Stella & Rose's Books

SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1503906
Published by Houlston and Stoneman. 1845. Slightly better than good condition.

From the Records of the Baptist Missions. Small format 4.75 x 3", dark green boards with blind decoration, gilt titles and decoration to spine. 15 stories. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and marked. Front joint is badly cracked but still firm, a couple of hinges cracked. Full page neat ink inscription to front endpaper. A little browning and a few marks to contents but generally clean.

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FILM LOVERS ANNUAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1810608
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Verso of front endpaper shows Gary Cooper and Marion Davies. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Free endpapers lightly foxed. Spine faded. Corners worn.

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THUNDER OVER KASHMIR
Written by Maurice Cohen.
Stock no. 1810602
Published by Sangam Books. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition.

First eye-witness story of the Kashmir Operations to be published in book form. Reprint of an earlier edition and is fully illustrated with maps and b/w photos. Cardwraps. Colour folding map of Kashmir to inside rear cover. ISBN: 0863114911. Front hinge starting to crack.

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THE TRIO FROM RIO
Written by Alan D. Mickle. Illustrated by Bovey.
Stock no. 1810592
Published by Collins. 1947. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"A Book which the Author cannot make up his mind whether to describe as a Grown-Up's Book for Children or a Children's Book for Grown-Ups." Red cloth spine with green title, green paper boards with dark green vignette of the Trio to front. Colour frontis, b.w illustrations. 192 pages. Top edge green. Edges of boards slightly browned. Front joint starting to crack. Attendence inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss and also has some minor foxing.

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LONDON MIDLAND STEAM ON SHED
Written by '45562'.
Stock no. 1810589
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This volume of plans and photographs covers a selection of ex-LMSR running sheds as they existed in the post-Nationalisation era under London Midland Region. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851532896. Light browning to text block. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and rubbed at corners.

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THE F-86 SABRE
Written by R.J. Childerhose.
Stock no. 2115905
Published by Arco Publishing. 1965. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Famous Aircraft Series. B/w photos. Some scuffing and fading to spine. Page edge browning.

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CALIFORNIA PAINTERS: NEW WORK
Written by Henry T. Hopkins.
Stock no. 1810583
Published by Chronicle Books. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A spirited look at the best contemporary painting in California. Forty-one of the state's most noted painters are represented, with more than one hundred recent works reproduced in full colour. Jim McHugh's photographic portraits of the artists add an intimate and discerning personal dimension tot he artists' works and words. Large format. Navy cloth boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 0877016011. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly scuffed.

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100 CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTS: DRAWINGS & SKETCHES
Written by Bill Lacy.
Stock no. 1810576
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How does an architect envisage a building? And how is that idea first explored? Architecture is one of the few remaining professions whose practitioners draw on paper, and in which drawing is essential to the very creation of an idea or project. 100 significant figures from across the globe selected for this survey of drawings by architects. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine and publisher's vignette to front. B/w and colour illustrations. 272 pages. ISBN: 0500341192. Dustwrapper is lightly worn at corners, has a 0.5" closed tear to top edge of rear flap and old publisher's price label to rear panel.

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MOTOR MUSEUMS OF EUROPE
Written by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 2115882
Published by Arthur Barker Limited. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide to all the European museums, describing every serious collection open to the public, and gives technical details of many of the exhibits. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. xviii and 190 pages. ISBN: 021316843X. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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BMW: A HISTORY
Written by Halwart Schrader.
Stock no. 2115875
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A definitive history of the BMW of special importance to collectors. A special chronological section of 146 illustrated pages contains a technical description and photographs of every Wartburg, Dixi and BMW automobile built from 1899 to the present. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 392 pages. ISBN: 0850453453. Light bumping and wear along board edges. Spine a litlte cocked. A few marks to boards. Text block is browned with some foxing. Dustwrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and a few nicks.

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ANDREY LEKARSKI MIHAIL CHEMIAKIN L'ETE DE LA SCULPTURE
No author listed. Illustrated by Andrey Lekarski; Mihail Chemiakin.
Stock no. 1810570
Published by Le Monde De L'Art. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Exhibition catalogue, June-September 1993, Nancy. White cardwrap wallet containing two catalogues (one by each artist). Large format. Text in French. White wallet is browned and grubby. Books inside are clean.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1810521
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus 4 page book list. White marks to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing mainly to prelims and text block. Dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss and also grubby.

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