Stella & Rose's Books

A SEPARATE CREATION
Written by Graham Pizzey.
Stock no. 1711295
Published by Croom Helm. Circa 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. Discovery of Wild Australia by Explorers and Naturalists. ISBN: 0709940254. Couple of edge bumps.

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YOUNG GERARD
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1502767
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Or Joyce's Tale. As told by Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard. Colourful zigzag pattern cloth covers with title label stuck to front cover. 63 pages. Spine bumped. Covers grubby and foxed with stains to top corners of both covers. Stain also visible on front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing and a few small marks to contents. Small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown.

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PEARS' BLOTTING BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502760
circa 1901. Fair condition.

With Dictionary with 15,000 words. Atlas with 60 maps and Ready Reckoner. Also contains calendars for 1900 - 1902 and Pears' desk friend. Cardwraps with onlay to front and back cover, gold titles etc. Adverts to endpapers. Approx 46 pages. Covers are worn and creased, bottom outside corner of rear cover is missing, writing within title. Pages of maps at centre of book are detached, other pages partially detached but all pages appear to be present. All pages have ragged edges. Browning to endpapers. Some marks to contents. Name to inside of front cover, couple of words to inside of rear cover.

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SUNDAY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Stewart.
Stock no. 1502757
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Mounted on Linen Untearable Paper. 16 Pages inc covers. Warne's Playtime Toy Books. Spine very worn, most of surface paper missing. Creasing to corners and covers a bit grubby. Staples are missing so contents detached. A few marks to contents.

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MUFF THE CIRCUS MONKEY
Written by Lurline McGuinness. Illustrated by Galina Herbert.
Stock no. 1502756
Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Muff is sure everyone knows about circus monkeys, and is surprised to find he is wrong. When he meets Australian bush animals and birds there is plenty of excitement. Black boards with gilt titles. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 29 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light browning to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with loss from base of spine. Tears have been repaired on verso with clear tape.

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SOME CHILDREN OF THE BIBLE
Written by Katherine Kennedy.
Stock no. 1502754
Published by A.R. Mowbray & Co. Limited. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

Beige boards with brown titles and pictorial onlay. White spine, brown titles. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. A little bumping to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers a bit grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxing to page edges and margins. Book has a slight odour.

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JACKIE AND ME
Written by Constance M. Lowe; Cecily M. Rutley; et al.
Stock no. 1502747
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial front board, pale blue spine, adverts to rear cover. Title page says Under the Big Hat or Jackie & Me. Short stories and nursery rhymes. B/w illustrations. Backstrip is damaged with a few patches of loss. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers grubby. Staples rusty. Top 3.5" of front joint is broken. A few grubby marks to contents and pages are lightly browned.

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THE MOTOR CAR: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by Gianni Marin; Andrea Mattei.
Stock no. 1711267
Published by Anthony Blond. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A history of the motor car, from Cugnot's Steam Wagon of 1770 to the 'E' Type Jaguar. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. xxvi and 254 pages. Small mark to base of spine, lower edge of boards lightly browned. Prelims and rear endpapers foxed. Text block browned. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper has some closed tears and a little loss to top of front panel and base of rear panel, is a little grubby.

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COME MOTOR RACING WITH ME
Written by Ian Nickols. Illustrated by George Lake.
Stock no. 1711261
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ian Nickols describes the many different aspects of the motor racing scene, taking the reader for a practice spin in the cockpit, describing the basic principles of design and tuning, and explaining the elements of cornering technique. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 160 Pages. Price-cut dustwrapper edge-chipped, with a tear to front panel and a couple of chips, rear panel is grubby. Date in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean.

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DIRECTORY OF GRAND PRIX CARS 1945-65
Written by Mike Lawrence.
Stock no. 1711238
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Every Grand Prix of the period together with specifications and racing history plus details of some projects which never even raced. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0946627460. A limited edition signed copy. This is no. 12 of 200. SIGNED by author Mike Lawrence and Tony Brooks, John Cooper, Stirling Moss, Roy Salvadori, R.R.C. Walker on a bookplate stuck to verso of front endpaper. Binding of book into covers is lower than expected, (publisher error). Wrapper lightly browned. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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IN THE LEFT-HAND SEAT: A SPORTING BIOGRAPHY OF THE HON. JOHN DAWSON-DAMER
Written by John J. Coe.
Stock no. 1711235
Published by Turton & Armstrong. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of a former Australian rally navigator champion who later established an astounding collection of Lotus racing cars. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xiv and 148 pags including index. ISBN: 0908031807. A lovely copy. Very light edge-creasing to top of dustwrapper and light scuffing. Front flap of dustwrapper has old price-label.

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MIXED PICKLES
Written by Mildred Dennis Burton. Illustrated by Doris Burton.
Stock no. 1502737
Published by Roffey And Clark Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial front board shows white elf holding jar in circle surrounded by elves, animals, fairies etc., blue cloth spine, multi-coloured title. 5 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 83 pages. First story is Dulcie's Party. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Light browning to endpapers. One hinge a little cracked. Contents generally clean.

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