Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

  Basket is empty
  Login Register

2,629 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

HISTORICAL STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
Written by O.S. Nock.
Stock no. 1820328
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Colour frontis. B/w photos. Light rubbing to board edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, faded to spine and heavily scuffed to rear panel.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

THE MODEST MAN'S MOTOR
Written by C.G. Matson.
Stock no. 2133874
Published by Lawrence And Bullen Ltd.. 1st 1903. Good condition.

A collection of papers written at odd times for the Badminton Magazine, and reprinted in book form. Green cloth with black titles. Text block untrimmed. 158 pages. Spine is browned. Boards grubby. Name in pencil to front endpaper. Previous owner's address label to rear pastedown. Rear joint starting to crack but binding still tight. Front hinge pulled. Foxing and browning throughout.

Buy now for £50.00 Add to Wish List

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MOTORING
Written by R.J. Mecredy.
Stock no. 2133873
Published by Mecredy, Percy & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Containing full definitions of every term used in Motoring, with special articles on roadside troubles, electric ignition, and similar important subjects. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w diagrams. 570 pages plus adverts to rear. Spine has been replaced with new green cloth; new endpapers. Corners are bumped. Browning to outer page edges. Some foxing. Some pencil annotation. Last page has top half cut off it. Previous owner's address label to rear pastedown.

Buy now for £60.00 Add to Wish List

THE AUTOMOBILE HANDBOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2133872
1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. Containing information of interest to Automobilists, and a guide to touring in the United Kingdom and places abroad. Adverts to rear. Marks to covers. Spine is browned. Names in ink to front pastedown and endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Pages 205-220 have a vertical crease (soft).

Buy now for £50.00 Add to Wish List

HAYNES RESTORATION MANUAL: TRIUMPH SPITFIRE GT6, VITESSE & HERALD
Written by Lindsay Porter; Peter Williams.
Stock no. 1820315
Published by Haynes Publishing. 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Covers all Triumph Spitfire, GT6, Vitesse & Herald models. With the aid of more than 900 illustrations and text aimed at the do-it-yourselfer. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 311 pages. ISBN: 9781859608678. Reprint. A few minor foxspots to text block and light browning. Else contents clean.

Buy now for £70.00 Add to Wish List

IT BEATS WORKING: MY 35 YEARS INSIDE MOTOR RACING
Written by Eoin S. Young.
Stock no. 1820310
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author's career reporting on 35 years of international motor sport. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852604603. Reprint. Light yellowing to text block. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

HOW TO PLAN AND BUILD A FAST ROAD CAR (SPEEDPRO SERIES)
Written by Daniel Stapleton.
Stock no. 1820306
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

With the help of this book you can plan in detail the best and most harmonious modifications for your car, buy only the right components and then build a car that fully meets your requirements - without wasting money. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 187410560X. Spine faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

Buy now for £25.00 Add to Wish List

CLASSIC STEAM ON SHED
Written by David Hucknall.
Stock no. 2133844
Published by Book Club Associates. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A portrait of the steam locomotive depot. Large format. B/w photos. Couple of corners are bumped. Contents are excellent! Wrapper is faded to spine, with a couple of small nicks.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

THE ELEGANCE OF THE EDWARDIAN RAILWAYS
Written by Geoffrey Williams.
Stock no. 2133843
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

British locomotives portrayed through the camera of James Grimoldby. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860934772. Wrapper is faded to spine and a couple of edges.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

THE POWER OF THE DUCHESSES
Written by David Jenkinson.
Stock no. 2133842
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930637. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks; unevenly faded to spine.

Buy now for £11.00 Add to Wish List

LNER SHEDS IN CAMERA
Written by John Hooper.
Stock no. 2133841
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

303 b/w photos of 125 separate locations, intended to give the reader an insight into the LNER engine sheds during the period when that company existed, in the days prior to its formation, as well as the period after nationalisation. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860933245. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; faded to spine.

Buy now for £11.00 Add to Wish List

LNER REFLECTIONS
Written by Nigel Harris.
Stock no. 2133832
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. 2nd edition. ISBN: 0947971033. Wrapper is price-cut.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List