Stella & Rose's Books

THE ENGLISH WHIPPET
Written by E.G. Walsh; Mary Lowe.
Stock no. 1828273
Published by The Boydell Press. 2nd 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. An authoritative and entertaining book tracing the story of the English Whippet from a point several centuries before its recognition by the Kennel Club in 1890, through the founding of the Whippet Club, the other breed clubs and the Whippet Coursing Club, and up to the present day. Coursing with whippets is covered in detail and there are separate chapters on the hunting whippet and the racing whippet. Also chapters on breeding and rearing. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851152716. SIGNED by Mary Lowe to title page (no dedication) and includes a signed letter from Mary Lowe. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn, corners bumped. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate to front edge of spine, and is a little scuffed.

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TWO TALES OF THE CONGO
Written by Joseph Conrad. Illustrated by Dolf Rieser.
Stock no. 1828272
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes: An Outpost of Progress; and Heart of Darkness. Beige cloth boards, black title block to length of spine, black image to front. B/w Copper-engravings by Dolf Rieser. An early Folio Society publication - no slipcase, as issued. Text block & endpapers browned. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and is browned, particularly to rear panel.

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THE STORY OF THE JAMAICAN PEOPLE
Written by Philip Sherlock; Hazel Bennett.
Stock no. 1828271
Published by Ian Randle Publishing. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A general history of Jamaica. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 424 pages. ISBN: 9768100303. Text block very slightly grubby. Very slight bowing to front cover. Contents clean.

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IRISH MEGALITHIC TOMBS
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1828270
Published by Shire Publications. 2nd 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Shire Archaeology Book. Second Edition. A concise and easily accessibly summary of archaeological research on meglithic monuments. White cardwraps. B/w & colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0747805989. A lovely copy.

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TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE T120 1959-1974
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1828268
Published by Niton Publishing. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Motorcycle Monographs No. 3. Pictorial carwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951420445. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Rear cover a little grubby. Contents clean.

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THE SPIRIT OF CONWY: THE 20TH CENTURY IN PHOTOGRAPHS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by E.M. Pattinson.
Stock no. 1327939
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Landmark Collector's Library. Red boards, gilt titles to spines. Packed full with b/w photos. Spines and corners slightly bumped. Contents are fine. White dustwrappers are very slightly edge creased.

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LANCASHIRE: LIVERPOOL AND THE SOUTH-WEST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Richard Pollard.
Stock no. 1828266
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. A comprehensive guide to the buildings of South-West Lancashire. Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0300109105. Boards clean and bright. Initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ANCESTRAL TRAILS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BRITISH GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY
Written by Mark Herber.
Stock no. 1327938
Published by Sutton Publishing. 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition (fully updated and revised). Black boards, gilt title to spine. 873 pages including appendices, bibliography and index. ISBN: 0750935103. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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METAL MINES OF SOUTHERN WALES
Written by G.W. Hall.
Stock no. 1327936
Published by G.W. Hall Griffin Publications. Circa 1993. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Minimal rubbing at corners. "Griffin Publications" white address sticker to inside front cover (covering printed publication details) else contents fine.

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YOUNG RENNY
Written by Mazo De La Roche.
Stock no. 1828265
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1947. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Chronicles of the Whiteoak Family series. Adeline Whiteoak is at the height of her sway as a vigorous and domineering matriarch of eighty. Adeline's grandson, Renny, is in a feud between him and his grandmother and his Cousin from Ireland. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Boards mottled by damp (mainly rear board). Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and grubby.

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CIERVA AUTOGIROS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROTARY-WING FLIGHT
Written by Peter W. Brooks.
Stock no. 1327935
Published by Smithsonian Institution Press. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the remarkable Spaniard, Juan de la Cierva, who pioneered the development of the first practical rotary-wing aircraft. Turquoise cloth, gilt title to spine. 384 pages, including production list, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. ISBN: 0874742684. Spine slightly bumped. Slight mark to rear edge of spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, faded to spine and foxed on verso.

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KING OF ALL BALLOONS
Written by Mark Davies.
Stock no. 1327934
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The complex life of explorer James Sadler, the ups and downs of his amazing career. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445653082. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Includes an errata slip. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

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