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744507758. SIGNED by the artist to half title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Some light fingermarks to prelims else a clean copy. Price-cut wrapper is slightly faded to spine and ever so slightly rubbed at spine and corners.

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WAR-TORN SKIES OF GREAT BRITAIN: HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by Julian Evan-Hart.
Stock no. 1825380
Published by Red Kite. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Hertfordshire is an area rich in wartime aviation history. This book chronicles that rich heritage with the aid of rare wartime photos, compelling eye-witness accounts and detailed local research. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9780955473517. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Contents clean.

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FLAK DODGER: A STORY OF THE 457TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP 1943-1945 8TH AAF
Written by Roland Byers.
Stock no. 1825379
Published by Pawpaw Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. 260 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0961456302. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Covers lightly browned, spine slightly faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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