Stella & Rose's Books

SELECTED POEMS AND PROSE
Written by Gerard Manley Hopkins; Ruth Padel. Illustrated by Elizabeth Magill.
Stock no. 1327592
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Ruth Padel. Square format; silver/grey cloth with onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Book itself is fine. Slipcase is faded to one edge

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CARTHAGE: A HISTORY
Written by Serge Lancel.
Stock no. 1327590
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

First published under the title Carthage, by Librairie Artheme Fayard in 1992. Translated by Antonia Nevill, introduction by Richard Miles. This translation first published by Basil Blackwell in 1995. The text of this edition follows that of the First English edition, with minor emendations. Grey cloth with gilt & orange title to spine and blocked design to front. Colour plates and b/w diagrams. Book itself is fine. Slipcase is slightly faded to one edge.

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HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN TIGER AVON SPORTS CAR FOR ROAD & TRACK (SPEEDPRO SERIES)
Written by Jim Dudley.
Stock no. 1827977
Published by Veloce Publishing Limited. 2nd 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Updated & Revised Second Edition. Build your own two-seater Tiger Avon sportscar for road or race track within your budget. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos and diagrams. ISBN: 190478822X. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Contents clean.

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THE TONGHAM RAILWAY
Written by Peter A. Harding.
Stock no. 1827972
Published by Peter A. Harding. 2019. Very good condition.

Yellow cardwraps. B/w photos. 32 pages. ISBN: 9780952345800. Reprint. Barcode label and the remains of a label to rear cover. Else a nice, clean copy.

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MIDLAND ENGINEMAN
Written by Horace Mann; F.G. Cockman.
Stock no. 1827970
1st 1981. Very good condition.

The story of a man, Horace Mann, who loved steam locomotives and devoted his life to cleaning, firing and driving them. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 40 pages. ISBN: 0950787205. Covers are scuffed, creased at spine edge and lightly rubbed to corners. Contents clean.

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PUFF (TIMBUCTOO SERIES)
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 1827965
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

A story in the life of Puff - a sort of Panda from Timbuctoo! Small format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340238836. Covers lightly browned. Edges very lightly rubbed. Light creasing to rear cover. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME: SPRING
Written by Anthony Powell; William Trevor.
Stock no. 1827959
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Spring: A Question of Upbringing; A Buyer's Market; The Acceptance World. Three novels in one volume. Introduction by William Trevor. Burgundy cloth spine and rear cover with gilt title to spine, pictorial paper front board. Blue endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly shelf-scuffed and has some very faint marks (VG+).

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THE FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE
Written by William Shakespeare; Peter W.M. Blayney.
Stock no. 1827950
Published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc.. 2nd 1996. Very good condition.

The Norton Facsimile. Based on Folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection. Prepared by Charlton Hinman with an introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney. Large format. Heavy volume. Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. Published according to the True Original Copies. Leather spine. Pictorial cloth. Second edition. ISBN: 0393039854. A lovey copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing and a small tear of surface paper to lower edge.

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EGYPTIAN WALL PAINTING
Written by Francesco Tiradritti.
Stock no. 1827948
Published by Abbeville Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book focuses on two-dimensional depictions in ancient Egypt, examining them as part of an elaborate code designed to maintain the so-called Maat - or Cosmic Order, Truth-Justice, and Universal Harmony - and thus integral to Egyptian lives and beliefs. Very large format. Very heavy. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789210081. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top front corner. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed to lower rear corner (NR F).

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THE SCARLET HERRING AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Edward Abbott Parry. Illustrated by A. D. Rusden.
Stock no. 1827946
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Green cloth with red and black title and vignette to front; gilt title to spine. All edges gilt. 252 pages. Boards a little grubby. Gilt text block nice and bright. Light browning to endpapers. Top margin of prelims a little chipped and torn (likely from being prised open). Front joint is pulled between verso of front endpaper and half-title page else binding is tight.

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THE POLE STAR FAMILY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ruth Gervis.
Stock no. 1827945
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mike, Belinda and Ann had been ill, and they wanted a real change! So they left their caravans and went off with their parents and Granny in a big ship, the Pole Star. Blue boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 88 pages Foxing present, mainly to text block, endpapers and page edges. Tiny closed tear to lower edge of title page (no loss, minor). Contents browned. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped at corners.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF THE LAKE DISTRICT
Written by John Parker.
Stock no. 1827944
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Series No. 74. With 8 Colour plates and 67 Black and white photographs. ISBN: 0723215707. Minor fading to lower edge of boards. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, red title to spine faded to orange. A nice copy.

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