Search Results: Titles starting with A from Stella & Rose's Books

Published by Crawley Local History Group, 2000. 1st edition.. Hardback. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Crawley is a small village and parish some 4 miles west of Winchester. This book tells the story of its people and buildings, and ends with an extended look at the people of Crawley in the year 2000. A fascinating and readable insight into the evolution of a small community over two thousand years. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour photos. SIGNED by the author (with best regards) to free front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

Published by The Trustees Of The Fusiliers Museum Of Northumberland, 2004. 1st edition.. Hardback. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. An Apercu.

Published by The English Westerners' Society, 2007. Paperback. Nearly Fine. Nearly fine condition. The Brand Book Volume 38, No. 3 Summer 2005. Limited Edition of 250 numbered copies. White pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. B/w illustrations. 23 pages. This copy is numbered 187.

Published by Haynes Publishing Group, 2011. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. An insight into the construction, maintenance and operation of the first new main line steam locomotive built in Britain since 1960. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 154 pages. Small knocks to corners and top and tail of spine. Contents are excellent!

Published by Osprey Publishing, 2013. 1st edition.. Paperback. Fine. Fine condition. Card wraps. Osprey Combat Aircraft 98. Colour photos. 96 pages.

Published by Air University Press, 2003. 1st edition.. Paperback. Nearly Fine. Nearly fine condition. Card wraps. The victory of airpower over a fielded army as told by the airmen who fought in Operation Allied Force. B/w photos.

Published by Ian Allan Publishing, 2016. 1st edition.. Hardback. Nearly Fine. Nearly fine condition with no wrapper. A glorious history of the design, construction and service of Gresley's A4 Pacifics, some of the most beautiful locomotives ever to grace Britain's railways. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. 144 pages. Colour and b/w photos throughout. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.

Published by Pen & Sword Books, 2005. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. An in-depth look at the design, production, evolution, operation and performance of the aircraft. Includes first-hand accounts of flying the Skyhawk in action. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & bw photos and illustrations. 304 pages. Spine bumped, corners rubbed. Contents fine. Slight creasing to wrapper (particularly visible on verso).

Published by Methuen, 2001. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences of the Second World War. B/w tables, photos and diagrams. A few minor marks to endpapers. Text block just a little grubby. Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed with a few light sratches to rear panel.

Published by Methuen, 2001. 1st edition.. Hardback. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences of the Second World War. B/w tables, photos and diagrams. A lovely copy with no significant faults.

Published by Frederick Muller Ltd., 1946. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good/Good. Illustrated by Horder, Margaret. Almost very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 219 pages. White and brown marks (possible small cup ring marks) to front cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some wrinkling to tops of pages. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with a little loss; some browning to spine.

Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1877. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by George, Ernest & Thomas, R. Kent. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Grey cloth with gilt titles and black decorations. B/w etchings and vignettes by George and Thomas. Gilt to spine has faded. Small splits/nicks/fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. Also wear to cover edges; a few knocks and nicks. Foxing and marks throughout, some hinges / gatherings are pulled.

Published by Collins, 1943. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Orange cloth, silver titles. Colour frontis. 288 pages, top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Covers marked and faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Frontis is detached but still present. Some hinges cracked. Binding error sees a couple of page corner tips missing (no text missing).

Published by Collins Clear-Type Press, 1931. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Dark blue cloth, gold title to front and spine. Front cover has gilt border. 4 sepia plates. 228 pages. Spine bumped and very faded. Corners bumped and worn. A little fading to rear cover. A few light marks. Front joint is cracked showing webbing beneath. Small piece cut from front endpaper. Date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing especially to prelims and page edges. Contents otherwise clean.

Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Orange cloth with black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis. 288 pages. A chunky volume. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Some foxing else contents clean.

Published by Collins, 1949. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver titles and vignette. 314 pages, top edge blue. Spine slightly bumped with slight fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. A few page corner tips are slightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly grubby to rear panel and has a couple of small tears at conrers and a small piece of loss to lower corner of rear panel.

Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Robinson, Charles & et al.,. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Dark green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Endpapers and title-page are illustrted in b/w by Robinson. Colour frontis uncredited. 320 pages. Gilt to covers has dulled. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

Published by Collins, 1947. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Blue cloth, silver titles to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. 276 pages. 8 x 5.5". Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some closed tears and chips; grubby marks to rear panel.

Published by Collins, 1947. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Brown cloth, silver titles. Colour frontis. 314 pages, top edge red. 8.25 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine and cover edges lightly faded. Front joint is cracked. Endpapers lightly browned, small pink biro scribble to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby.

Published by Collins, 1948. Hardback. Good/Fair/Poor. Almost very good condition in a dustwrapper in fair condition. Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver title and seagull vignette. 276 pages, top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped with fading to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss along edges, rear panel is a bit grubby.