Stella & Rose's Books

THE TALKING PARCEL
Written by Gerald Durrell.
Stock no. 1330702
Published by Collins. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful, fast-moving fantasty which is a delicioous blend of adventure and lovely Durrell humour. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 190 pages. ISBN: 0001848283. Spine and corners bumped. Pale browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears at top edges.

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THE ATTIC TERM
Written by Antonia Forest.
Stock no. 1330701
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. A "Marlow Family" book. Pretty, clever and popular, Ginty has every desirable quality except the power to stand on her own feet... ISBN: 0571109705. Spine bumped. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge browned and lightly creased at edges.

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COBRA: THE FIRST 40 YEARS
Written by Trevor Legate.
Stock no. 1330700
Published by Touchstone Books. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tells the complex saga of a sports car that was created in the early 1960s. Large, Square format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0955102006. Spine and corners quite heavily bumped. A few tiny indentations to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly worn, small tear to top of spine.

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DAIMLER & LANCHESTER A CENTURY OF MOTORING HISTORY
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1330699
Published by Longford International Publications. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. A definitive history. 329 pages plus appendix. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899154019. Spine and corners bumped. A few light scratch marks and dents to covers. Some wrinkling of front pastedown (binding error) else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and rubbed.

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ROLLS-ROYCE AND BENTLEY: THE CREWE YEARS
Written by Martin Bennett.
Stock no. 1330698
Published by Haynes Publishing. 3rd 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third Edition. The illustrated history of all Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars built at Crewe from 1945 to 2002. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. Large , heavy format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout and a few colour photos. 480 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844254811. Spine and corners quite heavily bumped. A couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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VANWALL: GREEN FOR GLORY
Written by Ed. McDonough.
Stock no. 1330697
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the Vanwall in new light. Reappraising the contributions of the engineers and drivers, and offering a fresh interpretation of Vendervell's part in the story, a book that will be welcomed by all fans of historic motor sport. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861265425. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn/rubbed.

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TRIUMPH T90 & T100 UNIT TWINS 1960-1974 (MOTORCYLE MONOGRAPHS - No. 15)
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1330695
Published by Niton Publishing. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

All the variations are described in words and pictures. Pictorial cardwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos. 55 pages. ISBN: 1855790076. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Price covered with small white label on rear cover, evidence of larger label having been removed to same. Contents fine.

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SIDEWAYS TO VICTORY!
Written by Roger Clark; Graham Robson.
Stock no. 1330694
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's story as a rally driver. B/w photos. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 189987027X. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

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THE BOOK OF THE TRIUMPH TWINS
Written by W.C. Haycraft.
Stock no. 1330693
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman. 1970. Very good condition.

The Pitman Motor-cyclists' Library. Thirteenth edition. A comprehensive and practical guide to the proper handling and maintenance of 1956-69 twin-cylinder spring frame models except 1967-9 models T100T, T120 and T150 (Trident). Card wraps. 132 pages. B/w diagrams to text. ISBN: 0273417401. Reprint of the thirteenth edition. Covers edge rubbed, faded to spine and marked by a sticker (which is no longer present) to rear cover. Textblock is very slightly marked else contents clean.

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MOTORCYCLING THROUGH THE THIRTIES
Written by Jack Gray.
Stock no. 1330692
Published by Gannet Books. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

A fascinating record of motorcycling life in the 1930s. Yellow cardwraps. B/w photos. 190 pages. ISBN: 0952718405. Minimal rubbing to corners. Slight browning to white rear cover. A sticker covers the ISBN number to rear cover and to colophon page (correct ISBN printed on sticker).

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DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED?
Written by Jean Chapman. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1830867
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Measles; Slippery dip; Toppling Boxes; Apple: these are a handful of the expressive headings given to this collection of brief incidents - each one occupying no more than a page, and told in very simple language - which together form a kaleidoscope of typical events in the everyday life of a small child. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Single-colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0207951160. Browning to text block and endpapers else a nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little browned and worn at corners.

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THE SCOTTISH TOWN IN THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 1740-1820
Written by Bob Harris; Charles McKean.
Stock no. 1830866
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

A pioneering study of 18th-century Scottish urbanism. The story of a profound transformation in the nature of the urban environment and urban society. It exxplores the development of Scots burghs, their changing material cultures, regulation and cultural life, and shows the true character of the Scottish urban experience in a period often identified with the intellectual flowering that later became identified as the Scottish Enlightenment. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and a few colour illustrations. xx and 604 pages. ISBN: 9780748692576. Old barcode price to rear cover. Text block a little grubby. Else contents clean.

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