Stella & Rose's Books

THE VISUAL AND VERBAL SKETCH IN BRITISH ROMANTICISM
Written by Richard C. Sha.
Stock no. 1830913
Published by University Of Pennsylvania. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With their broken lines and hasty brush-work, sketches acquired enormous ideological and aesthetic power during the Romantic period in England. This book investigates the varied implications of sketching in late eighteenth - and early nineteenth - century culture. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. 277 pages including index. ISBN: 0812234200. Text block slightly dusty. A few neat annotations to margins else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed with some discolouration and a few small marks.

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STONE AND MARBLE CARVING: A MANUAL FOR THE STUDENT SCULPTOR
Written by Alec Miller.
Stock no. 1830911
Published by Alec Tiranti. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The practical side of carving in stone and marble. A geeneral essay on carving and a warning of its many pitfalls, a list of stones (giving colour, texture, consistency, etc), and a chapter on tools. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 96 pages including index. Boards mottled by damp. Endpapers browned. Tiny nick to front joint. Contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is a little grubby and browned, a few small stains to spine, a few small chips to corners.

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THE ROARING LIONS
Written by J.B.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 1330754
Published by Pelham Books. 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The 1971 British Isles Rugby Union tour of Australia and New Zealand. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 179 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0720705452. Third impression. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Very light marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown (covered by wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is worn and slightly torn to edges and very slightly browned to spine and spine edge of rear panel.

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RAISING THE DRAGON
Written by Robert Jones; Huw Richards.
Stock no. 1330753
Published by Virgin Books. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Clarion Call to Welsh Rugby. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 250 pages. ISBN: 1852279818. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some slight spotting to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Cecil Keeling.
Stock no. 1330752
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Marble effect boards. Small b/w decorations to text. 349 numbered cream pages. Minimal foxing to textblock and minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Slight musty smell to contents. Contained in original publisher's slipcase which is slightly stained.

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PAUL SCOFIELD: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Garry O'Connor.
Stock no. 1330751
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A masterly biography that paints a revealing portrait of a man, who for the serious film- and theatre-goer, is more of an icon than any other living actor. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 419 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0283063491. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some fingermarks to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased/rubbed.

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MY NAME ESCAPES ME
Written by Alec Guinness.
Stock no. 1330750
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Diary of a retiring actor. Black boards, silver title to spine. 214 pages. Burgundy endpapers. ISBN: 0241136679. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and just a little edge creased.

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RADICAL JOE
Written by Denis Judd.
Stock no. 1330749
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Joseph Chamberlain. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 310 pages (including index), top edges dyed pink. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0241896312. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some very pale page browning to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed and just a little browned to spine.

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FULL MOON: RUGBY IN THE RED
Written by Rupert Moon; David Roach.
Stock no. 1330748
Published by Mainstream Publishing. 1st PB 2003. Very good condition.

A wonderful wander through the life of the former Wales star. Paperback edition. 217 pages. ISBN: 1840187611. Slight rubbing to corners. Light vertical creases to spine where book has been held open to read. A few light marks to rear panel. Very pale page browning else contents clean.

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RING MASTER
Written by Mark Ring; Delme Parfitt.
Stock no. 1330747
Published by Mainstream Publishing. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Incredible Story of Welsh Rugby's Clown Prince. Red cloth boards, gilt ttitle to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1845962311. Spine bumped. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased with small tears and a barcode label to rear panel.

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ON TREK AGAIN
Written by J.B.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 1330746
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The British Rugby Lions in South Africa 1968. ISBN: 0720702364. Minimal bumping to spine. Name in ink to front pastedown (hidden by wrapper flap). Endpapers lightly and partly browned. Small brown mark to edge of prelims. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, small printed price on inside wrapper flap has been blotted out.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1990
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1330745
Published by Daily Express. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

No. 55. 70th anniversary edition. Tall 4to pictorial glazed boards - Rupert on a bench with Baby Badger and Little Yum. 99 pages. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850792061. Top edge of textblock is lightly foxed and slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is complete and bright.

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