Stella & Rose's Books

GREECE AND ROME AT WAR
Written by Peter Connolly.
Stock no. 1828113
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of twelve centuries of military development of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 185367303X. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few light creases and scuffing.

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BRITISH CRUISERS OF WORLD WAR TWO
Written by Alan Raven; John Roberts.
Stock no. 1828099
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. B/w photos. 444 pages including index and appendices. A detailed account of the design, construction and technical history of the cruisers that served in the Royal Navy during the second world war. 121 cruisers are described with over 60 sets of detailed plans. ISBN: 0853683042. Board edges lightly rubbed. Contents have been bound a little too low in the boards so the lower text block edge is level with the lower board. Text block browned. Name & number in red ink to front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, faded to spine, lightly edge-worn.

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MEDIEVAL WARFARE SOURCE BOOK VOLUME 2: CHRISTIAN EUROPE AND ITS NEIGHBOURS
Written by David Nicolle.
Stock no. 1828034
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Campaigns; The Weaponry; The Warriors; The Commanders; The Sources; Miscellanea. This volume covers Byzantines, Persians & Muslims; Christian-Muslim Confrontation; Turks, Mongols and the Rise of Russia; Crusade, Reconquista and Counter-Crusade; China, the Far East and India. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 185409307X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Else a lovely copy.

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BLITZKRIEG: ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1939-1940
Written by Steven J. Zaloga.
Stock no. 1828007
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Describing the camouflage painting and markings used by the modestly sized tank and armoured train force of the Polish Army. Large format. 96 pages. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0853683344. Reprint. A few minor marks to dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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SMALL ARMS TRAINING VOLUME I, PAMPHLET No. 2 APPLICATION OF FIRE 1942
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827264
Published by The War Office. 1942. Very good condition.

This Pamphlet supersedes the 1937 edition and that reprinted with Amendments (No. 1), 1939. Soldier trained effective fire. Small format. Beige paperwraps, red title to front. Staple binding with three punched holes. B/w illustrations. 20 numbered pages. Covers a little grubby. Staples rusty. Top corners lightly creased. Contents clean.

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WORLD BAYONETS: 1800 TO THE PRESENT
Written by Anthony Carter.
Stock no. 1826612
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 4th 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised and Expanded edition. An illustrated reference guide for collectors. Includes more advice to novice collectors on the international marketplace, the basis for selecting items for collections, means of renovating and restoring bayonets and methods of storage and display. Over 270 b/w photographs of bayonets. Red boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1854093444. Boards clean. Foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is very clean.

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UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE LUFTWAFFE VOLUME 1: 1933-1940
Written by Brian L. Davis.
Stock no. 1824585
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first volume of a two-part work that provides a comprehensive and authoritative study yet published of the badges, insignia, uniforms and accoutrements of Germany's air force during the era of the Third Reich. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1854091069. Reprint. A few score marks to rear board. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is chipped to lower edge of rear panel and repaired with clear tape, rear panel also has a closed tear in the middle which has also been repaired with clear tape.

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THE GIANTS OF SMALL HEATH: THE HISTORY OF BSA
Written by Barry Ryerson.
Stock no. 1824016
Published by Haynes; G.T. Foulis. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An 'in depth' look at the inside story of the factory itself, with the emphasis more on the personalities of this once great empire than the machines that carried the piled arms motif. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854292551. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Minor grubby marks to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby. Musty odour present.

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SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR
Written by Albert F. Calvert.
Stock no. 1823880
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid. Red cloth boards, gilt decoration and title to spine, vignette to front. Top edge guilt. Lower edge untrimmed. B/w illustrations. Boards marked, front board cloth is bubbled. Browning to text block and endpapers. Some foxing. Some pencil annotation. Still a decent working copy.

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FLYING MINNOWS
Written by Vivian Voss.
Stock no. 2139872
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Memoirs of a World War One Fighter Pilot, from training in Canada to the Front Line, 1917-1918. First written and published under the pseudonym 'Roger Vee' in 1935. This facsimile edition is published under the author's true name (Vivian Voss), with new material. ISBN: 085368121X. Spine is faded. Some foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine and some edges.

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MAN O' WAR 3: BATTLESHIPS RODNEY AND NELSON
Written by Alan Raven; John Roberts.
Stock no. 2138977
Published by Arms & Armour Press; R.S.V. Publishing Inc.. Circa 1979. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Many diagrams - a couple of fold-out ones to middle of book. ISBN: 0853682631. Browning to covers.

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FLY PAST FLY PRESENT: A CELEBRATION OF PRESERVED AVIATION
Written by Walter Boyne; Bob Ogden; Philip Handleman; et al.
Stock no. 2138917
Published by Arms & Armour Press. Circa 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Slightly oblong/square format. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 185409226X. Page edge browning; marks to endpapers. Inscription in ink to prelims. Wrapper is price-cut and edge-creased; faded to spine.

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