Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

26 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

GREAT CIVILISATIONS: CHINA
Written by Ian A. Morrison. Illustrated by Annie Bennett.
Stock no. 1324409
Published by Ladybird Books Ltd. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Pictorial boards with blue and purple border. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0721405029. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

FORD OF H.M.S. VIGILANT
Written by T.T. Jeans. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324293
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A tale of the Chusan Archipelago. Red pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 352 pages, all edges olivine. 6 b/w plates and a b/w plan. Spine bumped. Slight damage to front pastedown (from erasure of a name?). Foxing to contents. Some hinges cracked.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

THE PLANT LIFE OF CHINA
Written by G.P. Chapman; Y.Z. Wang.
Stock no. 1324183
Published by Springer-Verlag. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

Chinese plant life is estimated to include up to 30,000 species and extends from the Himalayan snow line across a diversity of habitats to the lush tropical south... 256 pages. Some colour photos, b/w diagrams/charts. ISBN: 3540422579. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. The book has been covered with clear laminate which is stuck down onto pastedowns. Neat barcode label to rear cover.

Buy now for £38.00 Add to Wish List

THE STORY OF CHINA
Written by Tsui Chi. Illustrated by Carolin Jackson.
Stock no. 1323216
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w text illustrations. 7 x 8.75". Puffin Picture book no. 47. Some foxing to cover edges. Lower 1" of spine split. Some page corners lightly creased. Foxing to page edges.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

THE SOULS OF CHINA: THE RETURN OF RELIGION AFTER MAO
Written by Ian Johnson.
Stock no. 1823885
Published by Pantheon Books. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A revelatory portrait of religion in China today - it's history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China's future. Peach cloth spine with gilt title, peach paper boards. ISBN: 9781101870051. Lower edge of boards lightly faded. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is almost fine condition.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

THE DEMON KING AND OTHER FESTIVAL FOLKTALES OF CHINA
Written by Carolyn Han; Jay Han. Illustrated by Li Ji.
Stock no. 1323026
Published by University of Hawaii Press. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

Retold by Carolyn, translated by Jay. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0824817079. Minimal rubbing and bumping to corners, tiny indentation to lower edge of rear cover. Spine very slightly faded. Contents fine.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

THE TRAITOR WITHIN
Written by Alexander Cordell. Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Stock no. 1323010
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A deeply felt story about Red China. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 116 numbered pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0340134887. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and foxed on verso, rear panel of wrapper is heavily scuffed.

Buy now for £15.00 Add to Wish List

THE INDIA-CHINA BORDER: A REAPPRAISAL
Written by Gondker Narayana Rao.
Stock no. 1823756
Published by Asia Publishing House. 1st 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A study that was undertaken in early 1964 and completed by May that year. Navy blue cloth boards, red title to spine. 2 fold-out maps. Damage to front edge of spine and also a corresonding loss of the dustwrapper (0.75"). Grubby mark to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is also edge-worn and chipped, scuffed and a little grubby.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

LUFTVERKEHR IN CHINA 1928-1949
Written by Bodo Wiethoff.
Stock no. 2138740
Published by Otto Harrassowitz. Very good condition.

Green cloth with cream titles. Text in German. Materialien zu einem untauglichen modernisierungsversuch. With an English Summary. Schriften des Instituts fur Asienkunde in Hamburg Band 39. Some marks and browning to spine, with wear.

Buy now for £26.00 Add to Wish List

THE DRAGON'S WINGS
Written by William M. Leary.
Stock no. 2138572
Published by The University of Georgia Press. Circa 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The China National Aviation Corporation and the Development of Commercial Aviation In China. Red cloth with title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w photos. ISBN: 0820303666. A few light marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is worn with a few small nicks; some edge-creasing; foxed to flaps.

Buy now for £24.00 Add to Wish List

WINGS FOR AN EMBATTLED CHINA
Written by W. Langhorne Bond; James E. Ellis.
Stock no. 2138409
Published by Lehigh Uiniversity Press; Associated University Press. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0934223653. A few foxspots to endpapers and outer page edges. Some grubby marks to wrapper.

Buy now for £110.00 Add to Wish List

THE DYNASTIES OF CHINA
Written by Bamber Gascoigne.
Stock no. 2137770
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. As new condition.

First published by Cape in 1973 under the title "The Treasures and Dynasties of China", this edition follows the text of the revised 2003 Constable & Robinson Ltd edition, with minor emendations. Beige decorated cloth. Colour photos. 208 pages. Slip case is fine. Still in original shrink wrap - UNOPENED! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

Buy now for £100.00 Add to Wish List