Stella & Rose's Books

AIRCRAFT INTERIOR COMFORT AND DESIGN
Written by Peter Vink; Klaus Brauer.
Stock no. 1826640
Published by CRC Press. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ergonomics and Human Factors. Includes everything that scientists and manufacturers should know about airliner interior comfort. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781138401310. Boards lightly scuffed, corners lightly bumped. Contents clean.

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THE SWALLOWS & AMAZONS ADVENTURES (6 VOLUME SET)
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome; Nancy Blackett.
Stock no. 1325977
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Boxed set of 6 of the 'Swallows & Amazons' titles: Swallows and Amazons; Swallowdale; Peter Duck; Pigeon Post; We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea; The Picts and the Martyrs. Spines of books and dustwrappers slightly bumped else a fine set. Contained in green slipcase which has some slight surface paper damage to lower edge.

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THE BIOLOGY OF SEA TURTLES
Written by Peter L. Lutz; John A. Musick.
Stock no. 1826554
Published by CRC Press. Circa 1997. Very good condition.

Marine Science Series. How these endangered marine reptiles operate in, adapt to, and are dependent upon particular features of their marine environment. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w diagrams, charts and photos. ISBN: 0849384222. Third printing. Board corners lightly bumped. 'Property of Turtlewatch' written in ink to top of front endpaper. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325809
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1912. Slightly better than good condition.

This is the "New Edition", a reprint of the first but with a new colour frontis and an additional 7 b/w drawings. 50 superb tipped-in colour plates distributed throughout the book. Numerous b/w drawings including some full-page. Green cloth, elaborate gilt decorations to front cover and spine. 126 pages. Large format, 11.25 x 8.5 inches. Covers are unevenly faded. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Light foxing throughout, endpapers browned. All plates are present and in fine condition.

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MEXICO CITY (WORLD CITIES)
Written by Peter M. Ward.
Stock no. 1826397
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 2nd 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised Second Edition. Mexico City is one of the largest and most dynamic 'megacities' of the world. The last four decades of dramatic growth have seen great economic, demographic, political and social change. Does such profound change threaten the fabric of urban life in Mexio? Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 047197529X. Inscription in ink to half-title page, minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE BUILDING OF LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL
Written by Peter Kennerley.
Stock no. 1826306
Published by Carnegie Publishing Ltd.. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Centenary Edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Red cloth boards, gilt titles, red page marker ribbon. B/w photos and illustrations. All edges gilt. ISBN: 1859361080. SIGNED by the author to title page, this is copy 241 of 500 limited copies. A lovely copy.

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MOTOCOURSE 1989-90
Written by Peter Clifford.
Stock no. 1325732
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

14th Year of Publication. The World's Leading Grand Prix Annual. Large format. Colour photos. Motorcycle racing. Foreword by Eddie Lawson. ISBN: 0905138635. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased with a couple of tiny tears and a tiny nick to fold edge of rear panel.

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SNOW & STEEL: BATTLE OF THE BULGE 1944-45
Written by Peter Caddick-Adams.
Stock no. 1826185
Published by Preface. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book examines Hitler's last great throw of the dice, 'The Battle of the Bulge', launched on 16 December 1944 and fought in the wintry forests of the Ardennes. It also traces the unique legacy of the Battle of the Bulge into the Cold War era, NATO war plans and the Arab-Israeli wars, and assesses its significance in our understanding of the Second World War today. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848094284. Top rear edge of spine bumped and corresponding area of dustwrapper lightly creased. Else a lovely copy.

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PANTHER ON THE BATTLEFIELD: WORLD WAR TWO PHOTOBOOK SERIES VOLUME 6
Written by Peter Barnaky.
Stock no. 1826104
Published by Peko Publishing Kft.. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. Dual language - text in Hungarian and English. ISBN: 9789638962355. A lovely copy.

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LETTERS AND NOTES ON THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
Written by George Catlin; Peter Matthiessen; C.J. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1826089
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

"Written during Eight Years' Travel amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America". Introduced by Matthiessen, edited and abridged by Shepherd. Pale peach cloth. Colour photos throughout. 470 pages. Scuff mark to half-title page else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase with a few minor scuffs.

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MILES AIRCRAFT: THE WARTIME YEARS 1939-1945 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1825900
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd / Miles Aircraft Ltd, Reading, South Marston & Doncaster, and Miles Aircraft (Northern Ireland) Ltd. Continuing the story with the trials and tribulations of Miles Aircraft during the war. Contains a fully comprehensive history of each individual aircraft built during the period. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Includes The Appendices in cardwraps. ISBN: 9780851304304. DVD is MISSING. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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PEG-LEG AND THE FUR PIRATES
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 1325332
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Captain Peg-Leg takes his ship into the Arctic seas to find out why certain valuable cargoes of furs have never reached port. Blue cloth. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and slightly worn at spine and corners.

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