Stella & Rose's Books

THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK FOR NORMANDY & BRITTANY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828621
Published by Thos. Cook and Son. 1914. Almost very good condition.

Dark red cloth, gilt titles. Folding colour map of Normandy and Brittany to front, b/w maps and plans, some folding. Cook's Guide. viii and 288 pages including index plus 68 pages of advertisments to rear. Spine rubbed at front & rear edge, text block grubby. Endpapers browned. Small piece of loss to top corner of front endpaper. Writing in ink to rear endpapers. A few grubby & age related marks present. All maps present. Some hinges pulled. Overall, a nice working copy.

Buy now for £15.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES
Written by Willis J. Abbot.
Stock no. 1828620
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st 1918. Good condition.

The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. Green pictorial endpapers. 8 colour plates plus 100 b/w other illustrations and plates. xiv and 388 pages including index plus publisher ads to rear. Spine worn at top & tail with fraying, a few holes to front edge, faded. Boards a little marked. Lower rear corner of board worn. Text block browned. Joints pulled. A little pencil annotation to contents. A few marks to contents. Hinges a little pulled but binding is tight. Sold with all faults, a good reading copy.

Buy now for £18.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE ART OF THE FIRST FLEET & OTHER EARLY AUSTRALIAN DRAWINGS
Written by Bernard Smith; Alwyne Wheeler.
Stock no. 1828619
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Smith & Wheeler. In 1788, the First Fleet landed in New South Wales, and European settlement in Australia began. Among those on board the eleven ships of the fleet were artists who recorded their impressions of the land, its indigenous people, its flora and fauna, and incidents or events which they considered significant. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage and from the early years of settlement. Large format. Pale grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0300041187. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, mainly to front panel.

Buy now for £42.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

OLD CHESHIRE CHURCHES
Written by Raymond Richards.
Stock no. 1828618
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

A Survey of Their History, Fabric and Furniture with Records of the Older Monuments. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles. 11 x 8.5". xxvii & 523 pages including index. 4 colour plates plus black and white photos and plans. Folding colour map to rear. Rear board lightly marked. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block browned, a little grubby and minor foxing present. Inscription in ink to front endpapper. Some pale foxing to contents else a nice, tight copy.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

WINDSWEPT: LIFE, NATURE AND DEEP TIME IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
Written by Annie Worsley.
Stock no. 1828616
Published by William Collins. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author trades a busy life in academia to take on a croft on the west coast of Scotland. Black cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour photos. 284 pages. ISBN: 9780008278373. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little worn with surface paper loss to lower front corner (very minor) and just lightly scuffed.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE ROAD: A STORY OF ROMANS AND WAYS TO THE PAST
Written by Christopher Hadley.
Stock no. 1828615
Published by William Collins. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Almost everyone in Britain lives close to a Roman road, if only we knew where to look. A mesmerising journey into two thousand years of history only now giving up its secrets. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 353 pages including index. ISBN: 9780008356699. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few tiny closed tears, a little scuffed.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE STORY OF SCANDINAVIA: FROM THE VIKINGS TO SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
Written by Stein Ringen.
Stock no. 1828614
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2023. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating journey through 1,200 years of turbulence, darkness and, finally, hope. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 480 pages including index. ISBN: 9781474625197. Minor marks to rear board (faint) else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE CIRCLING SKY: ON NATURE AND BELONGING IN AN ANCIENT FOREST
Written by Neil Ansell.
Stock no. 1828613
Published by Tinder Press. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In the form of nearly thirty journeys, taken over a year beginning in January 2019, Neil Ansell returns for solitary walks to the New Forest in Hampshire, close to where he was born. A reflective memoir on childhood, on the history of one of the most ancient and important natural habitats in the UK, and on the Gypsies who lived there for centureies - and were subsequently expelled to neighbouring cities. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 340 pages. ISBN: 9781472272362. Second printing. A lovely copy.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE ART OF DAVID JONES: VISION AND MEMORY
Written by Ariane Bankes; Paul Hills. Illustrated by David Jones.
Stock no. 1828612
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book challenges the simplistic view of David Jones (1895-1974)as an outsider or an eccentric and instead explores his work in relation to the wider cultural and intellectual climate of his times. Fresh insights into the career of a multi-talented British artist. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848221604. Minor knock to lower edge of rear board and corresponding tiny crease to lower edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. Else a lovely copy.

Buy now for £75.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

MATILDA: HER LIFE AND LEGACY
Written by Joyce Stevens Smith; Joyce Savidge.
Stock no. 1828611
Published by Matilda And War Memorial Hospital. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of Matilda L. Sharp and the hospital she founded in Hong Kong. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 166 pages. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, slightly faded to spine, stained to rear panel. There is a second dustwrapper beneath the outer which is clean.

Buy now for £30.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

CHAGALL: LOVE AND EXILE
Written by Jackie Wullschlager.
Stock no. 1828610
Published by Allen Lane. 1st UK 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An elegantly written biography giving a full and true account of the Chagall the man and the artists and of a life as intense, theatrical and haunting as his paintings. Fuchsia cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. 582 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780713996524. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwwrapper lightly rubbed at edges and scuffed.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL: PREDICTION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Written by L. Ron Hubbard.
Stock no. 1828609
Published by New Era Publications. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dianetics revealed the previously unknown reactive mind that enslaves Man and the auditing procedures to get rid of it. This book is written around the now legendary Chart of Human Evaluation providing a complete description of the reactions, traits, and behavior patters of an individual at any given emotion. Red cltoh boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. viii and 729 pages including index. Hubbard Chart of Human Evaluation and Dianetic Processing loosely inserted to rear. ISBN: 9788779897441. A few minor score marks to lower edge of text block else a lovely copy, chart is PRESENT.

Buy now for £16.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List