Stella & Rose's Books

SIMON THE SWAN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1328765
Published by Blackie. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth. Gilt titles to spine. Colour illustrations. 9.5 x 7". The previously unpublished sequel to Lord Of The Rushie River. ISBN: 0216924553. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine, tear to lower corner of front panel.

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ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH: A PIONEER OF WORLD DIESEL TRACTION
Written by Brian Webb.
Stock no. 1829061
Published by Lightmoor Press; The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Armstrong Whitworth's involvement in the development of diesel traction on the banks of the River Tyne from the beginning of the 20th century until 1937 when the company ceased production of diesel railway motive power. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 184 pages. ISBN: 9781899889457. Slight lean to spine. Lower front board corner bumped. Boards a little grubby and a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328702
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine bumped. Some slight scuffing to cover edges. Old tape to pastedowns (also to wrapper flaps), browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Section missing to lower corner of front pastedown (hidden beneath wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with slight loss to top of spine and has old tape marks to edges and tape to edges of flaps (as mentioned previously).

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THE FLORA OF CHEPSTOW
Written by W.A. Shoolbred.
Stock no. 1828930
Published by Taylor and Francis. 1st 1920. Good condition.

The area consists of the lower part of the Valley of the Wye, from Bigsweir Bridge southwards to the mouth of the river at Beachley. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. Folding b/w map of Chepstow area. vii and 140 pages. Boards are almost detached (just hanging on by a thread!). Corners of boards rubbed & worn. Annotation throughout. Map is present and clean, torn at a couple of folds (no loss).

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THE TALE OF A WYE FISHERMAN
Written by H.A. Gilbert.
Stock no. 1828866
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The history of the River Wye from a fisherman's point of view, from early times until the abolition of fresh-water netting. Light brown cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. vii and 160 pages including index, plus 8 page Methuen's general literature list to rear. Pale fading to lower edge of boards with some rubbing of edges. Text block is browned and heavily foxed. Some scattered foxing to contents, mainly to margins. Blue dustwrapper is very browned (discoloured) and grubby, spine is scuffed, top & tail of spine and corners worn with a chip to top of spine.

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A GUIDE TO THE TAFF VALLEY FROM QUAKERS' YARD TO ABERFAN
Written by Mary E. Gillham; Clive Thomas; John Perkins.
Stock no. 1828857
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Depicting what may still be seen of the Industrial History, Geology, Natural History and Following the courses of the ancient Penydarren Tramway, Glamorgan Canal and the River itself. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Cardwraps. 66 pages. Covers are lightly browned. Grubby margin marks to last page (not bad). Else contents clean.

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MR GRIMPWINKLE
Written by Joan Drake. Illustrated by Stewart Irwin.
Stock no. 1828590
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1966. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

It was Prunella Pusscat's cleverness which, with the help of woodland neighbours, brought about Mr Grimpwinkle's glorious victory over the River Robbers. Lively, colourful pictures to encourage reading and stimulate the imagination. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 88 pages. Second impression. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper designed by Eileen Bradpiece is edge-creased and rubbed, a little loss to top & tail of spine.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328410
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partially browned. A few pages are a little marked (text still readable). Small damp stain to lower corner of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is browned to spine and slightly edge worn, there are tape repairs on verso and some touching up of colour.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328404
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Light mark to top corner of front cover else covers are bright and clean. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed with a few small tears.

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THE WORLD OF RUPERT ALBUM 2
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328396
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Book 2 in The Collector's Album Series, celebrating the illustrations of Alfred Bestall. Containing Rupert and the Little River; Rupert's Big Game Hunt and Rupert and the Hazel Nut. Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405240246. Corners slightly bumped.

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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327987
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Decorated card wraps. 4 colour plates and a few b/w text illustrations. 47 pages. Covers are clean but edge creased. Foxing to endpapers and page margins else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge creased and slightly grubby.

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COAL MINING IN LUNESDALE
Written by Philip John Hudson.
Stock no. 1828309
Published by Hudson History. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introductory study into the hsitory of coal mining in the valle of the River Lune and its tributaries in North West England. White & blue cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0953364305. SIGNED by the author to front endpaper (no dedication). Two diagonal marks to lower edge of text block. Bookplate to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean.

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