Stella & Rose's Books

LAUGHS! SCREAMS!! YELLS!!!
No author listed.
Stock no. 1307388
Published by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.. Fair condition.

The Flip-Flap Series. Over 2,500 funniosities. Contents are in 3 sections, you can turn each section to make funny animals/people. Top 2 sections are no longer attached with rusty staples, but held in with some stitching. Covers grubby and creased.

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WROUGHTON HISTORY PART 3 WROUGHTON REMEMBERED
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Stock no. 1602784
Published by Wroughton History Group. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. A pictorial record of Victorian and Edwardian times in the village of Wroughton, Wiltshire. ISBN: 0950839329.

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PHILIP BRADLEY FAIRGROUND PHOTOGRAPHS & NOTES
Written by Kevin Scrivens; Stephen Smith.
Stock no. 1602766
Published by New Era Publications. 1st 1999. Fine condition.

January 1932-December 1938. Collection of captioned b/w photos together with selected notes from Philip Bradley's notebooks. . Large format. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0953509729.

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THE GRANDMOTHER STONE
Written by Margaret Greaves.
Stock no. 1805506
Published by Methuen. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A finely perceived drawing of adolescent love against a turbulent background of witch-craft and passion. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0416660606. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine.

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HELLO NELLIE AND THE DRAGON
Written by Elizabeth Lindsay. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 1805505
Published by Back To Front. 1st thus 2003. Fine condition.

Nellie loves Gertrude the dragon who lives in her shed but she is always having to get her out of trouble! What would you do if your dragon friend burnt her bottom on a hot air balloon, stole a mattress and broke your stilts? Yellow cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 190452902X. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to title page.

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SLAVES OF THE MASTERY
Written by William Nicholson.
Stock no. 1805493
Published by Mammoth. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Wind On Fire II. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. ISBN: 074974152X.

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ROADS AND RAILS OF LONDON 1900-1933
Written by Charles F. Klapper.
Stock no. 1705474
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0711006628. Wrapper browned and price-cut.

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SPIDER IN THE SKY
Written by Anne Rose. Illustrated by Gail Owens.
Stock no. 1805487
Published by Harper & Row. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Based upon the story 'How the Sun Came' from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. Relates how Grandmother Spider brought fire and light to the animals in the long ago. Matt blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0060250739. Corners lightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is a little grubby and worn at corners.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2106668
Published by Van Holkema & Warendorf. 1st 1906. Almost very good condition.

Full leather binding with gilt titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Ribbon ties weaved into binding of covers. 50 colour plates; tipped-in. Heavy, hand-made paper. Text is in Dutch. A lovely edition! Limited edition to 325 copies. 8" split to top of spine next to front cover. 3-4" split to base of spine on rear side of covers. Bumping and wear to corners and spine. A little chipping along cover edges. Original ribbon ties are still present on binding - one to bottom of front cover has partly torn off, so can not be tied to ribbon on rear cover; original piece of torn of ribbon still present inside, but detached. A few marks to covers. Looks like repair work has been professionally done at some point; new overlap edges have been very neatly added, so protecting more original corners. The book also appears to have new endpapers. Some foxing to outer page edges and a few to some pages internally. Some creasing to uncut page edges. All plates are present and in excellent condition!

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OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN
Written by Agnes Castle; Egerton Castle. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2106665
Published by William Heinemann. 2nd 1915. Very good condition.

Green cloth covers, gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Endpapers are illustrated. 8 beautiful guarded colour plates and many b/w text illustrations throughout. 304 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little uneven browning to covers. A few marks/scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing to outer page edges and a few pages internally. All plates present.

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THE DIAMOND JUBILEE IN CHESHIRE
Written by John H. Cooke.
Stock no. 2106651
Published by Mackie & Co. Limited. 1899. Very good condition.

A descriptive account of how the 60th year of the glorious reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India was celebrated in the County of Chester. With numerous illustrations. Limited edition to 200 copies (Royal Quarto). Large format. Copy No. 123.Front cover is a bit bowed. Some grubby marks to covers; a little fraying to cloth in a couple of places. Joints are a little cracked. Contents clean and bright.

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BIBLIOTHECA CESTRIENSIS
Written by John H. Cooke.
Stock no. 2106650
Published by Mackie & Co. Limited. 1904. Very good condition.

Or a biographical account of books, maps, plates and other printed matter relating to, printed or published in, or written by authors resident in the county of Chester. Illustrated with views of old halls in Cheshire. Compiled by Cooke. Large format. Limited to 200 copies. Some wear to covers; a little scuffing and bumping, damp marking to rear cover, with bad wear to top edge. Copy no. 100 (Royal quarto). Some grubby margin marks and a couple of pages have small nicks to edges.

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