Stella & Rose's Books

THE COLOUR IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (MACROLEPIDOPTERA)
Written by Jim Porter.
Stock no. 2135356
Published by Viking. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photographs. ISBN: 0670875090. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to title page. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper has some fading to spine, with grubby marks in places.

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COMMERCIAL ORCHIDS
Written by Lakshman Chandra De; Promila Pathak; A.N. Rao; P.K. Rajeevan; et al.
Stock no. 2135354
Published by De Gruyter Open Ltd. 1ST 2014. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9783110426380. Some knocks along cover edges; corners are bumped. Sticky label to rear cover. Contents are still excellent!

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THE PINEAPPLE: BOTANY, PRODUCTION AND USES
Written by Garth M. Sanewski; Duane P. Bartholonew; Robert E. Paull.
Stock no. 2135352
Published by Cabi. 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 2nd edition. ISBN: 9781786393302. A few small slight knocks along cover edges. Contents are still excellent!

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THE HERPETOCULTURE OF LEOPARD GECKOS: TWENTY-SEVEN GENERATIONS OF LIVING ART
Written by Philippe De Vosjoli; Ron Tremper; Roger Klingenberg.
Stock no. 2135348
Published by Advanced Visions Inc.. 2005. Very good condition.

Information on husbandry, veterinary medicine, breeding and vivarium design. Card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0974297127. Some fading to spine. Old price stickers to rear cover.

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THE PAPER DOLL'S HOUSE OF MISS SARAH ELIZABETH BIRDSALL OTIS, AGED TWELVE
Written by Eric Boman.
Stock no. 1822329
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

In 1884 the remarkable Miss Birdie Otis, aged twelve, made an extraordinary paper doll's house in the form of a book. This book replicates that and is presented with press-out dolls and costumes as per the original collection and showcases an astonishingly daring, innate artistry, and is guaranteed to appeal to adults and children alike. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 6 press-out cards presented in back pocket. ISBN: 9780500650417. Rear board slightly grubby, small tear to lower edge of rear board. Contents fine.

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GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS IN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Written by Geraldine J. Casper.
Stock no. 1822328
Published by The Art Institue Of Chicago. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Since their invention in the last century, spherical glass paperweights have fascinated viewer and collector alike. This book is an introduction to the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, which includes over fourteen hundred paperweights in the Arthur Rubloff Collection, on of the finest in the world. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0810933632. Small bump to lower edge of front board. Contents fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and lightly edge-creased across top.

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MANCHESTER: MAPPING THE CITY
Written by Terry Wyke; Brian Robson; Martin Dodge.
Stock no. 1822304
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st 2018. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Manchester is one of the world's most iconic cities. Not only was it the first industrial city, it can also claim to be the first post-industrial city. The historic maps and unpublished plans in this book chart the dramatic growth and transformation of Manchester and its conurbation. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w maps throughout. ISBN: 9781780275307. A fine copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and very slightly grubby.

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LONDON TRANSPORT SINCE 1963
Written by Michael H.C. Baker.
Stock no. 1822295
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Peach boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711024812. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of tiny closed tears to lower edge.

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WITHIN THE STREAMS
Written by John Hillaby.
Stock no. 1822291
Published by Harvey And Blythe. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

An angling career from a home town canal to the Hebrides. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Text block lightly browned. Boards nice and clean albeit slight (very slight!) fading to top front edge.

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THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1822283
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages. ISBN: 0946537453. A fine copy in yellow pictorial dustwrapper which is slightly faded to spine.

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BREAKFAST IN PERIGORD
Written by William Russell Flint. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1822281
Published by Charles Skilton. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition.

Essays on Various Occasions and in Diverse Moods with favourite quotations decorated and enlivened with 60 illustrations & devices. Large format. Black leather spine with gilt title. White boards with black vignette to front. Top edge gilt. Limited edition of 525 signed and numbered copies. SIGNED by the author to rear. This is copy 147 of 525. A few minor grubby marks to white boards. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a large bookplate to one side and is lightly shelf scuffed.

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THE SPIDER'S PALACE
Written by Richard Hughes. Illustrated by George Charlton.
Stock no. 1321637
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, gilt titles, gilt whale vignette to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light darkening to cover edges. Grubby erasure mark to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents. Remains of dustwrapper is foxed and browned with some stains.

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