Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

19,834 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

MILESTONES OF FLIGHT
Written by Michael J.H. Taylor; David Mondey.
Stock no. 1802854
Published by Jane's Publishing Company. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0710602014. Corners lightly rubbed, text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

MOTORLESS FLIGHT
Written by J.R. Ashwell-Cooke.
Stock no. 1702931
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. Gilt titles. B/w diagrams. B/w plates. Spine faded. Corners bumped. All plates present. Some foxing.

Buy now for £48.00 Add to Wish List

AIR POWER CONFRONTS AN UNSTABLE WORLD
Written by Richard P. Hallion.
Stock no. 1802813
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A series of essays that examine the critical role of air power in international security, focussing on how it can influence both combat and humanitarian operations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. xxiv and 247 pages including index. ISBN: 1857532384. Slight bumping to spine and lower edge. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly scuffed and has a tiny closed tear to top front edge of spine.

Buy now for £20.00 Add to Wish List

FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE
Written by Samuel Hynes.
Stock no. 1802806
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reflections of a World War II Aviator. Red boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 270 pages. ISBN: 0747503338. Light pencil erasure to front endpaper else contents fine. Blue dustwrapper is lightly browned and price-clipped.

Buy now for £9.00 Add to Wish List

JIMMY JUMBO'S EXCITING DAY
Written by Ethel Butterworth. Illustrated by Ethel Butterworth.
Stock no. 1702907
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Fold out direction on how to may Jimmy to inside rear cover. Covers grubby. A few short tears to plan at rear. Small stain to top of page edges.

Buy now for £15.00 Add to Wish List

WARPLANES
Written by Peter R. March.
Stock no. 1802801
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Hundred Years of Military Aviation. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1854095269. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped else a fine copy in a grey dustwrapper which is lightly rubbed at corners and slightly grubby.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

THE FRONTIER WORLD OF DOC HOLLIDAY
Written by Pat Jahns.
Stock no. 1802784
Published by University of Nebraska. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Bison books edition. Biography. Doc Holliday was a paradox: respectable citizen and notorious gambler, gentleman and murderer, married to a prostitute but devoted only to the memory of his mother... Pictorial cardwraps. viii and 305 pages including index. ISBN: 0803276087. Corners lightly rubbed, text block just slightly grubby, else a fine copy.

Buy now for £8.00 Add to Wish List

THE BOY WHO DIDN'T LIKE RAIN
Written by Edith M. Bell. Illustrated by Barbara C. Freeman.
Stock no. 1202918
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1943. Good condition.

Oblong format, beige cloth spine with pictorial front board. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Covers are a little bit grubby. Front joint is partly broken causing front free-endpaper to be part detached. Foxing throughout. Colouring (mostly very neat) to the b/w illustrations.

Buy now for £8.50 Add to Wish List

OUR GIRLS' HOBBY BOOK
Written by Ethel Talbot; J.T. Gorman; Bertha Leonard; et al.
Stock no. 1202915
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1928. Very good condition.

Collins Bumper Books Series. Yellow pictorial boards. Front cover shows girl swinging a sports club. First hobby is 'Gardening as a Hobby' by Talbot. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Prize plate to verso of frontis. Foxing, mainly to page edges.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

THE PEDLAR'S PACK
Written by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin. Illustrated by Charles Pears.
Stock no. 1202912
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Delightfully illustrated yellow cloth covers. Brown endpapers. 9 colour tissue-guarded plates and other b/w illustrations. 397pp + 2pp adverts. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and illustration to front is a bit rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown, name in ink to verso of frontis, name address and date in ink to title-page. Some fingermarks else contents clean.

Buy now for £14.00 Add to Wish List

ASLAK WHERE ARE YOU?
Written by Viola Wahlstedt. Illustrated by Tessa Jordon.
Stock no. 1202899
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st UK 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Aslak was disgusted - schools were no place for Lapps. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0333105672. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Dustwrapper has several small closed edge tears and is faded at spine and edges.

Buy now for £5.00 Add to Wish List

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1202891
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Page corner tips lightly creased. Foxing to contents else clean.

Buy now for £150.00 Add to Wish List