Stella & Rose's Books

GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT SINCE 1929
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828801
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The development and service histories of all Grumman's aircraft from the earliest FF and SF biplanes up to the F-14 Tomcat and the experimental X-29 with its forward swept wing. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. viii and 584 pages. ISBN: 0851778356. Remains of old bookseller's address label to lower edge of front pastedown with some surface paper loss (hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper). Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has some creasing to laminate and is a little scuffed.

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MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920: VOLUME I
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828800
Published by Putnam. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Edition, revised, updated and expanded. Originally published in one volume in 1979. This first volume covers the history of Douglas and its associate companies, and details all of its aircraft up to the 1967 merger with McDonnell. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 617 pages. ISBN: 0851778275. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Endpapers lightly imprinted with printers ink from dustwrapper flaps. Else contetns clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has some creasing of the laminate, corners lightly rubbed.

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LOCKHEED HUDSON IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Andrew Hendrie.
Stock no. 1828799
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1840370939. Light rubbing to base of spine. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ERKS ON HERCS
Written by Andy Muniandy.
Stock no. 1828798
Published by Hercules Publishing House. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The workings of the Engineering Wing and Mechanical Transport Squadron at RAF Lyneham. Beginning with the very body of the Hercules, the author covers everything from the tip of the air-to-air refuelling probe to the end of the ramp. What makes an Engineering Groundcrew (ERKS) of the RAF a uinique breed within the Aviation Industry. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. B/w photos and drawings. Limited edition of 2000 copies numbered and signed by the author. 176 pages. ISBN: 0952260816. SIGNED by the author. This is copy 468 of 2000 copies. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a bit scuffed.

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BRITISH RAILWAY VANS (RAILWAYS IN PROFILE SERIES No. 3)
Written by G. Gamble.
Stock no. 1828797
Published by Cheona Publications. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial stapled cardwraps. B/w photos. Railways In Profile Series no. 3. 60 pages. ISBN: 1900298031. Covers very lightly browned. Contents clean.

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WINGS ON MY SLEEVE
Written by Eric Brown.
Stock no. 1828796
Published by Airlife. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The incredible story of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown, the outstanding test pilot. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 202 pages. ISBN: 0950454362. Top & tail of spine worn with slight loss to tail. Spine is slightly cocked. Text block is lightly browned and has a few minor foxspots. Name in ink to front endpaper. Couple of minor marks to prelims else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners, lightly faded to spine, a little grubby to rear panel, foxing to verso.

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THE ARMED ROVERS: BEAUFORTS & BEAUFIGHTERS OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN
Written by Roy Conyers Nesbit.
Stock no. 1828793
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st thus 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

By far the most dangerous of the RAF activities during the Second World War were daylight attacks on enemy shipping... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848848955. Spine cocked with definite lean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and is lightly rubbed to lower front edge.

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COLDITZ: THE GERMAN STORY
Written by Reinhold Eggers.
Stock no. 1828792
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 2011. Very good condition.

An account of Colditz, the most famous of the German prisoner of war camps, as seen from the German side. The author was on the staff there for the greater part of the war, latterly in charge of security. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 190 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844155361. Reprint. Cover edges lightly rubbed with light bubbling of laminate. Text block grubby. Rear cover scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RADCLYFFE HALL
Written by Lady Troubridge.
Stock no. 1828791
Published by Hammond, Hammond & Company Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A biography of the writer, Radclyffe Hall by the author of her close friend and companion. Dark blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. 189 pages. Small patch of staining to lower front corner of board. Light fading to board edges. Text block browned. Spine has a slight lean to it. Small name & date in ink to front pastedown hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, browned to spine & rear panel.

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RAAF CAMOUFLAGE & MARKINGS 1939-45 VOL 1
Written by Geoffrey Pentland. Illustrated by Geoffrey Pentland.
Stock no. 1828790
Published by Kookaburra Technical Publications. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Visual presentation of dozens of aircraft in a variety of conditions raising from the slick new machine in factory finish to the mud-stained often bullet-ridden combat veteran. Large format. Light blue cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 0858800365. Light rubbing to lower board edges. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. A few pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Text block lightly browned. Contents otherwise clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed/scratched.

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BELL AIRCRAFT SINCE 1935
Written by Alain Pelletier.
Stock no. 1828789
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the company and all the Bell products. It covers the development of the P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra fighters as well as the outstandingly successful family of Bell helicopters, including the Bell 47, Cobra, HueyCobra and SeaRanger. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0851778518. Light shelf-wear to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed and lightly worn at corners, a little scuffed, lightly faded to spine.

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BIRMINGHAM'S BLUE AND CREAM BUSES
Written by Malcolm Keeley.
Stock no. 1828788
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A thorough description of Birmingham City Transport's buses and trolleybuses. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and a few colour photos throughout. 176 pages. ISBN: 9781854144065. A lovely copy. Cream pictorial dustwrapper has light creasing to top & tail of spine and is lightly scuffed.

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