Stella & Rose's Books

BRANTUB THE DANCING BEAR
Written by Margaret Norton. Illustrated by Kay Widdowson.
Stock no. 2126314
Published by The Bodley Head Children'S Books. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

When the word goes out that the king wants a dancing bear, Brantub presents himself at the palace. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370314093. SIGNED by author to title page. Some fading to spine. A few marks to covers.

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CLICKING VICKY
Written by Clement Freud. Illustrated by Glenys Ambrus.
Stock no. 2126311
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Vicky would have been an ordinary little girl except that she "clicked" every nine seconds while she slept! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720711762. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner. Spine is bumped, with a little fading. Foxing to some pages.

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COSMIC IMPACT
Written by John Keith Davies.
Stock no. 2126310
Published by Fourth Estate. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Every day tons of cosmic dust enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up as falling starts. Sometimes larger stones fall from the sky to the land as meteorites, perhaps causing minor damage in the process.... This book draws together different branches of science and presents a picture of why such collisions occur, what happens when they do, and what the consequences of one might be for the Earth and its inhabitants. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 197 pages including index. ISBN: 0947795200. SIGNED by author to title page. Bumping along cover edges. A few marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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CHILDREN STILL
Written by John F. Macpherson. Illustrated by H.R. Millar.
Stock no. 2125999
Published by Shakespeare Head Press. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 4 tipped-in colour plates. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to front endpaper. Also includes a hand written postcard from the author to the same previous owner. Chipping along bottom of spine; some fraying/loss to cloth. Bumping to corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing. What look like browned glue marks to pastedowns. All plates present.

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NANCY RIDLEY'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH HISTORY
Written by Nancy Ridley.
Stock no. 2125868
Published by Oriel Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0853621918. SIGNED by author, 'with best wishes' to front endpaper. Bumping to spine and a couple of corners. A little fading along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few light marks.

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LANCASHIRE AUTHORS A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Written by John Randal Swann.
Stock no. 2125700
1924. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. SIGNED by (and dedicated to) R.W. Kenyon - designer of the Ewbank carpet sweeper. Spotting and wear to covers. Corners are bumped. Foxing.

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THE PIG THAT SAVED THE CITY
Written by H.Y.J. Taylor. Illustrated by Noreen Littleton.
Stock no. 2125176
Published by Miss N. Littleton. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Ballad of the Famous Pig Which Caused King Charles To Raise The Siege of Gloucester September 5 1643. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette. Red and black calligraphy. Line drawings. Illustrations and calligraphy by Littleton. ISBN: 0950704202. SIGNED by Illustrator/Calligrapher, with No. 199 (assumed Limited edition). A few marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

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FIRST BLITZ
Written by Neil Hanson.
Stock no. 2124824
Published by Doubleday. Circa 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Secret German Plan to Raze London to the Ground in 1918. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780385611701. SIGNED by author to title page. 2nd printing. Covers have wrinkling. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with bookshop sticker to front panel.

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FROM THE PENNY DREADFUL TO THE HA'PENNY DREADFUL
Written by Robert J. Kirkpatrick.
Stock no. 2124522
Published by The British Library; Oak Knoll Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Bibliographic History of the Boys' Periodical in Britain 1762-1950. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780712309547. SIGNED by author to title page. Light bumping to base of spine. Contents are fine. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2124402
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Set of 4 books, each containing 10 colour plates. Books cover following periods: William I-Henry III; Edward I-Richard III; Henry VII-Elizabeth and James I-Edward VII. Red cloth spines. Pictorial onlays to front covers. SIGNED by author with dedication to previous owner to first volume of set. Bottom 1" of spine to first volume has splitting with some fraying of cloth. Some other nicks and chips to spine, with varying degrees of fading. Couple of covers are a bit bowed with some marks. Corners are worn, with some chipping. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some margin marks to pages. Closed tear (repaired with magic tape) to one front endpaper.

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THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
Written by Mac Hawkins.
Stock no. 1610161
Published by Hawk Editions. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Recollections of Somerset at War 1939-1945. Supplement edition. 19 pages. B/w photos. SIGNED by author (without dedication) on title page. Light fading to cover edges.

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THE PASSAGE MAKERS
Written by Michael K. Stammers.
Stock no. 2124214
Published by Teredo Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

120 plates with 22 in colour. The story of the Liverpool Black Ball Line. ISBN: 090366206X. SIGNED by author to half-title page. This is a Review Copy. Wrapper is edge-creased with repaired tear to bottom of spine; fading to spine.

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