Stella & Rose's Books

LANDSCAPES & MEMORIES AN INTERMITTENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by John Prebble.
Stock no. 1608922
Published by Harpercollins Publishers Ltd. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Moving backwards and forwards between the distant and recent past, between Prebble's recollections of his own life and of the lives and history he has written about. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002151847. Spine and corners bumped. SIGNED by author on title page (with dedication). Wrapper is edge creased.

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IMMORTAL MEMORY BURNS AND THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE
Written by Christopher A. Whatley.
Stock no. 1608908
Published by John Donald. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. ISBN: 9781910900086. SIGNED by author on title page (without dedication). This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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A CAGE OF ARMS
Written by Sylvia Read.
Stock no. 1506456
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Life in Catholic Spain is conventional and tradition-bound. Beatriz rebels against staying at home and travels to London as an au pair. Here her eyes are opened to some of the realities of life and love. Red boards with gilt titles to spine. 240 pages. SIGNED by author to front endpaper with inscription. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing, mainly to text block and top margins. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a browned spine and grubby rear panel.

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GLASGOWTRAMMERUNG
Written by Cedric Greenwood.
Stock no. 1608722
Published by Heritage Press (scotland). 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Large, oblong format. An aesthete's trambulation in the gloaming of the tramway age in dear auld Gleska toon. B/w photos. Spine and corners bumped. SIGNED (with lengthy dedication) by author on front endpaper.

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GUMDROP'S SCHOOL ADVENTURE
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1608686
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed boards. Charming story and illustrations about 'the car that's going far!'. ISBN: 0340749776. Light rubbing to corners. SIGNED by author on verso of front endpaper.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316213
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

SIGNED/LTD edition of which 300 copies are for sale. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. White boards, gilt titles. Plates have captioned tissue-guards. 80 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by Aldin to limitation page. This is copy no. 46. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing and slight grubbiness to covers. Evidence of removal of a name plate to front pastedown. Some pale foxing else contents clean.

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JONES OF COLORADO
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1608670
Published by Ebury Press. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Steadman visits his friend hoping to avoid distractions and finish a new book. Instead, he met Jones and succumbed utterly to the cat's sly charm. He decided to buy a brand-new sketchbook - and this is the result... ISBN: 0091809452. SIGNED by author on title page. Price-cut wrapper has a small closed edge tear and 'signed copy' stickers.

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PENELOPE THE FAIRY
Written by Jill King. Illustrated by Janet Kucharnik.
Stock no. 1316149
Published by Vantage Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An imaginative fantasy story. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 31 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0533103622. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription (to David & Audrey) to front free-endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. White pictorial wrapper is very slightly browned.

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CAT & CANARY
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1405642
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1984. Almost very good condition.

Tall format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 086264075X. SIGNED by author to half title page. Top of spine badly bumped. Corners and bottom of spine a little bumped. Surface paper damage to rear pastedown. Small closed tear to rear endpaper. Contents very good.

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A COMING OF AGE AN ANGLER'S SEARCH FOR SOLITUDE CONTINUES
Written by Stuart Harris. Illustrated by Adam Entwistle.
Stock no. 2121616
Published by The Little Egret Press. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Brown boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos and some drawings throughout. Limited edition to 500 Hardback Copies. This is Copy No. 71 (bookplate stating this stuck to free front endpaper. Also Certificate SIGNED by author and Designer loosely inserted. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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QUINTILIAN AND THE CURIOUS WEATHER SHOP
Written by John Hatfield. Illustrated by John Hatfield.
Stock no. 1315784
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. ISBN: 0224616897. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Browning to edges of endpapers and prelims, foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper has a few small marks but is generally clean and complete.

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THE INDUSTRIAL TEAGUES AND THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by Ralph Anstis.
Stock no. 1812314
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the Teagues. The industrial revolution brought unforeseen changes to the Teagues and other working families in the Forest of Dean. Six members of the family are comprehensively discussed. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 086299750X. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to verso of front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly edge-creased and lightly faded to spine.

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