Stella & Rose's Books

ENID BLYTON PRESENTS MARY MOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 2123534
Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

A Werner Laurie Show Book Series A No. 2. Oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. A brilliantly coloured showbook, based on the Victorian Peepshow. Fold-out theatre at the end of the book and pages of characters to press out. Bumping to top and tail of spine, with some chipping of paper cover. Some foxing to pages internally. Contents are UNUSED!

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HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 9: COTINGAS TO PIPITS AND WAGTAILS
Written by Josep Del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; David Christie; et al. Illustrated by Norman Arlott; Hilary Burn; John Cox; et al..
Stock no. 2123525
Published by Lynx Edicions. 1ST 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates, photographs and distribution maps. 863 pages including index. ISBN: 8487334695.

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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS, THE THREE WHITE KITTENS, &C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123524
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Picture-book for the Nursery. Containing 16 coloured illustrations. Large format. Blue cloth with black/gilt decorations and title boxes. Covers are marked and mottled. Fraying to cloth at corners and top and tail of spine. Front endpaper is MISSING. Some pencil marks to some pages internally; at least one colour plate. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISH OF BOSBURY
Written by Samuel Bentley. Illustrated by Arthur Harrison.
Stock no. 2123522
Published by J. Masters And Co.. 1891. Almost very good condition.

Bosbury is in the diocese and county of Hereford. Green cloth, gilt titles. 14 b/w plates. Top edge gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small split to top of spine with fraying to cloth. A few scuff marks and white marks to covers. Front joint is weak and partially broken (can see stitching beneath). Inscription in ink to top of title page. Some foxing and browning. All plates present.

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BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND THE MODERNS: BAROQUE CULTURE IN RESTORATION ENGLAND
Written by Joseph M. Levine.
Stock no. 1814566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The quarrel between the ancients and the moderns was an old dispute when it was resumed with special ferocity in the later seventeenth century as writers and artists, their friend and patrons, debated how far to risk the freedom to innovate. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300079141. A very nice copy.

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THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY FROM GWENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1609698
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Yellow card wraps. Poetry by the Chepstow historian. ISBN: 0950007978. SIGNED by author on title page (no dedication). Staples rusted.

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GOWER GLEANINGS
Written by H.M. Tucker. Illustrated by E. Ernest Morgan.
Stock no. 1814561
Published by The Gower Society. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

A collection of essays originally conceived as a small contribution to the folk history of West Gower, but later its scope was widened to include certain geological and archaeological aspects, as well as recent history. Published for the 1951 Festival. Grey cloth spine, cream paper boards with brown title to front. B/w illustrations and maps. 90 pages. Light page browning. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned.

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FLORA OF MIDDLESEX: A SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORICAL FLORA OF MIDDLESEX
Written by Douglas M. Kent.
Stock no. 1814516
Published by The Ray Society London. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An Account of the Plants found in the Watsonian vice-county 21 from 1548 to the present time. Follows from and updates the original work. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 219 pages including index. ISBN: 0903874288.

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THE FLORA OF BERKSHIRE
Written by H.J.M. Bowen.
Stock no. 1814513
Published by Holywell Press. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w distribution maps to rear. Bookplate to front endpaper and name and date in ink. Slight musty odour present.

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HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA VOLUME II HAWKS TO BUSTARDS
Written by Stanley Cramp; et al. Illustrated by C.J.F. Coombs; Peter Hayman; Ian Willis.
Stock no. 1814498
Published by Oxford University Press. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Maps on endpapers. 695 pages. A comprehensive reference manual describing over 740 species with detailed information on field characteristics, habitat, distribution, mortality and longevity, population, with distribution maps, social pattern and behaviour, breeding, food, voice, plumage, moults, measurements, weights, structure & geographical variation. Specially commissioned colour plates. Bibliography, glossary of scientific terms and indexes. ISBN: 019857505X. Reprinted with corrections. Plain label with previous owner's name and date to front flap of dustwrapper affecting some of the text to the flap. Tiny closed tear to lower front edge of dustwrapper and spine faded (as is common with this title).

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KAZIMIR MALEVICH: THE CLIMAX OF DISCLOSURE
Written by Rainer Crone; David Moos. Illustrated by Kazimir Malevich.
Stock no. 1814475
Published by Reaktion Books. 1st 1991. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) rose to instant prominence amongst the Russian avant-garde when, in December 1915, he contributed thirty-nine paintings to an exhibition in Leningrad which were of such a reduced and sophisticated abstract quality, that even today they seem to possess a hidden and ineffable conceptual power... Large format. Black cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948462213.

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HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD VOLUME 8: BROADBILLS TO TAPACULOS
Written by Josep Del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; David Christie; et al. Illustrated by Norman Arlott; Hilary Burn; John Cox; et al..
Stock no. 1814455
Published by Lynx Edicions. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. Colour photos, plates and distribution maps. 845 pages including index. ISBN: 8487334504. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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