Stella & Rose's Books

OXUS IN SUMMER
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328773
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Salmon cloth, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps of 'Country Round Peranwisa". B/w illustrations. 312 pages, top edge red. Spine slightly bumped and very slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE FAR-DISTANT OXUS
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock; Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328772
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction by Arthur Ransome. Red cloth, black title to spine. Pictorial endpapers are maps of 'Country round Peran Wisa'. B/w illustrations. 350 numbered pages, top edge red. Seventh impression (in a 6th printing wrapper). Spine is slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to top margin of half title-page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little bit edge rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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WITH BEATTY OFF JUTLAND
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1328771
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

A Romance of the Great Sea Fight. Blue cloth with pictorial front board and spine. 6 b/w plates. 284 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Book leans to one side a little. Slight browning to endpapers.

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WREXHAM & SHROPSHIRE: OPEN ACCESS - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Written by Richard Harper.
Stock no. 1829072
Published by Adlestrop Press. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the extraordinary story of the service between Wrexham, Shropshire and London (Marylebone) that ran between 2008 and 2011, told by the people that ran it, and the people that promoted it. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. Colour photos throughout. 256 pages. ISBN: 9780957145610. SIGNED with personal dedication by author, Richard Harper, and Adrian Shooter (fellow railway transport author) on verso of front endpaper. Ink from signatures imprinted on title page. Else Contents clean. Light rubbing to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at edges.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 2: CHESHIRE LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829071
Published by Kestrel Railway Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 126 pages. ISBN: 9781905505036. Pale browning to page edges else contents clean.

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STEAM'S LAMENT: BRITISH RAILWAYS STANDARD TANKS
Written by Kevin Derrick.
Stock no. 1829070
Published by Strathwood Ltd. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

A photographic album depicting the demise of the British Railway's steam era with coverage of many classes of steam locomotives within the series. This volumes includes all three of the British Railways tank locomotive designs, seen on a variety of duties and locations from 1951 until 1967 during their service years. Limited to 1000 copies. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 9781905276875. Rear cover scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE PATRIOTS: A PICTORIAL RECORD VOLUME ONE 45500-45525
Written by Peter Sikes.
Stock no. 1829069
Published by The LMS-Patriot Company Ltd.. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

The first 26 locomotives of the class, 45500-45525. Oblong pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. 123 pages. ISBN: 9781999581800. A lovely copy, no significant faults.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 3: LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829068
Published by Kestrel Railway Books. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 142 pages. ISBN: 9781905505074. Small bump with tear to base of spine (minor). Covers a little scuffed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE LONG REACH: MANCHESTER & SALFORD'S CROSS-BOUNDARY BUS SERVICES 1961-2015
Written by Martin Arthur.
Stock no. 1829067
Published by The Museum Of Transport. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Often Corporation bus services served simply their own towns and cities. It was not uncommon for services to end at a boundary, even when the logical traffic objective was a little way beyond. Manchester amd Salford's muncipal bus operations observed no such niceties. They galloped on in cavalier fashion, ignoring boundaries and providing useful links with surrounding towns. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 9780946022021. A very nice copy.

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THE WEST CLARE RAILWAY
Written by Patrick Taylor.
Stock no. 1829066
Published by Plateway Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The West Clare Railway was one of a network of 3ft gauge lines which mushroomed across rural Ireland in the wake of the 1883 Tramways Act. This is a definitive history of the Railway, giving its entire story from the first parliamentary proposals of 1845, to the controversial closure in 1961. Large format. Olive green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages. ISBN: 187198016X. Narrow band of fading to lower edges of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial green dustwrapper is also faded along the lower edge, lightly scuffed and has old price-label to rear panel.

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THE BABY'S CATALOGUE
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1328768
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The lives of five families through the course of a day - and a night - showing a vast array of baby paraphernalia. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bold, easy to read text. ISBN: 0722657773. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with very slight loss to top of spine.

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OWLET THE GREAT HORNED OWL
Written by Irene Brady. Illustrated by Irene Brady.
Stock no. 1328767
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A beautiful and realistic story of the inexorable ritual of life. Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine and vignette to front cover. Blue endpapers. Wonderful b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 039518519X. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some very faint spotting to covers. Foxing to textblock. Some erased pencil markings to half title-page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, browned to spine with tear at top of spine and just a little grubby.

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