Stella & Rose's Books

THE DARK FLIGHT DOWN
Written by Marcus Sedgwick.
Stock no. 1324989
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, metallic red title to spine. Boy is on the run from life with the magician Valerian. ISBN: 184255218X. Very pale page browning. Evidence of pencil markings erased to front free-endpaper. SIGNED by author. Dustwrapper is fine.

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DEIRA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Caroline German.
Stock no. 1324987
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Motherless from birth, fifteen-year-old Deira O'Hagan is suddenly plucked from her tiny day-school and sent overseas to become a boarder at the Chalet School. Pictorial cardwraps. 281 pages. B/w frontis. ISBN: 9781847450968. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Minimal fading to spine. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Book leans to one side a little (just from where it has been read). Contents clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1969
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1324986
Published by Daily Express. 1969. Good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert sitting on rock looking into stream. 1st story Rupert & the Whistlefish. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and worn, spine split at top 1" and loss to lower 0.5". Light stain to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Price on title-page has been torn off with loss along lower margin. Some grubby marks to contents but nothing too bad.

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JIM CLARK LIFE AT TEAM LOTUS
Written by Peter Darley.
Stock no. 1825184
Published by Coterie Press Limited. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A feast of previously unseen photographs from the mid-1960s when the Scottish maestro was at the peak of his career. Large format. Square format. Over 250 b/w photos. 256 pages. Limited Edition. ISBN: 9781902351285. Board corners lightly rubbed, minor scuffing to rear board. Contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is lihgtly scuffed. Contained in publisher's 'Limited Edition' green cloth slipcase which is a little scuffed, lightly faded and lower edge just showing signs of cloth starting to come unstuck. A nice copy.

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DAILY EXPRESS CHILDREN'S ANNUAL No. 4
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 1324985
Published by Daily Express. Circa 1932. Good condition.

7 superb pop-ups. 4 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Includes Rupert and Bill Badger story. Colour pictorial boards. Front cover shows a pelican with a frog. 95 pages. Covers are edge worn. Creases to spine and some chipping/slight loss to top and tail. The film to the mermaid scene has been removed. Pop-ups appear to be in good working order. Some hinges cracked. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

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THE SITMAR LINERS PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Peter Plowman.
Stock no. 1825182
Published by Rosenberg. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Sitmar Liners written primarily from an Australian perspective, but also covers the general development of the company and its operations throughout the world. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 1877058254. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Minor grubby mark to half-title page (cannot be picked up by camera in photos). Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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THE HISTORY OF THE GOTTHARD RAILWAY
Written by M. Hardy-Randall.
Stock no. 1825181
Published by John Cocking Swiss Book Service. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Follow the history of the Gotthard area of Switzerland from the birth of Bishop Godehardus in 961 AD to the present day. The Mule co-operatives, battles, roads and mail communication systems are all covered, culminating in a detailed study of the survey, construction and running of the main arterial rail route through Switzerland. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0953184102. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Boards a little scuffed. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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DAILY EXPRESS CHILDREN'S ANNUAL No. 3
Written by S. Louis Giraud; Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1324984
Published by Daily Express. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows elephant's head. 7 pop-up models: Santa Claus, The Old Woman In The Shoe, The Pagoda, The Flower Fairy, The Woodcutter, The Fair, Elephant Rides. Contains Rupert story "Rupert's Pet Monkey Gets Lost". Covers are a bit grubby and foxed. Pop-ups mostly in good working order, the Flower Fairy has creased so she doesn't stand up. Foxing to contents. Some hinges slightly cracked.

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JUDY THE GUIDE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey.
Stock no. 1324983
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. B/w frontis plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents.

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TIGER: THE HISTORY OF A LEGENDARY WEAPON 1942-45
Written by Egon Kleine; Volkmar Kuhn.
Stock no. 1825180
Published by J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, Inc.. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

The downfall of the legendary Tiger tank. Originally published in German as: Tiger: Die Geschichte einer legendaren Waffe 1942-45. This is the English edition. Large format. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0921991061. Board corners rubbed, top & tail of spine worn, a few small knocks to board edges, rear board a little grubby and with a small piece of yellow surface paper missing caused by removal of a label. Contents clean.

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BIGGLES IN AFRICA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324981
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1938. Good condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth, black titles and sketch of plane gliding over pyramids & palm trees. Colour frontis and 7 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some light rubbing to covers. Large prize plate to front pastedown. Front hinge beteween half-title and frontis is cracked showing webbing beneath, some other hinges slightly cracked/pulled. Light foxing to contents. Frontis is a little 'wrinkled' but no staining.

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1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT 1959 TO 2009
Written by Basher Brace.
Stock no. 1825163
Published by 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In celebration of 50 years of service. Blue boards, silver title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780952214120. Board corners bumped, a few knocks to board edges. Contents otherwise fine. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and has a small closed tear (no loss) to lower edge of front panel.

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