Stella & Rose's Books

ASTRONOMY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
Written by A.E. Roy; D. Clarke.
Stock no. 1709324
Published by Adam Hilger Ltd.. 3rd 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition, updated and expanded. This book introduces the concepts and historical development of astronomy, presents a course on positional measurement and celestial mechanics, and describes the techniques and instrumentation of astronomical observation and measurement. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. xv and 357 pages including index. ISBN: 0852743947. A nice, clean copy. Dustwrapper spine is faded and rear panel is a little grubby/scuffed.

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TOM POES EN DE REUZENVOGEL
Written by Marten Toonder. Illustrated by Marten Toonder.
Stock no. 2001074
Published by Muinck & Co.. Circa 1946. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Text in Dutch. De Avonturen Van Tom Poes Door Serie 1, Deel 1. Covers and contents browned. Contents detached from covers, also covers in two parts spilt at spine.

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TOM POES EN DE RARE UITVINDING
Written by Marten Toonder. Illustrated by Marten Toonder.
Stock no. 2001073
Published by Muinck & Co.. 1946. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Text in Dutch. De Avonturen Van Tom Poes Door Serie 1, Deel 2. Covers and contents browned. Covers detached. Contents secure.

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SPELL SEVEN
Written by Richard Parker. Illustrated by Trevor Ridley.
Stock no. 1108658
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

When Norman is given a conjuring set for his birthday, his younger sister Caroline can't resist experimenting with the magic wand....Blue covers, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0582152542. Front endpaper is MISSING. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and nicks; damp marked to verso.

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THE HUNTED KING
Written by Laurence Meynell.
Stock no. 1108651
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Earlham Library Series. Yellow cloth with black title ot spine. Novel based on Charles I's son when he is hunted from place to place in southern England. A little bumping to a couple of cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with fading to spine and a few marks; couple of small nicks to edges.

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BEYOND THE SUNSET
Written by Arthur D. Howeden Smith.
Stock no. 1108637
Published by Brentano's Ltd. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with some edge-tears and chips - a few small pieces of loss.

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OLD FRENCH NURSERY SONGS
Written by Horace Mansion. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1108635
Published by George G. Harrap & Company. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Blue paperboards with large pictorial onlay to front. 8 pretty colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Songs in French set to music. Spine is a little worn and browned. Splash marks and some uneven fading marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few to page margins, which also have a couple of pages with little damp marks.

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THE LORAX
Written by Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1108629
Published by Collins. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 000195458X. Covers are a little unevenly browned. Bumping and wear to corners and top and tail of spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents are very good indeed!

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ABC BRAINS TRUST
Written by Bruno Frost. Illustrated by Bruno Frost.
Stock no. 1108628
Published by The Conrad Press Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A Picture Puzzle in English and French. A little bumping to corners. Some wear to spine. Pale page browning and light foxing.

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THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne; Edmund Gosse. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1108627
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1918. Very good condition.

As the close of his life approached, Swinburne often expressed his desire to extract from his various volumes those poems addressed to children. He died without doing so. Edmund Gosse has brought together this collection of Swinburne's poems which are concerned with infancy. Rackham's delicate and romantic illustrations are a perfect complement to the text. 8 colour plates plus b/w text decorations. Dark green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Green/white decorated endpapers. 133pp. cr 4to. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Crossed out inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing; mostly to endpapers. All plates present.

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INTRODUCTION TO AIRCRAFT DESIGN
Written by John P. Fielding.
Stock no. 1605431
Published by Cambridge University Press. 10th 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 9780521657228.

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CHAPEL INTO CHURCH
Written by A. John Ward.
Stock no. 1605429
Published by A. John Ward. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Denton Chapel became St. Lawrence's Church. By Rev. A. John Ward, Rector of St. Lawrence's. B/w photos. Light browning to wrapper.

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