Stella & Rose's Books

FIVE GET INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1325546
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1955. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Yellow and black pictorial endpapers. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Sixth impression. Spine bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to textblock, light browning to verso of frontis. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Front flap of dustwrapper is missing, remainder of wrapper is creased and torn with loss to top and tail of spine and also to top rear corner.

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TORPEDO AIRMEN: MISSIONS WITH BRISTOL BEAUFORTS 1940-42
Written by Roy Conyers Nesbit.
Stock no. 1825975
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The vivid stories of a suicidal attack on the Schamorst, a night-time torpedo attack on Cherbourg, the winning of a Victoria Cross, a dramatic episode in the 'Channel Dash', the strange events that followed the death of a Commanding Officer, the sinking of an Italian Cruiser, the sky-jacking of an enemy aircraft and a forced landing in the middle of a battle in North Africa. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0718303695. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear to lower edge of front flap fold and is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM
Written by Edgar Allan Poe; Marilynne Robinson. Illustrated by David Lupton.
Stock no. 1825970
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2015. Very good condition.

Introduced by Marilynne Robinson. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Small format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine, with blocked design to front. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is marked and scuffed.

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THE BEAUFORT FILE
Written by Roger Hayward.
Stock no. 1825963
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851301711. Boards lightly scuffed, corners lightly bumped. A few marks to boards. Text block browned. Minor foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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FLEET AIR ARM FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT SINCE 1946
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Mick Burrow; Lee Howard.
Stock no. 1825961
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Detailed individual histories of all FAA aircraft flown from the beginning of 1946 until early 2000. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Colour photos. ISBN: 0851302831. Boards clean. Lower edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, slightly faded to spine, slightly scuffed.

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THE SQUADRONS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Theo Ballance.
Stock no. 1825960
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 2nd 1994. Very good condition.

2nd Revised Edition. The book represents the culmination of 40 years research into the histories of the Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm. B/w photos. 544 pages. The book makes possible the identification of the location, role, aircraft, and commander of all Fleet Air Arm Squadrons on any given date. It also includes coverage of Australian, Canadian and Dutch Naval Air Squadrons numbered in the same series as the Fleet Air Arm. ISBN: 0851302238. Spine faded from dark blue to light blue. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Light rubbing to corners, tiny nick to lower rear outer edge of paper covering boards. Rear board a little grubby. Foxing to top edge of text block and a few minor spots to free front endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE DH 104 DOVE AND DH 114 HERON
Written by C. Barber; D. Shaw; T. Sykes.
Stock no. 1825956
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1973. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. Stapled binding. B/w photos. 63 numbered pages. Covers a little rubbed. Contents clean.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325539
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, imprinted in scarlet. 12 colour plates. Published for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and date to front free-endpaper. Tiny margin tear to plate opposite page 17. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine and has some slight loss to lower corner of front panel.

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THE DICKIE-BIRDIE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325538
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

A book of poems about birds. Off-white cloth with green title and pictorial onlay to front. 12 beautiful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly browned at spine and edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT 1939-1945
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Mick Burrow.
Stock no. 1825955
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851302327. Boards lightly scuffed, spine faded from dark blue to light blue (not obvious as fading). Text block browned, contents clean.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING AND SUPPORT UNITS
Written by Ray Sturtivant; John Hamlin; James J. Halley.
Stock no. 1825954
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

An attempt to bring together details of all Royal Air Force support flying units from the formation in May 1912 of the Central Flying School. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 368 pages including index. ISBN: 0851302521. Boards lightly rubbed at corners, lightly scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S PAINT-BOX
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325537
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. 64 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by the illustrator with an inscription to Sarah Mills dated 1964. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed at spine and corners.

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