Stella & Rose's Books

TORTY OF WOODEND
Written by Fred J. Speakman. Illustrated by Jill Gaze.
Stock no. 1330475
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Brown mottled boards, silver titles. 93 pages. Story about a very old and wise tortoise. A few b/w drawings to text. ISBN: 0071351731. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light browning to front free-endpaper and some light foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE TIME PARADOX
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 1330439
Published by Puffin Books; The Penguin Group. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

One of the Artemis Fowl Series. Black boards, gilt symbol title to spine. ISBN: 9780141383330. SIGNED by the author to the title-page. Very pale page browning else contents fine. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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MEMORIES OF STROUD
Written by Tamsin Treverton Jones.
Stock no. 1830542
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stroud, an old hill town historically linked to the cloth industry, has seen enormous change during the last century. This book offers the reader a fascinating view of the town's past and will appeal to all those who know the area. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 0752434373. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top edge of rear cover lightly rubbed. Covers lightly scuffed. A nice, clean copy.

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IN SEARCH OF THE WALLYPUG
Written by G.E. Farrow. Illustrated by Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1330420
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. 1st 1903. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. 205 pages, all edges gilt. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper (inscribed "author's autograph copy G.E. Farrow"), small stick partially removed to same page which looks like a prize award sticker. Ghosting due to page browning to front fly-leaf. Browning to rear fly-leaf. Foxing, mainly to prelims. Covers are browned to spine and slightly dulled with some very light spotting to front cover. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed.

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INKHEART
Written by Cornelia Funke.
Stock no. 1330417
Published by The Chicken House. 1st PB 2004. Very good condition.

Mo has the amazing ability to breathe life into characters from stories. Years ago he accidentally released a merciless villain from a book called Inkheart...Red cardwraps. B/w chapter headers and tails. 544 pages. ISBN: 1904442218. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Text-block is very slight grubby with a few small foxspots.

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SELF TO SELF
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1330405
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

No. 11 of The Ariel Poems. Large-paper edition, limited to 500 copies. Light grey boards with gilt title to front. Small b/w illustration to half title-page and one full-page illustration. SIGNED by the author to limitation page, this is copy no. 187. A few very small, light marks to covers. Contents bright and clean.

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BIGGIN ON THE BUMP
Written by Bob Ogley.
Stock no. 1830490
Published by Froglets Publications. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the most famous fighter station in the world. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour photos & illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 1872337058. Reprint. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light scuffing and creasing to covers. Contents clean.

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PRACTICE
Written by John Moat. Illustrated by John Moat.
Stock no. 1830469
Published by Libanus Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 300 signed copies of which there are three editions: soft bound, hard-bound, and quarter leather bound in slipcase. This is one of fifty hard-bound with hand-coloured illustrations. The author & artist travels to New Zealand, the birth-place of his mother. Poems and b/w illustrations as well as a few hand-coloured illustrations. Oblong format. Beige cloth spine with white title label, grey paper boards with white title label. Not paginated. ISBN: 0948021322. SIGNED by the author and numbered 38 (of 50) to rear. Gift inscription to half-title page also from the author. A few light foxspots to text block. Boards a little grubby. Contents clean.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson.
Stock no. 1830467
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of the landowner families of the 15th - 19th centuries drawn from county and estate records, and illuminated with revealing glimpses of everyday life - from diary entries, household accounts, marriage contracts, and personal and official correspondence. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 269 pages including index. ISBN: 0862995841. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, laminate is starting to peel away at rear edges.

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DRUMBEATS
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330334
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A desperate drama taking place in the steaming, tortuous jungle of Central Africa. Orange boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 155 pages. B/w illustrations. Contains a SIGNED letter from the author (to the binder?). Spine bumped. Slight mark to top corner of front cover. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears at corners and slightly grubby to rear panel. "Collins Young Elizabethan Book of the Month" wrapround label to wrapper (loose).

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MESSENGER OF FEAR
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1830461
Published by Electric Monkey. 1st 2014. Very good condition.

The Messenger sees the darkness in young hears, and the damage it inflicts upon the world. If they go unpunished, he offers the wicked a game. Win, and they can go free. Lose, and they will live out their greatest fear... Matt black paper boards with black title to spine and decorations to boards. All edges dark red. 308 pages. ISBN: 9781405265157. SIGNED by the author to front fly leaf. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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SEA OF TRANQUILITY
Written by Emily St. John Mandel.
Stock no. 1830434
Published by Picador. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A novel that investigates the idea of parallel worlds and possibilities, and plays with the very line along which time should run. Black boards, silver title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. 263 pages. ISBN: 9781529083491. SIGNED by the author to half-title page which declares this copy is an exclusive signed edition. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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