Stella & Rose's Books

BLUE DOOR VENTURE
Written by Pamela Brown. Illustrated by Newton Whittaker.
Stock no. 1328595
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The boys and girls who started the Blue Door Theatre in "The Swish of the Curtain" and went to Dramatic School in "Golden Pavements" are back again at the Blue Door, running a repertory company. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 8 b/w illustrations. 224 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded at top and tail. Some foxing to covers, endpapers and textblock. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, grubby to rear panel. Some tape repairs on verso.

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BATTLE TACTICS OF NAPOLEON AND HIS ENEMIES
Written by Brent Nosworthy.
Stock no. 1328594
Published by Constable. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wealth of detailed analysis of the various tactical doctrines employed by the main armies of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, giving fresh consideration to the theoretical versus practical handling of the three principal arms of infantry, cavalry and artillery. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0094745102. Vertical edge of text block has a small stain which does not affect inside margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased, has a 1" split at lower front flap fold and is lightly scuffed.

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THE EMETT FESTIVAL RAILWAY
Written by Rowland Emett; Victor Keeling. Illustrated by Rowland Emett.
Stock no. 1328593
Published by Penguin. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Puffin Cut-Out Book No. 7. Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour pictures and b/w drawings. Make your own model railway. Slight rubbing to cover edges and lower corner tips lightly creased. Else a nice, clean, unused copy.

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BRITISH THRUSHES (NN 63)
Written by Eric Simms. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1328592
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Maps, diagrams and text figures. A detailed research into the six true species of thrush breeding in the British Isles; including a chapter of Britain's vagrant thrushes and a further substantial chapter on the seven species of small chat-like thrushes of the British Isles, including the Nightingale and the Robin. ISBN: 0002196700. Spine and corners bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine, closed tear to lower edge of rear panel which is slightly grubby.

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GOWER (NN 99)
Written by Jonathan Mullard.
Stock no. 1328591
Published by Collins. Circa 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 99. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780007160679. Still in original shrinkwrap so cannot identify the edition.

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HYBRIDIZATION AND THE FLORA OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by C.A. Stace.
Stock no. 1828889
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

975 hybrids recorded from the British Isles are represented here. An authoritative source of information for field botanists who wish to discover hybrids in the wild, and for professional botanists who wish to use hybrids for both research and teaching purposes. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. xiii and 626 pages including index. ISBN: 0126616507. SIGNED and dated by author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Base of spine shelf-worn. Top front board corner lightly knocked. Text block lightly browned. Small black inked rubber stamp to front pastedown. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, heavily rubbed at edges with some wear, rear panel is grubby, front panel scuffed.

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF ALIEN PLANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by E.J. Clement; D.P.J. Smith; I.R. Thirlwell.
Stock no. 1828888
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

A broad miscellany of line drawings of mostly unusual alien (non-native) plants that occur in the wild in the British Isles and for which diagnostic, botanical drawings are difficult to find in the literature available in a typical small botanical library. Purple pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 466 pages. ISBN: 0901158321. Book has been read and spine condition is evidence of this in that it has become concave. Spine is faded as are cover edges. Contents are clean.

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THE SPIDERS AND ALLIED ORDERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Theodore H. Savory. Illustrated by Florence M. Brummitt.
Stock no. 1828887
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. Descriptions of every family of British spiders, every species of harvestman and false scorpion, also the more familiar of the British mites and sea-spiders. Brown imitation leather with gilt and black titles. Pictorial endpapers. 63 figures in colour. 130 illustrations and 88 diagrams. 223 pages including index. Reprint. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few small chips, top of spine missing, rear panel grubby.

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ALIEN PLANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by E.J. Clement; M.C. Foster.
Stock no. 1828886
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

A provisional catalogue of vascular plants (excluding grasses). Red cardwraps with white floral illustration. xviii and 590 pages including index. ISBN: 0901158232. Spine faded to pink with vertical crease through use. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Some creasing to covers. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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FLORA OF CONNEMARA AND THE BURREN
Written by D.A. Webb; Mary J.P. Scannell.
Stock no. 1828885
Published by Royal Dublin Society; Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Connemara and the Burren are two adjacent but strongly contrasted regions of the west of Ireland which have long been famous among botanists for their wealth of rare and interesting plants. Designed to be used in conjunction with a systematic Flora, but contains many hints on identification which will be appreciated by the less experienced botanist. Olive green cloth boards, navy title block with gilt title to spine. A few b/w and colour photos. xlv and 322 pages including index. ISBN: 052123395X. Base of spine shelf-worn, light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapperis faded to spine with some fading to rear panel, wear to top of spine.

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FLOWERS OF GREECE AND THE BALKANS A FIELD GUIDE
Written by Oleg Polunin. Illustrated by Oleg Polunin; et al..
Stock no. 1828884
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Almost 3000 species of flowering plants named or described, and keyed. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. xv and 592 pages plus colour plates to rear. ISBN: 0192176269. Vertical crease to spine - reading wear. Base of spine lightly worn with a tiny piece of fraying. Text block browned. Ownership inscription in ink to top of title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and scuffed.

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A REVIEW OF THE CORNISH FLORA 1980
Written by L.J. Margetts; R.W. David.
Stock no. 1828883
Published by Institute Of Cornish Studies. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first comprehensive survey of all the flowering plants and ferns of Cornwall (including casuals) to appear since Davey's 'Flora' (1909) and Thurston and Vigurs' 'Supplement' (1922). Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0903686341. Boards clean. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. A few pencilled marks to a few page margins. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate.

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