Stella & Rose's Books

THE ALASKAN MALAMUTE
Written by Barbara A. Brooks; Sherry E. Wallis.
Stock no. 1701042
Published by Alpine. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

Yesterday and Today. Large format. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0931866960. A lovely copy!

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SOMERSET SHELL GUIDE
Written by C.H.B. Quennell; Peter Quennell.
Stock no. 1201226
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Spiral bound inside white cloth covers. B/w photos, also b/w photos on pale green paper plates. Covers lightly browned at edges. The following words have been punch stamped as holes at the bottom of the title page 'Complimentary Copy Not for Sale' else contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is a little edge-chipped. A very nice copy of the first Faber edition.

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SQUADRON LEADER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1201131
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1946. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates, including frontis. 296 pages. SIGNED by author. Top and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners bumped. Bright pictorial wrapper is slightly edge-chipped. A very nice bright copy.

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MERCURY THE STORY TELLER
Written by A.M. Campbell; W. Mord. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 386479
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Very good condition.

Olympian Series. Large format. Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial front board. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Corners worn, some light fading/browning to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Small bookworn hole to inner margin beside title-page. Light browning to endpapers. Contents clean.

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FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PALAEOZOIC FOSSILS OF CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET
Written by John Phillips.
Stock no. 823434
Published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. 1st 1841. Good condition.

Burgundy cloth, rebacked with matching cloth spine. Leather title label and gilt title to spine. xi + 231 pages. 60 b/w plates. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Relevant newspaper cutting pasted to front endpaper. Original covers marked. Rear cover dampstained. Inscription in ink to rear free endpaper which is also a damp-damaged. Remainder of contents very good.

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OBSERVATIONS ON THE WESTERN PARTS OF ENGLAND
Written by William Gilpin.
Stock no. 823435
Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1798. Very good condition.

Modern red cloth binding, gilt title to spine. All edges gilt. xvi + 360 pages. 18 sepia aquatint plates. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty to Which are Added a Few Remarks on the Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight. Light brown stain to lower corner of 200 pages, heavier to early pages though text perfectly legible.

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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH
Written by R.N. Worth.
Stock no. 823438
Published by William Brendon And Son. 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

Burgundy leather spine with gilt title. Burgundy boards. Numerous b/w illustrations. viii + 500 pages including list of subscribers. Top edge gilt. 2nd edition. SIGNED by author. Contents very good but boards faded and stained.

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JOSEPH: A DANCING BEAR
Written by John Barnett. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 385549
Published by Eveleigh Nash. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Green cloth with black title and brown vignette of bear to front, gilt title to spine. 274 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped with a few small splits to top and tail of spine. Spine browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Fingermarks to contents. Dusty page edges. A couple of plates are partly detached. A nice copy of a very scarce book.

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PIXIE PRANKS
Written by C.E.B. Bernard. Illustrated by C.E.B. Bernard.
Stock no. 385447
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A book of colour plates and full-page 2-tone illustrations, pixies getting up to all sorts of things! Large format (10.25 x 8"). Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Spine and cover edges lightly rubbed, corners worn. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Heavy foxing to contents, mainly at margins.

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND DRAMATIC ROMANCES & LYRICS
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 385347
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1909. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 260 copies (of which 250 are for sale). White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignette. 246 pages. 10 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Minimal bumping to spine. A couple of marks to rear cover. Foxing and pale page browning to contents else clean.

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A COMPLETE AND UNIVERSAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Written by James Barclay.
Stock no. 822712
Published by J.F. & C. Rivington. 1792. Slightly better than good condition.

Including Not Only a Full Explanation of Difficult Words and Technical Terms in All Faculties and Professions But Also a Pronouncing Dictionary. Full brown leather binding. Gilt title to spine. Contents very good. Rebacked with original spine laid down.

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WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS IN SOUTH WALES INCLUDING THE COURSE OF THE WYE
Written by Thomas Roscoe. Illustrated by D. Cox; et al..
Stock no. 822168
Published by C. Tilt and Simpkin and Co.. 1837. Very good condition.

Dark green leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled boards, edges and endpapers. 48 plates including frontis and title vignette. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Spine edges lightly rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Frontis and title page heavily browned, a few scattered foxspots throughout but generally a bright clean copy.

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