Stella & Rose's Books

FIGHTER BOYS
Written by Patrick Bishop.
Stock no. 1610222
Published by Harper Collins. c. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Saving Britain 1940. What it was to be a fighter pilot, in war, peace and love. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xiii and 434 pages including index. ISBN: 0002571692. Reprint. Spine bumped. Light page browning.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1814763
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Boards a little marked but gilt to front still bright. Cloth backstrip has been re-glued directly to spine, loss to top & tail, touched up with blue ink to sides. Rear hinge pulled. A few marks to contents. A few scattered foxspots. One plate has a corner crease.

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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1507198
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1930. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Spine bumped and worn with a couple of marks. Wear to corners with some loss of surface from top corner of front cover. Rear cover is marked (water?) with light crease to bottom corner. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light stains to bottom edges of endpapers and some pages. Foxing throughout. All plates present and in very good condition. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, also grubby with stains and with hole to centre of spine. Some tape repairs to tears on verso.

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WINGS OF REVOLUTION
Written by J. Railton Holden. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 2123188
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A book of flying adventure. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 319 pages plus 38 page list of publications autumn 1935. The Ace Series. Spine is very faded. Spotting and a bit uneven fading to rest of covers. Foxing and page browning. Book affected by tobacco odour.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1506917
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned with a few white marks. A few marks to covers. Front joint cracked. Pen inscription to verso of front endpaper and school plate to front pastedown. 4" tear to page 115/6 and tear to top edge of 117/8, both repaired with clear tape which is now yellowed. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to text block and page edges.

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FIGHTER BOYS
Written by Patrick Bishop.
Stock no. 1608903
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Saving Britain 1940. What it was to be a fighter pilot, in war, peace and love. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xiii and 434 pages including index. ISBN: 0002571692. Spine bumped. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper edge creased.

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SONGS OF LOVE AND JOY
Written by Horatius Bonardd.
Stock no. 1506022
Published by H.J. Drane. Almost very good condition.

Grey cloth covers, autumn leaves to front cover with gilt titles, black titles to spine. 9.75 x 8". Each page has a verse/song and a beautiful floral colour illustration. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers a little grubby. A couple of hinges cracked. A few marks to contents. Foxing/browning, mainly to endpapers. 37 written to last page. Colours still bright.

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BRIGHT EYES
Written by Mrs. L. Shorey; et al.
Stock no. 1405339
Published by George Stoneman. 1897. Slightly better than good condition.

An annual for young folks. Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing a boy and girl fishing. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Little Browns of Hollow Glen" by Mrs. L. Shorey. Spine bumped and worn with tiny splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some small patches of surface paper damage to rear cover. Front cover is grubby. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Name written on front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to some pages plus brown marks to several pages where something has possibly been pressed into them.

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IMAGES OF CHELTENHAM
Written by Eric Franks Arps.
Stock no. 1811924
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

A collection fo stunning black and white photographs taken in Cheltenham between 1937 and 1953. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0750924721. Slight bump to vertical rear edge of boards. A few faint minor marks but generally a lovely copy.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1404868
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine bumped and browned. Cloth split at top. Corners bumped and worn. Top of boards browned. Inscription in ink to prelim. Endpapers browned. Stitching to top of one gathering of pages undone. Some foxing and light fingering otherwise contents generally clean.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1607324
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Address sticker to corner of front endpaper. Wrapper is edge creased and has a couple of small marks.

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THE BEAUTIES OF PEMBROKESHIRE
Written by F.L. Lowther.
Stock no. 1607296
Published by The Welsh Outlook Press. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. B/w drawings. Front cover bowed. Board edges scuffed and worn. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some scattered foxing and a few annotation marks.

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