Stella & Rose's Books

THE WELSH COTTAGE: BUILDING TRADITIONS OF THE RURAL POOR, 1750-1900
Written by Eurwyn Wiliam.
Stock no. 1828426
Published by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is about the homes of the rural poor during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and in particular the materials, techniques and processes used to build them. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine, dragon vignette to front board. Colour & b/w photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781871184372. SIGNED by the author (dedicated to Ron Brunskill, authority on architectural history). Top & tail of spine a little rubbed else boards clean and bright. Contents clean. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

Buy now for £136.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1328147
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

The perfect showcase for Dulac's genius in depicting eastern fantasy with 20 magnificent tipped-in colour plates. Cream buckram stamped in rich gilt. Front cover has peacock design above and elephants below a central wreath. Spine has gilt titles and vignette of a flower urn. Peacock feather design on endpapers. Brown decorative border to each page. 11.25 x 8.75". Unpaginated. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly browned. Bookplate(?) to front free-endpaper. All plates present and in fine condition. Small brown spot to lower margins of a couple of pages and a few very small, light fingermarks to page margins. Overall, contents are nice and clean (not forgetting this book is well over 100 years old!).

Buy now for £160.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE MOUNTAIN OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328119
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Blue titles. 327 pages. The fifth story in the Adventure series. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn with tears to spine, spine a little faded. Tears to spine have been tape repaired on verso.

Buy now for £140.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328114
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. The third in the Adventure series. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpapers. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with minimal loss. No. 9 written in biro to front panel, foxing on verso of wrapper.

Buy now for £110.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

CAIRNS, FIELDS, AND CULTIVATION: ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES OF THE LAKE DISTRICT UPLANDS
Written by Jamie Quartermaine; Roger H. Leech.
Stock no. 1828368
Published by Oxford Archaeology North. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

This volume presents the results of a programme of detailed archaeological survey undertaken in the Lake District between 1982 and 1989, mainly on the fells above the west Cumbria coastal plain. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos and maps. CD containing detailed plans contained in pocket to rear. ISBN: 9781907686078. Corners lightly bumped. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn, lower edge of rear board has a couple of minor knocks. Previous owner's initials and date to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. CD is present.

Buy now for £100.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

MEDIEVAL CARLISLE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Henry Summerson.
Stock no. 1828316
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The City and the Borders from the Late Eleventh to the Mid-Sixteenth Century. Two volumes (complete). Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 187312418X. Text block of both volumes lightly browned, minor foxspots to top edge. Front endpaper of both volumes has a small, neat name & date in ink. Else contents are clean. Dustwrappers are both slightly faded and lightly scuffed.

Buy now for £140.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

A PICTORIAL A TO Z OF VINTAGE AND CLASSIC MODEL AIRPLANE ENGINES
Written by Mike Clanford.
Stock no. 1327960
Published by Clan Enterprises. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. 213 pages. ISBN: 0951252402. Slight wear to spine and corners. Top page corner tips slightly creased.

Buy now for £110.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: ORDER PASSERES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Arthur G. Butler. Illustrated by Henrik Gronvold; F.W. Frohawk.
Stock no. 1828250
Published by Brumby & Clarke, Limited. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes. Large format. Blue/grey cloth spine with gilt title, blue cloth boards. Volume I: 4 color plates of eggs, 56 color plates of birds. Vol II: 4 color plates of eggs, 51 color plates of birds, appendix and index. Colour plates have tissue-guards. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Ex-Lib with bookplate to front pastedown of both volumes and card pocket to rear pastedown. Not dated. A few marks and scuffs to boards, crinkling to cloth on rear board of volume II. Edges are lightly rubbed, corners are bumped. Endpapers & text block browned. Volume I: Egg plates are MISSING, plate 11 is detached but present. All plates otherwise present.

Buy now for £170.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Jim Kay; Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1327909
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st thus 2022. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated edition. Packed with glorious colour illustrations by Jim Kay, a winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Yellow boards, metallic green title to spine. Complete with yellow ribbon page marker. 246 pages. ISBN: 9781408845684. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

Buy now for £100.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1327888
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Specially rebound in modern green leather binding, with raised bands to spine, title blocks, with gilt titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers. All edges are marbled. Numerous b/w illustrations. Wear and chipping to leather on spine and edges. Some scuffing. Front joint is partially cracked in a few places. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Some foxing and browning.

Buy now for £180.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1327885
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 10th 1925. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition in publisher's blue calf binding. Gilt border to front cover with floral motif at corners and vignette of little girl in mop cap. Gilt vignettes and floral decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Cream and blue pictorial endpapers. Charming verses and b/w illustrations. The first of the Milne Pooh quartet in which we meet Winnie-the-Pooh for the first time in a poem entitled Teddy Bear. 'A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise...' Complete with blue ribbon page marker. This is the second deluxe edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Indentation to centre of front cover, pencil mark to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Small patches of surface paper damage to both pastedowns. Page marker is detached but still present. Some joints are cracked and some are lightly pulled but the binding is still tight.

Buy now for £150.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

TONY BROOKS: POETRY IN MOTION
Written by Tony Brooks.
Stock no. 1828210
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography of a supreme Grand Prix driver. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781899870837. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Black marks to front endpapers. Else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and lightly scored in places, light rubbing to top of spine.

Buy now for £150.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List