Stella & Rose's Books

THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES THIRD SERIES MIGRATION & HABITS
Written by T.A. Coward; A.W. Boyd. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn.
Stock no. 1330530
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

4th edition. Also includes observations on our rarer visitantes. Brown cloth, gilt titles and bird vignette. Colour plates. 286 pages. Wayside and Woodland series. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Not sure if there is foxing to the textblock or if the pages have been printed that way?! Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, slightly torn and creased.

Buy now for £18.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

BY STEPPE, DESERT, AND OCEAN: THE BIRTH OF EURASIA
Written by Barry Cunliffe.
Stock no. 1830240
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

How humankind first started building the globalized world we know today. A tale of war, invasion, migration and the rise and fall of empires, covering a vast historical canvas from China to the Atlantic world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ix and 530 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199689170. Fourth impression. Text block faintly grubby else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top rear panel edge.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by John Massey Wright.
Stock no. 1329693
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1903. Good condition.

De Luxe Limited edition of 250 copies. White cloth with gilt titles and green clover leaf decoration. 13 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Includes John Forster's Essay on The Vicar of Wakefield. xli + 260 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This is copy no. 205. Spine and corners are bumped. Spine is frayed at top and bottom. Cloth is grubby and spine is browned. Foxing throughout. Front joint between endpaper and fly-leaf is cracked.

Buy now for £40.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

SNIPPETS OF ASHWELL'S HISTORY VOLUME 1
Written by David Short. Illustrated by Phil Collins.
Stock no. 1329675
Published by Ashwell Education Services. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Blue cardwraps. 84 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0952982803. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Minimal rubbing to corners.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

BOATS OF THE WORLD: FROM THE STONE AGE TO MEDIEVAL TIMES
Written by Sean McGrail.
Stock no. 1827808
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

A history of water transport as it has developed over millennia, from before 40,000 BC to the mid-second millennium AD. Blue cardwraps. 480 pages including index. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0199271860. Corners lightly rubbed. Vertical crease to spine. Orange mark to top edge of text block. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

Buy now for £60.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

BIRD MIGRATION (NN 113)
Written by Ian Newton.
Stock no. 1326668
Published by Collins. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 113. An in-depth study of the different types of bird movements along with their main migration patterns. Green cloth boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007307319. Corners slightly bumped. Some slight marks to textblock else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and grubby on rear panel.

Buy now for £41.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE BIOLOGY OF SEA TURTLES
Written by Peter L. Lutz; John A. Musick.
Stock no. 1826651
Published by CRC Press. Circa 1997. Almost 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. 6th printing. Laminate to spine is crinkled. Previous owner's name in ink to top margin of front endpaper. Front hinge pulled to either side of title page. Binding tight.

Buy now for £90.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

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.

Buy now for £120.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE SMALLEST ANTHROPOIDS: THE MARMOSET/CALLIMICO RADIATION
Written by Susan M. Ford; Leila M. Porter; Lesa C. Davis.
Stock no. 1825135
Published by Springer. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects series. A comprehensive examination of the callimico/marmoset clade, including the smallest anthropoid primates on earth. Green glazed boards. Colour illustrations, b/w charts. ISBN: 9781441902924. Boards scuffed and lightly scored. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

Buy now for £60.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE IRISH FAMINE: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Written by Noel Kissane.
Stock no. 2140677
Published by National Library Of Ireland. 1st IRELAND 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Very dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0907328253. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner on half-title page. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with slight fade to spine.

Buy now for £35.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

TRANSATLANTIC INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: THE DIFFUSION OF TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES BETWEEN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1790-1830S
Written by David J. Jeremy.
Stock no. 2136384
Published by The MIT Press. 1st USA 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Green cloth with white title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0631127852. Slight bowing to front cover. Spine bumped and rubbed, light scratch mark to front cover. Marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears/chips.

Buy now for £18.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

BIRD MIGRATION (NN 113)
Written by Ian Newton.
Stock no. 1821658
Published by Collins. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 113. An in-depth study of the different types of bird movements along with their main migration patterns. Green cloth boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007307319. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

Buy now for £75.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List