Stella & Rose's Books

SKETCHES & NOTES FROM A BIRD PAINTER'S JOURNAL
Written by Philip Rickman.
Stock no. 1502802
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1949. Slightly better than good condition.

Pale green cloth covers with dark green titles to spine. 2 colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. 119 pages. Published for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Spine bumped and worn with very split to top edge. Corners worn. Covers a bit grubby. Front joint is partially broken between frontis and title page. Rear joint starting to crack. Name in ink to front endpaper. Crease and small edge tear to page 85/86. Small brown spot to lower edge of text block affects bottom edge of a few pages. A little foxing.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (HENRY VII TO ELIZABETH)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312999
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Good condition.

Humourous rhymes of historical times. Large format. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Red cloth spine. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to top 2.5" of spine. Light scuff marks to rear cover. Front joint cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Some messy colouring to the b/w illustrations. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some tears at inner margins. Very scarce in this format.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (JAMES I TO EDWARD VII)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312998
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Good condition.

Humourous rhymes of historical times. Large format. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Red cloth spine. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to top 2" of spine. Light scratch marks to rear cover. Front joint cracked. Light pencil mark to rear endpaper. Some messy colour to the b/w illustrations, pencil doodles to one of the plates. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some tears at inner margins. Very scarce in this format.

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RED VAGABOND
Written by G.D. Adams. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1312992
Published by The Batchworth Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A vividly told tale of a fox set against the background of wild life on the Welsh border. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Superb b/w wood engravings. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with loss at top and bottom, slightly edge chipped with minimal further loss. Price not cut.

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SOME VEGETATION TYPES OF TROPICAL AUSTRALIA IN RELATION TO THOSE OF AFRICA & AMERICA
Written by J.S. Beard.
Stock no. 1809078
1967. Slightly better than very good condition.

Journal of Ecology 1967. Blue cardwraps. Pages 271-290. B/w photos. Light creasing to covers. Contents fine.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF SIAM: MONOCOTYLEDONES
Written by William Grant Craib.
Stock no. 1809073
Published by University of Aberdeen. 1913. Very good condition.

Aberdeen University Studies: No. 61. Plain paperwraps booklet. 41 pages including index. Paperwraps lightly creased and browned. One or two margin marks and light corner creases else a nice copy.

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THE ARBORESCENT HABIT IN ANGIOSPERMS: A REVIEW
Written by H. Bancroft.
Stock no. 1809063
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1931. Good condition.

Plain paperwraps. New Phytologist Reprint, No. 19 (From The New Phytologist, Vol. XXIX, Nos. 3 and 4, 1930). B/w figures. 64 pages. Covers detached and marked with tape at spine edge. Spine worn with loss. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. Contents clean.

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ENUMERATION OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED AT GEBEL ELBA DURING TWO EXPEDITIONS
Written by Mohammed Drar.
Stock no. 1809062
Published by Government Press, Bulaq. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt. Technical and Scientific Service; Fouad I Agricultural Museum Bulletin No. 149. Plain paperwraps. vii & 123 pages plus b/w plates to rear. Paperwraps are browned, wear to top & tail of spine with some loss. Contents are clean.

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MORE MEMORIES OF PORTSMOUTH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1711316
Published by True North. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903204518. Bump to bottom edge of front cover.

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A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT
Written by Thomas Johnes; Richard J. Moore-Colyer.
Stock no. 1711308
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Selections from the letters of Thomas Johnes of Hafod Cardiganshire 1748-1816 ISBN: 0863837514.

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HIMALAYAN PLANTS VOLUME 1
Written by Hideaki Ohba; Samal B. Malla.
Stock no. 1809058
Published by University Of Tokyo. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide to the plants of the Himalayas based on extensive field research carried out in 1983 and 1985 by a University of Tokyo botanical research project team. This is the first volume of five. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates, b/w text figures. x and 386 pages including index. ISBN: 0060084272. Corners lightly bumped. Text block a little dusty. Contents fine.

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IN THE REIGN OF TERROR
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1312975
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1888. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and gilt pictorial spine. 8 b/w plates. The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. 351 pages plus 32 page booklist. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Spine is rubbed. Covers ever so slightly marked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and name in ink on verso. Some light foxing and fingering throughout. Book leans to one side a little.

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