Stella & Rose's Books

APOCALYPSE IN ROME: COLA DI RIENZO AND THE POLITICS OF THE NEW AGE
Written by Ronald G. Musto.
Stock no. 1814549
Published by University of California Press. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The choices and dilemmas face by Cola, a young visionary and the best political speaker of his time, as he overthrew, without violence, the turbulent rule of Rome's barons and the absentee popes. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0520233964.

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THE LOST POTHOLE
Written by Showell Styles. Illustrated by C.W. Bacon.
Stock no. 1316664
Published by The Children's Book Club. circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Young Anthony Carter didn't expect to become involved in a dangerous pot-holing rescue and treasure hunt when he joined his friends on the rain-sodden Yorkshire Moors... Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations based on the author's sketches. 136 pages. Spine bumped. Name plate (not filled in) to half-title. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby.

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THE FIRST BOYS PAPER OMNIBUS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406711
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1981. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume 41. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. A unique collection, chosen from among the best of boy's pre-war story papers and magazines. Includes The Penny Marvel, Young Britain, The Champion, The Triumph, The Thriller, Dick Turpin, Boys Cinema, The Popular, and Scoops. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 070300221X. Copy no. 62 SIGNED by the publisher. Cellophane wrapper is a little marked. Contained in a grey mottled slipcase that is a little bumped at corners with a little foxing to spine.

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SKY HIGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 2123176
Published by Newnes. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. 251 pages. The First in the Steeley Series, a young adventurer of the skies. Assumed 1st edition 1936 - UNDATED! Spine and cover edges are browned. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Book affected by tobacco odour. Contents are still very good.

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THE FARM
Written by Martin Merrythought. Illustrated by F. Daws; Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1316430
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Young Briton Toy Books. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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A LETTER TO THE WORLD
Written by Emily Dickinson. Illustrated by Prudence Seward.
Stock no. 1406420
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Poems for Young Readers chosen and introduced by Rummer Godden. Grey boards with gilt titles to spine. Green endpapers. B/w illustrations. 70 pages. A little bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn. Light mark to bottom of spine/ rear panel. Laminate on spine beginning to crack. Spine is browned. Light foxing.

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MAGAZINE FOR THE YOUNG 1863
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506837
Published by John & Charles Mozley; Joseph Masters And Son. 1863. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers with gilt title to spine, small embossed decoration to centre of covers. Small format 6 x 4. January to December 1863. 428 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, small holes to cloth at ends of spine. Spine browned. Covers grubby. Joints cracked. Foxing to contents and some pages have brown marks. Light browning, mainly to endpapers.

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MAGAZINE FOR THE YOUNG 1866
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506835
Published by John & Charles Mozley; Joseph Masters And Son. 1866. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers with gilt titles to spine, small embossed decoration to centre of covers. Small format 6 x 4. January to December 1864. 428 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers marked, small brown spot to front cover, white marks to spine. Rear joint is weak. 3" tear to page 43/44. Contents browned with some foxing.

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LE GRAND LIVRE DES PETITS SKIEURS
Written by Antje Vogel.
Stock no. 1506744
Published by Coppenrath. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Large format, 13.25 x 9.5". Blue cloth covers with white vignettes of skiers, dogs and birds. Title and decoration on onlay on front cover. Colour illustrations with tips and advice for young skiers. All text in French. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Sticker to top corner of front cover and small mark near bottom. Crease to top corner of last page. Contents clean.

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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 2122410
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1ST 1977. Very good condition.

Two Centuries of Children's Book Illustration. Large format. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0500270759. A few grubby marks to covers. Couple of corners are a bit creased.

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A CAGE OF ARMS
Written by Sylvia Read.
Stock no. 1506456
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Life in Catholic Spain is conventional and tradition-bound. Beatriz rebels against staying at home and travels to London as an au pair. Here her eyes are opened to some of the realities of life and love. Red boards with gilt titles to spine. 240 pages. SIGNED by author to front endpaper with inscription. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing, mainly to text block and top margins. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a browned spine and grubby rear panel.

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MARGERY MEETS THE ROSES
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1316081
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

18-year-old Margery Paine goes to Rainbows, a model village built by a young heiress, to open its first sweet shop. Blue cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 258 pages. Spine and corners bumped, slight browning to lower edges of covers. Prize plate to front free-endpaper has been mostly removed. Foxing to contents which are otherwise clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to spine and corners and is slightly grubby to rear panel.

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