Stella & Rose's Books

ORIGINS ORIENT AND ORIANA
Written by Charles F. Morris.
Stock no. 2115673
Published by Teredo Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seen within the perspective of the development of the ship from earliest times, this is the history of the Orient Line, one of the most notable passenger liner companies, from its sailing ships through its century of passenger steamships in all its aspects, including the story of the families who guided its fortunes and, finally, all the problems - likely and unlikely - of the design and building of the very last of the great liners seen, unusually, through the eyes of the Company's Chief Naval Architect. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and ship vignette to front cover. B/w photos. ISBN: 0903662078. Some browning to cover edges. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a few nicks.

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FIFTY YEARS ON THE LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY
Written by Leopold Turner; David Stevenson.
Stock no. 1208103
Published by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1891. Almost very good condition.

Together with other memoranda in the life of David Stevenson edited by Turner. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 153 pages. Bookplate of W.H.McAlpine to front pastedown. Front board slightly stained, corners worn. Edge of front endpaper has slight loss. Pencil annotations else contents very good.

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MORE FIGHTING NEWFOUNDLANDERS
Written by G.W.L. Nicholson.
Stock no. 1208102
1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the soldiers, sailors and airmen who represented Newfoundland ion the second world war. xiii + 621 pages. B/w photos. Folding colour maps. Text misprinted on lower corners of two pages (ink very light) else contents near fine. Front cover stained at top edge. Wrapper corners rubbed.

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SCENERY ON THE LINE OF THE WHITBY AND PICKERING RAILWAY IN THE NORTH EASTERN PART OF YORKSHIRE
Written by G. Dodgson; Henry Belcher.
Stock no. 2115652
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. 1836. Very good condition.

From drawings by Dodgson. With a short description of the district and undertaking by Belcher. 12 b/w plates. B/w illustrated title page and b/w illustrations to text. Book appears to have been rebound in blue cloth, with original leather/leatherette spine and title laid down. A few marks to covers. Foxing to pages.

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THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS 1919 TO 1945
Written by Ronald McNicoll.
Stock no. 2115651
Published by The Corps Committee Of The Royal Australian Engineers. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Teeth & Tail. The Third volume of the history of the Royal Australian Engineers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0959687130. Dusty/slight damp mark along top edges of covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and some browning.

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DIMSIE HEAD GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Mary Strange Reeve.
Stock no. 1503792
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1st 1925. Good condition.

Green covers with black title and decoration to front cover and spine. Colour frontis plus 4 b/w illustrations. 280 pages. Covers are damp stained. Top of spine bumped. Wear to corners. Front cover slightly bowed. Prize plate to front endpaper. Top of text block grubby. Some foxing. One hinge cracked. Contents generally clean.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1503791
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1959. Almost very good condition.

Smaller format - 10.5 x 7.5". Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Infant School ink stamp to front endpaper, rear pastedown and one page otherwise contents clean and bright. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Colour sheet has come away from board at bottom corner of front cover. Laminate starting to crack on spine. A couple of light scratches to covers.

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BR ROLLING STOCK FLEET SURVEY SUMMER 1990 EDITION
Written by Roger Wood.
Stock no. 1810369
Published by Andred Publishing. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Locomotives; units; coaches; allocations; liveries; names. Cardwraps. 104 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951601407. A few creases to covers. Contents clean.

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A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE MORRIS MOVEMENT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1810361
Published by Morris & Company. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

And of the Firm Founded by William Morris to carry out his Designs and the Industries Revived or Started by him. Written to commemorate the firm's fiftieth anniversary in June 1911. Small format, cardwraps. B/w plates. 63 pages. Edges worn, covers lightly browned. Top & tail of spine worn. Scattered foxspots throughout. Some hinges pulled but binding tight.

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THE WOODS OF WINDRI
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1810355
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the past with knights, monks, bandits and warriors flitting across the scene. Yellow cloth, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages, lower edges untrimmed (as originally published). Boards grubby. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Some b/w illustrations very neatly coloured in. Browning to text block.

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ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314250
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Seen through the eyes of a child. Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor production. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. A Tuck Book with four delightful colour pop-up scenes. Covers very slightly grubby and edge rubbed. Some foxing and fingering to page margins else contents clean. Pop-ups in good working order.

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A DISCOURSE UTTER'D IN PART AT AMMAUSKEEG-FALLS IN THE FISHING-SEASON 1739
Written by Joseph Seccombe. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy.
Stock no. 1503753
Published by Barre Publishers. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

The annual fishing party at Amoskeag to which the gay and gorgeous aristocrats flocked was only, through geographical accident, the most famous of this type of gathering. And the man who reported it for us had the worst case of social inferiority in his generation, which gives this tract an odd slant. Brown leather spine, patterned boards. 43 numbered pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. Signed Limited Edition. ISBN: 0827171033. Wear to spine, most at base. An odd grubby mark to contents. Limited edition page has been signed by Illustrator but not numbered. Contained in original slipcase which is edge worn with a few marks. Surface paper damage to spine part of label.

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