Stella & Rose's Books

LAMIA'S WINTER-QUARTERS
Written by Alfred Austin. Illustrated by George Samuel Elgood.
Stock no. 2137588
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1908. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 16 colour plates. 4 page booklist to rear. Spine is bro2wned with small split to base. Damp staining to rear, going through to pages at rear. Foxing.

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HAUNTS OF ANCIENT PEACE
Written by Alfred Austin. Illustrated by Agnes Locke.
Stock no. 2137416
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Black/grey patterned border. 20 colour plates. A and C Black 7/6 Series. Originally published in 1902 by Macmillan. 4 page booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks and spots to covers. Foxing to various degrees throughout.

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THE PIONEERS
Written by R.M. Ballantyne. Illustrated by Henry Austin.
Stock no. 2134840
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

A Tale of the Western Wilderness. Blue cloth with black/cream titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis. Scuffing to onlay to front cover. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Mrs. Herbert Railton.
Stock no. 1820468
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st thus 1891. Almost very good condition.

Limited Edition of 150. The Temple Library series. Vellum(?) spines, orange/brown title to spine, green cloth boards. Deckle-edged. Numbered copy 139. Both spines grubby, volume II spine is also worn with chips of missing vellum and title is faded. Endpapers and text block browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight.

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BERT HADLEY A SON OF BIRMINGHAM: A TRIBUTE
Written by Geoff Roe.
Stock no. 2133460
Published by The Pre-War Austin Seven Club Ltd.. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Compiled by Geoff Roe. Edited by Nigel Hancock. The story of a Birmingham boy (H.L Hadley - Bert) from a humble background who by a combination of ambition, application, self belief and sheer bloody mindedness, rose to the pinnacle of British Motor Sport whilst still an employee of the Austin Motor Company at Longbridge. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 220 pages including index. ISBN: 9780957242623. A very nice copy.

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1812 NAPOLEON IN MOSCOW
Written by Paul Britten Austin.
Stock no. 1818382
Published by Greenhill Books; Stackpole Books. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 264 pages. ISBN: 1853671959.

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THE MOTOR FOR THE MILLION THE AUSTIN SEVEN 1922-1939
Written by R.J. Wyatt. Illustrated by Peter Huntley.
Stock no. 1817434
Published by MacDonald. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0356014428. Verso of dustwrapper edge strengthened with clear tape which has left marks on the boards and is bleeding through to the front of the dustwrapper. Price-cut dustwrapper is also faded at spine.

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THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB
Written by Paul Britten Austin. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 2126690
Published by Radiotjanst. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

2 volumes. Summer course in English for Swedish radio. Small format. Cream cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. Includes a mounted miniature book in 2nd volume. Volume 1 has damp mark and some browning to spine. Creasing to cover edges and corners. Each volume has some marks to outer page edges. Volume 2 is MISSING the miniature book (only glue line can now be seen). Also has inscription in ink to beginning of book.

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MIGHTY MIDGETS & SPECIAL SPRITES
Written by John Baggott.
Stock no. 2122281
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the development and successes of racing Austin Healey Sprites and MG Midgets on the British club racing scene from 1958 and in endurance events in Europe and the USA. Green/blue covers with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 1861261063. Light rubbing to lower board edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at edges.

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THE TALE OF TOMBO
Written by Ada Harrison. Illustrated by Robert Austin.
Stock no. 1405583
Published by J. Fairston. Slightly better than good condition.

Number One of the Tally-Ho Books. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Tombo is a monkey. 47 pages. 7" x 4.5". Spine and corners grubby. Covers creased and grubby. Closed tear to the top of one page. Some grubby marks.

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AUSTIN A40 DRIVER'S HANDBOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1811977
Published by The Austin Motor Company. 1959. Slightly better than very good condition.

A copy of this Handbook is sent out with every Austin A40. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 64 pages. A nice, clean copy.

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THE STORY OF ROSINA & OTHER VERSES
Written by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1315040
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine, embossed decoration to front cover. 120 pages, edges not trimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt to spine is a little dull. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to page edges. Piece torn from top edge of rear free-endpaper, small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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