Stella & Rose's Books

THE ENTHUSIAST'S GUIDE TO VINTAGE SPECIALS
Written by John Bateman.
Stock no. 1818700
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Detailed description of over 80 outstanding specials from the great inter-war period of track and sprint racing. Inspired by and complementary to John Bolster's classic Specials. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854297944. Pages became stuck together at one point (damp?) and have been prised apart, neatly, some imprints from facing page resulting (minor).

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JAGUAR SPORTS RACING CARS
Written by Philip Porter.
Stock no. 1818699
Published by Bay View Books. 1st thus 1998. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Revised Edition. C-Type; D-Type; XKSS; Lightweight E-Type. Design, development and specification described for each model. IN-depth coverage of motor racing in works and private hands. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1901432211. A lovely copy.

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RED ARROWS FERRARIS AT THE MILLE MIGLIA
Written by Giannino Marzotto; Sergio Cassano.
Stock no. 2131781
Published by Giorgio Nada Editore. 1st ITALY 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. 306 pages. B/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 8879112406. Bumping to spine. White spotting to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Contents are still excellent!

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KLEMANTASKI & ASTON MARTIN 1948-1959
Written by Louis Klemantaski; Chris Nixon.
Stock no. 2131778
Published by Automobilia. 1st ITALY 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Green cloth, white titles. Three language edition: English, Italian, French. B/w photos. This is a Limited edition to 1700 copies; 1500 of which in this format. ISBN: 8879600893. Some light bumping along cover edges. A few light foxspots to outer page edges. Contents are excellent! This is Copy No. 413. Wrapper has a few small nicks to top of spine and couple of corners; repaired neatly with sticky tape.

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FERRARI THE SPORTS RACING CARS A CHAMPION'S VIEW
Written by Phil Hill.
Stock no. 2131699
Published by Dalton Watson Fine Books. 1st USA 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Photographs by John Lamm. Book design by Chuck Queener. American edition. ISBN: 1854432125. White marks to covers. Couple of corners are bumped. Pink mottling to endpapers. Contents are excellent! Wrapper edge-creased.

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KINGS OF THE NURBURGRING
Written by Chris Nixon.
Stock no. 2131698
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Der Nurburg-Ring: A History 1925-1983. The author has selected 14 drivers as his Kings of the Nurburgring, including Rudolf Caracciola, Alberto Ascari, Stirling Moss, Graham Hill and others. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0851840701. A few prelim pages have surface paper damage/lifting, where it appears the print has stuck together, rest of pages are excellent!

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RACING WITH THE DAVID BROWN ASTON MARTINS VOL. 1
Written by John Wyer; Chris Nixon.
Stock no. 2131696
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851840361.

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RACING WITH THE DAVID BROWN ASTON MARTINS VOL. 2
Written by Chris Nixon.
Stock no. 2131695
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 085184037X. Light browning/foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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ALFA-ROMEO VELOCE: THE RACING GIULIETTAS 1956-1963
Written by Donald Hughes; Vito Witting Da Prato.
Stock no. 1818480
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Representing a labour of love by two dedicated Alfa enthusiasts, who have made a life-long study of the exquisite Zagato-bodied 1300cc Guiliettas of the late fifties and early sixties. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0854297316. Light bump to base of spine. Faint pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightlys scuffed.

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THE STUFFED DOG
Written by John Symonds. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2131658
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Daisy and her friend discover a doll with a difference! Blue boards with gilt and black titles to spine and decoration to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 60 pages. SIGNED by author, with a dedication to a previous owner. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-chipped, but with minimal loss.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1818419
Published by Daily Express. 1941. Poor condition.

The last hardcover annual to be published during the war years and widely considered to be the best Rupert annual ever. Front cover shows Rupert holding a paddle and waving while Algy looks on from a little boat. First story Rupert and the Red Egg. 118 pages. Backstrip missing. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Boards a little grubby. Name in belongs to box. Front joint split but binding thread holding. Some hinges pulled. Page 15/16 detached but present. Foxing and browning throughout. A few pages have a tear to lower margin, sometimes affecting text.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S DESERT ISLAND
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1318243
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1907. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Large, oblong format. Wonderful colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and scuffed, stain to spine edge of front cover where colour has seeped from cloth. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper (dated 1907). Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint is cracked (between endpaper and title-page). Contents are foxed and slightly grubby. A nice copy overall.

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