Stella & Rose's Books

COMMANDO
Written by Deneys Reitz; Leo Cooper.
Stock no. 1821301
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1982. Very good condition.

A Boer Journal of the Boer War. Introduced by Leo Cooper. B/w illustrations. Green pictorial cloth, cream endpapers are maps. Top edge brown. Spine browned. Contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is grubby and marked to spine.

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MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN
Written by Siegfried Sassoon; Alan Lascelles. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
Stock no. 1821300
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition.

Beige pictorial cloth, red title label to spine with gilt title. B/w illustrations. Top edge green. Introduction by Sir Alan Lascelles. Spine lightly browned. Green top edge of text block faded. Contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase in almost very good condition, worn and rubbed at edges, open edges strengthened on the inside with white tape, top and bottom fading, a few marks, closed edges splitting.

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THE YOUNG VISITERS OR MR SALTEENAS PLAN
Written by Daisy Ashford. Illustrated by Diana Brough.
Stock no. 1821299
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1956. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine, yellow decorative paper boards. 8 hand-coloured plates. Spine lightly browned, corners of boards lightly bumped, slight mark to spine edge of front board. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Slight discolouration to spine edge of text block. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily worn with browning and splitting and slight loss of surface paper.

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KIDNAPPED
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson; Frank Delaney. Illustrated by Annie Newnham.
Stock no. 1821298
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1987. Very good condition.

Bright blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. Introduction by Delaney. Spine lightly browned, silver title to spine rubbed. Light fading to blue top edge at spine end. Contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and browned at ends.

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SCENES OF MEDIEVAL LIFE (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Joseph Gies; Frances Gies; Judith Herrin.
Stock no. 1821297
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

Three Volumes.Life in a Medieval Village uses Elton in Cambridgeshire as the exemplar; Life in a medieval castle looks at Chepstow Castle in Monmouthshire; Life in a Medieval City looks at Troyes in France. Pictorial boards with gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos. With a preface by Herrin. Top edge of text blocks dusty. Castle & City are bumped to top corners. Castle also has faint fingerprints to verso of frontispiece. Otherwise contents are fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and has a heavy bump to top closed edge (hence bumping to books), also starting to split at top closed rear edge.

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THE DUKE'S CHILDREN
Written by Anthony Trollope; Roy Jenkins. Illustrated by Llewellyn Thomas.
Stock no. 1821296
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Roy Jenkins. Purple cloth spine with gilt titles. Pale blue boards with purple floral decoration. B/w illustrations. Very slight wear to base of spine else a fine copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is grubby.

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SHACKLETON'S BOAT JOURNEY
Written by F.A. Worsley; Duncan Carse.
Stock no. 1821294
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1974. Almost very good condition.

Boards show picture of icy coast line with icebergs. Top edge blue. Introduction and notes by Carse. B/w photos by Frank Hurley. 146 pages. Spine browned. Blue top edge of text block lightly faded towards spine. Contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily browned at edges, worn at corners and starting to split along one side.

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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
Written by Evelyn Waugh; Frederic Raphael. Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman.
Stock no. 1821293
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

Introduced by Frederic Raphael. Green and yellow decorative cloth. Colour plates. Spine lightly faded. Text block has minor mark to lower edge and is dusty to top edge (again, minor). Contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is slightly grubby. and rubbed at corners.

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STRUCTURES: OR WHY THINGS DON'T FALL DOWN
Written by J.E. Gordon; Jonathan Glancey.
Stock no. 1821292
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

For everyone who having accepted his basic premise that 'everything is structure', finds the Parthenon beautiful and wishes to know why a bat can fly into a rose bush without tearing its wings. Blue cloth, white title to spine and green design to front cover. 384 pages (including index). Colour and b/w photos. Introduced by Jonathan Glancey. A very nice copy in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE MIRROR OF THE SEA AND A PERSONAL RECORD
Written by Joseph Conrad; Jeffrey Meyers. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1821289
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Jeffrey Meyers. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine, blocked design to front board. B/w illustrations. Minor greying (dust) to top edge of text block. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuffs.

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THE SECRET AGENT: A SIMPLE TALE
Written by Joseph Conrad; Colin Ward. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1821288
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Colin Ward. Dark blue and silver pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuffs.

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THE KINGS OF ENGLAND EVER SINCE IT WAS SO CALLED
Written by Robert Glover; Thomas Milles; Derek Parker; Nigel Ramsay.
Stock no. 1821287
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

Leather spine with paper boards. Edited by Derek Parker, Introduction by Nigel Ramsay. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is grubby.

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