Stella & Rose's Books

ECOARCHITECTURE: THE WORK OF KEN YEANG
Written by Sara Hart; David Littlefield. Illustrated by Ken Yeang.
Stock no. 1829432
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ken Yeang is internationally recognised as the leading proponent of ecological design in architecture. This volume features 23 of Yeang's most significant projects, beginning with his earliest work on environmental design, executed as a student in the early 1970s, and ending with his most recent projects in London and Kuala Lumpur. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. 272 pages. ISBN: 9781119994251. Possibly SIGNED by Ken Yeang (signature is illegible) by means of a dedication to title page. Contents clean.

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JOYCE STRANGER'S BOOK OF HANAK'S ANIMALS
Written by Joyce Stranger. Illustrated by Mirko Hanak.
Stock no. 1329021
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Prose and poems accompany enchanting pictures of animals. White cloth, gilt title to spine. 103 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0460066242. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Some slight browning at cover edges and foxing to top edges. Pale page browning and light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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ADVENTURES OF A BEAGLE
Written by T.L. McCready. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
Stock no. 1329020
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st UK 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Blue boards. Pictorial colour endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Price cut wrapper is lightly browned on verso and slightly edge rubbed.

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THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
Stock no. 1829214
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Three volume set. Volume I: Military Affairs; Volume II: Affairs of the State; Volume III: Affairs of the People. Plum colour cloth with gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781107154582. Top & tail of spines slightly bent from shelf-wear. Dustwrappers are ligthly edge-creased with some very light scuffing. A handsome set.

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LADYBIRDS (NN 81)
Written by Michael E.N. Majerus.
Stock no. 1829206
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 81. 16 colour plates and over 150 b/w photos and drawings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 369 pages including index. ISBN: 0002199343. Top & tail of spine very lightly bumped from shelf wear else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is bright and clean.

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WILD & GARDEN PLANTS (NN 80)
Written by Max Walters.
Stock no. 1829205
Published by Collins. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 80. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 16 colour plates and over 60 b/w photos and drawings. 200 pages including index. ISBN: 0002193760. Minor bump to top of spine. Minor crease to vertical edge of front endpaper (cannot capture on camera). Else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at spine (as is normal) else fine.

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CAVES AND CAVE LIFE (NN 79)
Written by Philip Chapman.
Stock no. 1829204
Published by Collins. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 79 An outstanding and cohesive account of what is now known of this extraordinary world. Covering the fascination of caves, the cave habitat, limestone caves in Britain and Ireland, cave fauna and flora, cave communities, caves through the Pleistocene and the future of caves. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002199076. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed, spine is bright.

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GT40: AN INDIVIDUAL HISTORY AND RACE RECORD
Written by Ronnie Spain.
Stock no. 1829173
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ford's four victories at Le Mans assured the GT40 of immortality in the minds of motorsport enthusiasts. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 326 pages including index. ISBN: 0850456371. A lovely copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1328898
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine and front cover. Numerous b/w illustrations. 366 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight rubbing to the gilt vignettes. Tissue-guard to frontis has been removed. Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some erased pencil writing to front fly-leaf. Some foxing throughout, some page corner tips creased. Joints cracked, rear joint has exposed webbing, some hinges pulled but binding still tight. Grubby fingermarks to contents. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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TINTIN: ALBUM POSTER (FRENCH EDITION)
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1328894
Published by Casterman. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Very large format (15.25 x 11.75"). Pictorial cardwraps. 21 posters which can be removed at perforated margin edge. Introduction in French. ISBN: 2203350016. Covers lightly edge rubbed.

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EDWARD WESTON: A LEGACY
Written by Susan Danly; Jonathan Spaulding; Jessica Todd Smith; Jennifer A. Watts.
Stock no. 1829112
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Edward Weston was the first photographer ever to receive a Guggenheim fellowship. This book celebrates Huntington Library's extraordinary collection of five hundred Edward Weston photographs, all of them selected and printed for the institution by the artist in the 1940s. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name which ran from June 28-October 5, 2003. Edited and with an introduction by Jennifer A. Watts. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1858942063. Black endpapers have very light scuffing (very minor). Else a beautiful copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed, light fading to top edge of flaps.

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LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Queen Victoria; Arthur Helps; Delia Millar.
Stock no. 1829106
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Published in honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. From Queen Victoria's journal, 1848 to 1861. Introduced by Delia Millar. Red buckram cloth covered boards with extensive gilt and black decorations. Bevelled boards. B/w and colour illustrations. Limited edition of 1850 numbered copies. Large format. All edges gilt. Light vertical crease to free front endpaper, tip of lower corner of contents lightly creased (likely to have been dropped at some point but boards not affected). Else a lovely copy. This is copy 1198. Contained in publisher's red cloth solander case which is lightly speckled.

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