Stella & Rose's Books

CHANGING CHEPSTOW
Written by Mercedes Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1809831
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1977. Very good condition.

Revised Edition. A collection of drawings by the author giving a glimpse of the many interesting aspects of Chepstow town. Blue card wrap booklet. 47 pages. ISBN: 0900278390. Covers unevenly browned. Contents clean.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XVI 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710405
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. July to December 1841. iv 700 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: The Broadway Chapel, Westminster; Fire at Astley's Theatre; Timber Houses; Loss of life when a boat being launched at Rotherham overturned with 150 people on board; Landslip at Sidmouth; new Lighthouse on the Godwin sands; Restoration of Chepstow Church; Trial of the performance of propeller driven versus paddle driven steamer; proposed new suspension bridge from Hungerford market to Lambeth; notes on Ross's expedition to the South pole with ships Erebus and Terror (note later lost in the search for the North west passage); Abbatial Grange near Yeovil; Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire; Population Britain 26,856,028; Huge fire at South Molton in Devon destroyed 107 houses; Derby town hall destroyed by fire; fire in the Tower of London; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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TIDENHAM PARISH REGISTERS PART 2
Written by Sarah Ormerod; F.H. Keyte; M. Keyte.
Stock no. 1604511
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1971. Almost very good condition.

Card wrap booklet. ISBN: 0900278064. Covers browned, edge creased and chipped with slight loss.

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A LIST OF VICARS OF CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 2109387
Published by Ivor Waters. 1975. Very good condition.

Red card wraps. 15 pages. ISBN: 095000796X. Some creasing to cover edges and corners.

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CHEPSTOW PRINTERS AND NEWSPAPERS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2109311
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Limited to 120 copies. Red cloth. Originally published in shorter form in 1970 and 1977. ISBN: 0906134129. SIGNED by author. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing and a couple of nicks.

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THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY FROM GWENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1207559
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition.

Yellow card wraps. Poetry by the Chepstow historian. ISBN: 0950007978.

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THE MOSS ROSE PRESS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Linda Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1806809
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 150 copies. A complete list of the Chepstow Society and Moss Rose Press publications from 1948 to 1985. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134331. SIGNED by all four authors and illustrators to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly edge-creased. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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CHEPSTOW MISCELLANY
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1707131
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. 118 pages. 6 x8.5 inches. Excellent black and white drawings and photos throughout. Wrapper torn and repaired with tape. Small hole in side of spine.

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TURNPIKE ROADS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2108996
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited to 105 copies. B/w illustrations. Green cloth. The Chepstow and New Passage Turnpike Districts. ISBN: 0906134315.

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CHEPSTOW PACKETS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 2108995
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1983. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Limited to 195 copies. 140pp inc.index. Numerous b/w illus. throughout. Pull out map of Chepstow as it was. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0906134218. A little fading/foxing to wrapper spine with light edge-creasing.

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CHEPSTOW STREET LITERATURE AND EPHEMERA
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1603670
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 140 copies. B/w illustrations. Revised edition. ISBN: 0906134412. Corners rubbed. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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CHEPSTOW STREET LITERATURE AND EPHEMERA
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1603669
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. 90 examples of posters, handbills, timetables etc. Limited to 120 copies. Red boards. ISBN: 0906134064. Wrapper is faded to spine and has a few sticky residue marks to flaps.

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