Stella & Rose's Books

TALE OF A ONE-WAY STREET
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1328756
Published by Book Club Associates. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Original stories of imagination that take the reader to peculiar lands where magical things happen. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Bright colour illustrations and b/w silhouettes. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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KING OF THE VAGABONDS
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328755
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sammy is curious to explore beyond the boundaries of the garden and he has an unusual curiosity about his father. Does the band of wild, vagabond cats hold the answer. Blue boards with silver titles to spine. 155 pages. ISBN: 0091719607. Spine and corners bumped. Book plate (with compliments from the Sunshine Club) to front pastedown (hidden by wrapper flap). Light foxing to endpapers and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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A NARROW SQUEAK AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Amanda Harvey.
Stock no. 1328754
Published by Viking; The Penguin Group. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Be they soft and furry, sharp and prickly or smooth and scaly, all the animals in this collection are quite irresistable! Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670842532. Spine bumped. Top edge of textblock is lightly foxed else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN VERSES
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1328753
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1932. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Being When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. Blue cloth covers with gilt borders and vignette to front. 12 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 210 pages. 8 x 6". Spine slightly bumped, light rubbing to cover edges. Some light spotting to spine edges. Light browning to endpapers. Heavy foxing to textblock, some pages and to verso of wrapper (some slight foxing on front). Wrapper is edge worn, grubby to spine and has loss to top of spine.

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THE SOUTHER WAY SPECIAL ISSUE NO 1: 10201-3 ON THE SOUTHERN
Written by Kevin Robertson.
Stock no. 1829063
Published by Kevin Robertson; Noodle Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Promoted by the Southern Railway in 1946 as part of their 'Modernisation Plan', the three main line diesel-electric locomotives did not appear until the days of British Railways. Always the 'odd ones out', their success came as a bit of a surprise although there were likewise times of failure. A comprehensive and detailed account of 10201-3. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. 104 pages. ISBN: 9780955411083. Covers lightly scuffed, narrow band of fading to lower front edge. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH: A PIONEER OF WORLD DIESEL TRACTION
Written by Brian Webb.
Stock no. 1829061
Published by Lightmoor Press; The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Armstrong Whitworth's involvement in the development of diesel traction on the banks of the River Tyne from the beginning of the 20th century until 1937 when the company ceased production of diesel railway motive power. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 184 pages. ISBN: 9781899889457. Slight lean to spine. Lower front board corner bumped. Boards a little grubby and a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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HENRY MOORE: MY IDEAS, INSPIRATION AND LIFE AS AN ARTIST
Written by Henry Moore; John Hedgecoe. Illustrated by Henry Moore.
Stock no. 1829060
Published by Collins & Brown. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A revealing insight into the life, work and inspiration of one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century, told in Moore's own words. Large format. Glazed boards. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. ISBN: 185585757X. A few minor marks to text block else a nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel and rubbed to corners.

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PICASSO EROTIQUE
Written by Jean Clair; et al. Illustrated by Pablo Picasso.
Stock no. 1829059
Published by Prestel. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The works in the book include erotic drawings both formal and informal, sketches on the back of notebooks and from private collections, and occasionally paintings and sculptures. Essays by an international team of scholars analyse the primal notion of desire in Picasso's work as well as his relation to voyeurism and exhibitionism, and his understanding of the roles of artist and model. Edited by Jean Clair. Exhibition catalogue. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w sketches and drawings. 365 pages. ISBN: 3791325612. A lovely copy. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-worn across top.

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ART SINCE 1900
Written by Hal Foster; Rosalind Krauss; Yve-Alain Bois; Benjamin H.D. Buchloch.
Stock no. 1829058
Published by Thames and Hudson. Circa 2004. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A landmark study in the hsitory of modern art. Large, heavy format. Green cloth boards. ISBN: 0500238189. Still in original shrinkwrap which is split to top allowing some dust to settle on dustwrapper flap. Lower corners lightly bumped. A nice, unused copy.

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ART NOUVEAU: AN ARCHITECTURAL INDULGENCE (NEW ARCHITECTURE 6)
Written by Andrea Papadakis; et al.
Stock no. 1829057
Published by Andreas Papadakis Publisher. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Andreas Papadakis. The series of movements that formed Art Nouveau are introduced by Victor Awas, a leading international expert on the period and described in a series of essays by specialists from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 136 pages. ISBN: 1901092348. Front and rear joint pulled from front & rear endpaper due to glue of spine drying out. Contents still tight. Name and date in ink to top of front endpaper (also half-title page). Otherwise a lovely, clean copy.

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SILK ROADS: PEOPLES, CULTURES, LANDSCAPES
Written by Susan Whitfield.
Stock no. 1829056
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

From precious stones to spices, from new religions to technological innovations, the exchange of goods and ideas along the ancient trading routes of the Silk Roads has played a crucial role in the development of civilizations across Europe and Asia. An illustrated overview placing landscapes at the heart of 1,500 years of Eurasian history. With contributions from over 80 leading experts from around the world, each chapter explores the history of trade and cultures along the Silk Roads in the context of a particular terrain. Edited by Susan Whitfield. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. 479 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500021576. A lovely copy with no real faults. Green wrap-around has 2" closed tear to spine (no loss).

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LIVERPOOL TRANSPORT VOLUME 5 - 1957-1986
Written by J.B. Horne; T.B. Maund.
Stock no. 1829055
Published by Transport Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Trams and buses. A brief look back to the beginning of the city's tramway system, and then from the closure of the tramways in 1957 until deregulation of buses in 1986 chronicles the fate of the Transport Department. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 252 pages. ISBN: 0863171621. Some light scuffing to boards. Text block and page edges lightly browned. Else contents clean.

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