Stella & Rose's Books

RHYMES OF OLD TIMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1314642
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Cream cloth, dark green titles and decorative peach border to front cover. Beautiful mounted colour plates and two-tone text illustrations. 108 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers a bit grubby with a light splash mark to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1504446
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

A counting book featuring a tongue-twister and lovely colour illustrations for each number from 1 to 12. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7. 5 inches. ISBN: 022401353X. SIGNED by illustrator on title page. Very light indentation line to rear cover. Erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper otherwise contents clean.

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DOLPHIN BOY
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1504444
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2004. Fine condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Who wouldn't want a dolphin for a friend? ISBN: 184270320X. SIGNED by illustrator on title page. Minimal bumping to lower corners. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

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THE HORSE A BIOGRAPHY OF OUR NOBLE COMPANION
Written by Wendy Williams.
Stock no. 2117046
Published by Oneworld. 2015. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A captivating and compelling account of the early history of the horse and of our great romance with this most majestic of animals. Brown boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 304 pages includes index. ISBN: 9781780747934.

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GWYNEDD RAILWAYS IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Mike Hitches.
Stock no. 2117042
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Text in Welsh and English. ISBN: 0862998034. Light wear to cover edges. Couple of corners are a little bumped. Contents are excellent!

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LIGHTLY: MILAN'S NEW TRADE FAIR
Written by Giuseppe Ripa.
Stock no. 2117041
Published by Charta. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Dual-language book. Text in English and Italian. ISBN: 9788881586745. Light rubbing to lower rear corner else a lovely copy, unread.

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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS HOW THEY INVENTED THE AIRPLANE
Written by Russell Freedman.
Stock no. 2117040
Published by Holiday House, New York. 1991. Very good condition.

Slightly oblong format. Card wraps. With original photographs by Wilbur and Orville Wright. ISBN: 082341082X. 'Newbery Honor Book' sticker to front cover. Some light edge-creasing and browning to cover edges.

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KENJI AND THE CRICKET
Written by Adele Wiseman. Illustrated by Shizuye Takashima.
Stock no. 1504438
Published by The Porcupine's Quill. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Who is little Kenji? Why is he so sad? Lonely little Kenji, What will make him glad? See a boy discover, What he's never had, Kenji finds a cricket, And a mom and dad. Oblong format, maroon cloth covers, gilt titles to spine, cricket vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0889841268. SIGNED, with dedication, by author on title page. Some faint light blotches to rear cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby.

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THE TVRS A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 2117038
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of TVR, one of Britain's best-known specialist car manufacturers, is one of triumph over extreme and persistent adversity, for few if any other companies in modern times can have endured so many crises along the path to financial security. A fascinating pictorial path from the first kit cars to the TVRs of the late 1980s. Second edition. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages. ISBN: 0947981179. Couple of corners are lightly bumped. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Pale page edge browning and minor foxing to top edge, else contents are excellent. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and has publisher's price label to rear panel.

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THE WELSH MARCHES
Written by Roger Siviter.
Stock no. 2117021
Published by Baton Transport. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos of steam engines. ISBN: 085936254X. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and a few nicks; some browning.

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ARCHIE AND THE STRICT BAPTISTS
Written by John Betjeman. Illustrated by Phillida Gili.
Stock no. 1504435
Published by John Murray. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Archibald Ormsby Gore, the teddy bear. This book tells of his youthful adventures while hunting for history and flying with home-made wings over the Berkshire Downs and over the village with its church, its four chapels and four public houses. Yellow boards with small gilt vignette of teddy and title in gilt to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0719534291. SIGNED by author to half-title page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Odd tiny spot to covers. Page edges are browned otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss from top 2" of rear fold. Spine slightly faded.

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A STEP OFF THE PATH
Written by Peter Hunt.
Stock no. 2116991
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A children's story set in Wales. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0862031923. Some light fading to cover edges. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine.

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