Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

274 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.

CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE
Written by Richard Dawkins. Illustrated by Lalla Ward.
Stock no. 1824403
Published by Viking. 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The combination of perfection and improbablity that is epitomised in the seemingly designed perfection living things. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0670850187. Second printing. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. B/w plates were stuck together and now prised apart giving surface paper damage and also imprinting of the facing page. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

Buy now for £70.00 Add to Wish List

MEET US IN THE GARDEN
Written by Frances Pitt. Illustrated by Stanley Herbert.
Stock no. 1323770
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black and white scraperboard illustrations. Green cloth. Small birds and animals that can be seen in gardens. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Some neat ink writing to front pastedown and some light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed and a bit grubby, spine is browned.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

ENIGMAS OF NATURAL HISTORY
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by Barbara Greg.
Stock no. 1323679
Published by The Cresset Press. Circa 1936. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 24 essays of curious facts such as the Australian toad that fills itself with water and then burries itself during the dry season. Fascinating! Spine bumped. Covers discoloured. Foxing to endpapers and some pages. Crease to top corner of front free-endpaper. Yellow dustwrapper is grubby and foxed, browned to spine and worn at top and tail of spine.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

SWANSEA BAY'S GREEN MANTLE
Written by Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 1824161
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wildlife On An Industrial Coast. B/w sketches, colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0905928180. Boards clean and bright. Light pencil erasure marks to verso of free front endpaper. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned at edges.

Buy now for £14.00 Add to Wish List

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 2140931
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine and rear cover with gilt title. Front cover is green with black/gilt drawings. The text of this edition is taken from the 1789 edition and includes the first part only, with minor emendations. The additional two letters 'Timothy the Tortoise to Miss Hecky Mulso' and 'On the Sense of Hearing in Fishes', were first published in the 1877 edition of 'The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne', edited by Thomas Bell, 2 vols, published by John Van Voorst. Exquisite full page colour illustrations. A beautiful edition! One small spot to outer page edges. Slip case is a bit better than very good - a few light marks and scuffs.

Buy now for £65.00 Add to Wish List

DERMATOLOGY FOR THE EQUINE PRACTITIONER
Written by Ralf S. Mueller.
Stock no. 2140399
Published by Teton Newmedia. 1st USA 2005. Very good condition.

Made Easy Series. Card wraps. Spiral bound. Colour photos. ISBN: 1591610230. Some cover and page corner creasing.

Buy now for £35.00 Add to Wish List

THE EXTRAORDINARY BIOLOGY OF THE NAKED MOLE-RAT
Written by Rochelle Buffenstein; Thomas J. Park; Melissa M. Holmes.
Stock no. 2140381
Published by Springer. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series. ISBN: 9783030659424. Still in original shrink-wrap - UNOPENED! Couple of corners are lightly bumped.

Buy now for £78.00 Add to Wish List

DEER WATCH: A FIELD GUIDE
Written by Richard Prior.
Stock no. 2140236
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition.

New Revised Edition. The origin of our deer, the history of medieval and later deer parks and the introduction of species like the muntjac. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781846890130. Some fading to spine.

Buy now for £22.00 Add to Wish List

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VETERINARY MEDICINE
Written by Mel Roth.
Stock no. 2140224
Published by Syrawood Publishing House. 1st USA 2018. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781682865774. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wrinkling to pages.

Buy now for £65.00 Add to Wish List

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VETERINARY MEDICINE
Written by Mel Roth.
Stock no. 2140152
Published by Syrawood Publishing House. 1st USA 2018. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781682865774. Bumping and wear to spine and corners.

Buy now for £65.00 Add to Wish List

A HANDBOOK OF LIVING PRIMATES
Written by J.R. Napier; P.H. Napier.
Stock no. 2140092
Published by Academic Press. 1976. Very good condition.

Morphology, Ecology and Behaviour of Nonhuman Primates. B/w photos. ISBN: 0125138504. Some knocks to top and tail of spine. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

THE KOI DOCTOR
Written by Maarten Lammens.
Stock no. 1323112
Published by A Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Your guide to keeping healthy Koi. A guide intended for hobbyists who care deeply about their ornamental fish. Large format. White glazed pictorial boards. 175 pages. Colour photographs throughout. Translated from the German by Emmanuel Lammens. ISBN: 9080856630. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine.

Buy now for £78.00 Add to Wish List