Stella & Rose's Books

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED?
Written by Jean Chapman. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1830867
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Measles; Slippery dip; Toppling Boxes; Apple: these are a handful of the expressive headings given to this collection of brief incidents - each one occupying no more than a page, and told in very simple language - which together form a kaleidoscope of typical events in the everyday life of a small child. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Single-colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0207951160. Browning to text block and endpapers else a nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little browned and worn at corners.

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THE SCOTTISH TOWN IN THE AGE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 1740-1820
Written by Bob Harris; Charles McKean.
Stock no. 1830866
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

A pioneering study of 18th-century Scottish urbanism. The story of a profound transformation in the nature of the urban environment and urban society. It exxplores the development of Scots burghs, their changing material cultures, regulation and cultural life, and shows the true character of the Scottish urban experience in a period often identified with the intellectual flowering that later became identified as the Scottish Enlightenment. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and a few colour illustrations. xx and 604 pages. ISBN: 9780748692576. Old barcode price to rear cover. Text block a little grubby. Else contents clean.

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JOHN LELAND'S ITINERARY: TRAVELS IN TUDOR ENGLAND
Written by John Chandler.
Stock no. 1830865
Published by Sutton Publishing Limited. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

John Leland was a humanist scholar and royal servant who wrote this famed account of his journeys through England as 'the king's antiquary' in the 1540s, though the Itinerary was not published until 1710. This edition retians everything in the Itinerary of historical or topographical interest, turning the text into modern English and arranging it by historic county. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. xxxvi and 601 pages including index. ISBN: 0750917512. Sight reading crease to spine. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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THE MAGIC STONES: THE STORY OF THE ARCH
Written by Alain. Illustrated by Alain.
Stock no. 1830864
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

High on the Cathedral of Notre Dame is an ugly old gargoyle, the effigy in stone of Mr. Down who, so the story tells, sent the high towers tumbling down time after time in the days before men learned how to buttress an arch. This book tells in story form how early architects defeated Mr. Down and discovered the secret of raising a roof more than a hundred feet, with tall stained-glass windows instead of heavy walls. A fascinating introduction to one of the basic principles of building and architecture - the use of the arch. Blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and red, blue, black & white illustrations. 31 pages. Lower board edges & corners rubbed. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears (no loss) and is scuffed.

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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: A VISUAL PRIMER
Written by Yves Abrioux; Stephen Bann. Illustrated by Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Stock no. 1830863
Published by Reaktion Books. 2nd 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. Includes biographical notes. This book describes and illustrated Ian Hamilton Finlay's whole artistic career. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 318 pages including index. ISBN: 0948462353. Light rubbing to cover edges. Vertical reading crease to spine. Couple of minor marks to lower edge of text block. Contents clean.

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ENGLISH MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY DOWN TO 1550
Written by John Harvey; Arthur Oswald.
Stock no. 1830862
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A bringing together of what is known of the lives and works of over 1,300 of the artists and craftsmen who designed England's buildings of the Middle Ages. Including Master Masons, Carpenters, Carvers, Building Contractors and others responsible for Design. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xxiii and 411 pages including index. A few light scuffs to boards. Foxing to text block. Light browning to endpapers. Bookplate to front endpaper and signature in pencil. A few minor foxspots to contents else clean. Grey dustwrapper is a little grubby, browning to spine, light wear to top & tail of spine, some foxing to verso.

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HAND, HEART AND SOUL: THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN SCOTLAND
Written by Elizabeth Cumming.
Stock no. 1830861
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

A remarkable and often inspiring story of ideals, commitment and imagination. This book provides a national context for the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Robert Lorimer, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and Phoebe Anna Traquair. A look at public art, craft education and concepts of tradition, the rise of independent professional women designers, domestic and church buildings, the role of craft within communities, and how Arts and Crafts was finally transformed in the age of Modernism. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. xv and 240 pages. ISBN: 9781841586106. Spine slightly faded. Lowere edge of text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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WADERS OF EUROPE
Written by Lars Gejl.
Stock no. 1830860
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

A photographic guide to wader identification, ecology and biology. Waders are spectacular members of our avifauna. They are epecially prevalent along coasts and in wetlands during the spring and autumn migration periods, when members of several species may form dramatic flocks that wheel and turn in flight. Packed with information on the lives of these birds. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photography throughout. 368 pages including index. ISBN: 9781472947055. Boards very lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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TENT WORK IN PALESTINE: A RECORD OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE
Written by Claude Reignier Conder. Illustrated by J.W. Whymper.
Stock no. 1830859
Published by Richard Bentley & Son. 1880. Almost very good condition.

New Edition. This book details the author's journey and survey of Palestine as part of the Palestine Exploration Fund, blending personal experiences with descriptions of the terrain and ancient sites. Yellow/brown cloth with black titles and gilt vignette to front. B/w illustrations. xvi and 397 pages plus 1 page advertisement for books by the author to rear. Spine heavily browned, boards grubby. Knock to horizontal and vertical edges of rear board. Rear board marked. Text block browned. Name and price in pencil to front endpaper, 2 contemporary names in ink to verso of frontispiece. A little pencil annotation else contents clean.

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A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS 1600-1840
Written by Howard Colvin.
Stock no. 1830858
Published by Yale University Press. Circa 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Third edition with 150 new entries. This authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British architecture contains biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practiced from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1650) to that of William Burn (1789-1870) and Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860). Grey cardwraps. 1264 pages including index. ISBN: 0300072074. Second printing of the third edition. Edge of covers lightly rubbed, small knock to middle of spine, rear cover scuffed and has previous seller's price label stuck to lower edge (not affecting any text). Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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WILLIAM MORRIS: STORIES IN PROSE, STORIES IN VERSE, SHORTER POEMS, LECTURES AND ESSAYS (CENTENARY EDITION)
Written by William Morris; G.D.H. Cole.
Stock no. 1830857
Published by The Nonesuch Press. 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This one-volume Morris is representative of the whole range of his genius. Mr. Cole has chosen from the verse and prose so as to show the diversity as well as the greatness of Morris as a craftsman in words. Edited by G.D.H. Cole. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Leaf & branch patterned endpapers. xxiv and 671 pages. Small blue mark to rear board. Text block browned. A few foxspots to endpapers else contents clean. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with small chips to corners, lightly browned ot spine, closed tears to edges of rear panel, foxed.

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SANDY CANDY AND OTHER SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Norah Montgomerie; William Montgomerie. Illustrated by Norah Montgomerie.
Stock no. 1830856
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

There are more than three hundred songs, riddles and jingles in this treasury of nursery rhymes. They come from all over Scotland, and fit every sort of occasion from guessing games to bed-time magic. Selected and edited by Norah & William Montgomerie. Green cloth boards, with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 190 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block browned, with some foxing. Browning to endpapers else contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, and some light wear to top edges.

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