Stella & Rose's Books

CLOSE TO THE EDGE
Written by Dick Sheppard; Jacquie De Creed.
Stock no. 2116967
Published by Tweenbrook Publishing. 1st 2011. Almost very good condition.

So you'd like to know more about stunting..... Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780956532916. SIGNED by Sheppard, with dedication to title page. Spine has crease vertically down it. Cover corners are creased. Glued binding is drying out and thus contents are liable to become detached, indeed several pages are detached.

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SNAILSLEAP LANE
Written by Beshlie. Illustrated by Beshlie.
Stock no. 1504430
Published by Hart-Davis; Gallery Five Ltd.. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The companion volume to "Romany Wood". Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0247128384. SIGNED by author on title page. Bottom edge of spine faded. Pale page edge browning otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper has a little edge wear and one small tear, spine is faded.

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THE NEW NUMBER ONE
Written by Geoffrey Lewis.
Stock no. 1810904
Published by Sgm Publishing. 1st 2009. Fine condition.

1948: the reality of life on Britain's nationalised waterways is becoming apparent to the families who work the narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal. More change threatens as a post-war world raises new demands for faster, cheaper transport, and old ways become out-moded. The concluding tale of a popular trilogy. Cardwraps. ISBN: 9780954562489. SIGNED by the author with dedication to half-title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MELBOURNE TEN
Written by Brian J. Rapier.
Stock no. 1606830
Published by Air Museum Publications (york) Ltd. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Contains contemporary views of life and death from a number of diaries and events concerning a bomber squadron in World War II. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950732613. SIGNED by author, illustrator and researcher on title page (no dedication).

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HEY DAYS IN HAY LLAWENDDYDD YN Y GELLI
Written by Eugene Fisk; Jeremy Sandford. Illustrated by Eugene Fisk.
Stock no. 2116546
Published by The Fitzponce Press. 1ST 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large oblong format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951999605. SIGNED by Fisk, with dedication to previous owners to title page. Light corner creasing.

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GREY TREES CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF LLWYDCOED
Written by Jean John.
Stock no. 2116541
Published by Jean John. 1ST 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952798107. SIGNED by author with best wishes to title page. Spine is faded.

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WORLD'S CHILDREN
Written by Dorothy Menpes. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 1314438
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1903. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition limited to 500 copies. White decorated cloth with gilt titles. 100 colour plates. 246 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist. This is copy no. 322. Spine and corners bumped. White cloth is slightly grubby. Foxing throughout (affects tissue-guards but not actual plates).

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PRINTED KATE GREENAWAY A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Written by Thomas E. Schuster; Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1403761
Published by T.E. Schuster. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. Covering published books, greetings cards, periodicals, ephemera and spinoffs. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951175203. SIGNED with dedication to front endpaper. Light grubby mark to text block edge. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn with light fading at folds.

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ANOTHER KIND OF MAGIC
Written by Mollie Harris. Illustrated by John Ward; John Sergeant.
Stock no. 1713398
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Journeys on foot or bicycle over the hills and in the Cotswold villages. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0701117656. SIGNED by Illustrator 'John Sergeant' with a dedication to front endpaper. Wrapper spine faded and a little grubby.

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A GENIUS FOR FAILURE: THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON
Written by Paul O'Keeffe.
Stock no. 1713374
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The tragedy of Haydon lay in the extent to which his failures were unwittingly engineered by his own actions - his refusal to resort to the painting of fashionable portraits, for example, and his self-destructively acrimonious relationship with the RA. Colour plates. 568 pages. ISBN: 9780224062473. SIGNED by author to title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE FORGOTTEN FARM IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS
Written by Caroline Downey. Illustrated by Caroline Downey.
Stock no. 2116302
Published by Caroline Downey. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Square format. Card wraps. Proper Dragon Tales Series No. 5. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955361852. SIGNED by author to title page.

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DISCOVERING LACOCK
Written by Graham Watling. Illustrated by Graham Watling.
Stock no. 2116300
Published by G. & J.M. Watling. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. An Illustrated Guide and Personal Tribute by the Silversmith of Lacock. SIGNED by author, with inscription to previous owner on the first day of publication. 2-3" to top of spine is damaged to one side - split, but appears to have been partially repaired. Some foxing.

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