Welcome to the Special Book Room
The Special Book Room on our website houses our most collectable, rare or fragile items. Prices of Special Book Room items generally start at £90.00.
If you wish to view our special books in person, please contact us and we will let you know whether the items are located at Stella Books (Tintern) or Rose's Books (Hay-on-Wye).
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A selection of our special Dog books...
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BARKS AND REMARKS AND SOME OF HIS LARKS, BY OUR DOG DASH
Weedon, L.L. & Boyle, Mary E. & et al. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 379352 Ernest Nister. Circa1896. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board. Floral decorated endpapers. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn (covered with clear tape). Edges slightly rubbed and a couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Small splash mark to front cover. Inscription in ink and some extra writing to front endpaper. Joints reinforced with clear tape. Contents lightly browned else clean. One page has a small tear to lower margin. A nice copy. Price: £90.00 Add to Basket or Enquire About This Book |
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LASSIE COME-HOME
Knight, Eric. Illustrated by Kirmse, Marguerite. Stock no. 596707 Cassell & Company Limited. 1st ed 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Lassie, the prize dog of a cottager's household is sold to a wealthy family when hard times befall her original owners. Taken hundreds of miles away, she does what many collies have done before her, she starts for home so that she can be faithful to a duty - that of meeting a boy by a schoolhouse gate. Brown cloth, dark brown title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour frontis. Endpapers are maps of England and Scotland. Front joint split exposing mull holding cover to book. Minor foxing to outer page edges else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is worn, chipped at edges and torn with brown tape repair to verso. Price: £90.00 Add to Basket or Enquire About This Book |
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THE NORWICH TERRIER
Monckton, Sheila. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 627619 . Circa1960. Very good condition. The history of the Norwich Terrier in the UK and America. Also includes 'Characteristic Stories of the Breed' - short stories of individual adventures. B/w photos of years gone by champions. Points standard included along with Oustanding Sires and Dams 1932 to 1950. Brown cardwraps with black title and brown vignette to front. Corners lightly worn. A lovely copy of a scarce title. Price: £90.00 Add to Basket or Enquire About This Book |
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LURCHER AND LONG DOG TRAINING
Plummer, David Brian. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 810272 Robinson Publishing. 1st ed 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. An indispensable guide. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Corners lightly bumped to book and wrapper else a fine copy.1854872389 Price: £90.00 Add to Basket or Enquire About This Book |
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THE SECOND STUDDY DOGS PORTFOLIO
No author listed.Illustrated by Studdy, G.E.. Stock no. 812417 The Sketch. Circa1922. Very good condition. Large format. Brown card covers with pictorial onlay. 16 delightful plates in colour, by same illustrator as the Bonzo annuals. Edges of covers have small tears. All plates are clean and bright. A scarce item. Price: £175.00 Add to Basket or Enquire About This Book |
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