Stella & Rose's Books

A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WARWICK VOLUME VIII: THE CITY OF COVENTRY AND BOROUGH OF WARWICK
Written by R.B. Pugh; W.B. Stephens.
Stock no. 1831652
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Victoria History of the Counties of England series edited by R.B. Pugh. This volume, which tells the story of the city of Coventry and the borough of Warwick, completes the Victoria History of Warwickshire. Edited by W.B. Stephens. Large heavy format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine and and crest to front. B/w photos and illustrations. xxiv and 583 pages including index. ISBN: 0197227341. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed else boards are bright. Contents clean. Grey dustwrapper with red titles has a few very faint grubby marks. A lovely copy.

GAZETTEER OF MARKETS AND FAIRS IN ENGLAND AND WALES TO 1516 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Samantha Letters; et al.
Stock no. 1831651
Published by List And Index Society. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Special Series Volume 32 and 33. Researched and compiled by Samantha Letters, this Gazetteer provides detailed information for approximately 2,400 places in England and Wales that had a market or fair. Nearly 5,535 individual markets and fairs are listed. Large format. Red cardwraps. Light creasing to corners of covers, covers lightly scuffed but clean. Text block slightly grubby from shelf-rubbing. Initials and date in ink to top corner of title page of both volumes. Else contents clean.

THE ARCHITECTURAL, LANDSCAPE AND CONSTITUTIONAL PLANS OF THE EARL OF MAR, 1700-32
Written by Margaret Stewart.
Stock no. 1831650
Published by Four Courts Press. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The life and achievements of John Erskine, sixth earl of Mar and eleventh Lord Erskine. Politics, architecture, landscapes, city designs and infrastructure planning were the substance of the earl of Mar's creative thinking before and after the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707. Green paper boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. xxx and 418 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846825750. Dustwrapper has minor scuffing, overall a lovely copy.

ARCHITECTURAL COLOUR IN BRITISH INTERIORS 1615-1840
Written by Ian C. Bristow.
Stock no. 1831649
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Bristow contrasts the noble interiors of Inigo Jones with more intimate spaces of the period. He then sets the succeeding drabness adopted in many rooms in the second half of the seventeenth century against the era's taste for marbling, graining, and imitation Japan. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. xxi and 265 pages including index. ISBN: 0300038666. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly sunned/faded to spine. A lovely copy contained in thin white card slipcase which has a few marks and imperfections.

A HERD OF RED DEER: A STUDY IN ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
Written by Frank Fraser Darling.
Stock no. 1831648
Published by Oxford University Press. 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

F. Fraser Darling spent two years with the red deer and this book describes in beautiful detail all that he learnt. From the excitement of the rutting season to the struggle for mastery of the herd. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Large folding map. viii and 215 pages including index. Reprint (corrected). Couple of tiny spots to front board. Lower edge of boards rubbed. Text block browned, with foxing to top edge. Foxing to endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Price-cut pale green dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small tears, slight loss to top & tail of spine, spine browned, tape marks to front panel, a few grubby marks.

AN EDITION OF THE LANCASHIRE POLL TAXES OF 1379 AND 1381
Written by Ranulf Higden Society.
Stock no. 1831647
Published by Ranulf Higden Society. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by members of the Ranulf Higden Society. Pictorial cardwraps. viii and 250 pages including index. ISBN: 9780957073722. Covers lightly scuffed. Text block just a little grubby. Initials and date in ink to top corner of first page. Else contents clean.

THE GHOST DOWNSTAIRS
Written by Leon Garfield. Illustrated by Antony Maitland.
Stock no. 1831646
Published by Longman. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A bargain of a lifetime - seven years off the end of his life in exchange for a fortune now! By day, Mr Fast was a solicitor's clerk, drawing up strangle-tight agreements and contracts. By night he returned to his rooms to spy upon his neighbours (for he had no friends) and to dream of being richer than other men. Pale grey mottled cloth boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 91 pages. ISBN: 0582150949. A review copy with a review notice from publisher loosely inserted. Browning to horizontal edges of boards. Text block browned. A few pale foxspots to prelims and last few pages. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned nad lightly worn to top of spine.

MEDIEVAL TENEMENTS IN ALDWARK, AND OTHER SITES
Written by R.A. Hall; H. Macgregor; M. Stockwell.
Stock no. 1831645
Published by Council For British Archaeology. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Volume 10: The Medieval Walled City north-east of the Ouse; Fasicule 2. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w diagrams. 49-147 pages plus b/w plates to rear. ISBN: 0906780764. Covers very lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

THE FOREST PRUNER; OR TIMBER OWNER'S ASSISTANT
Written by William Pontey.
Stock no. 1831644
Published by T. Smart. 1st 1805. Almost very good condition.

A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees; whether intended for use, ornament, or shelter: including an explanation of the causes of their general diseases and defects, with the means of prevention, and remedies where practicable:- also, an exmanination of the properties of English Fir Timber; with remarks on the defects of the old, and the outlines of a new system for the management of Oak Woods. Three-quarters red leather binding, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title on green title block to spine. Marbled boards, endpapers and text block. 8 b/w plates including frontis. 277 pages. Light rubbing to edges of leather, spine lightly browned, boards lightly scuffed. Front joint just starting to crack. Frontispiece has been cut out (trimmed around outline of The Woburn Beech) and stuck down on to plate. Some browning and foxing to contents, heavy to prelims and first few pages. Overall, a decent copy.

PRE-HISTORIC TIMES
Written by John Lubbock.
Stock no. 1831643
Published by Williams and Norgate. 2nd 1869. Good condition.

Second Edition. As illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages. Leather spine & corners, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title and tooling to spine. Dark navy/black cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. 5 b/w plates and illustrations. xxvii and 619 pages including index. Leather spine & corners lightly rubbed at edges, gilt to spine is rubbed. Text block browned. Front joint is BROKEN so front cover is detached from text block. Personal bookplate to free front endpaper. Some pencil annotation. Some foxing present. One or two small dampstains and a few grubby marks. Hinges are pulled but binding is generally sound bar the broken front joint. Overall, a decent copy for a work of its age.

BIGGLES AND THE LEOPARDS OF ZINN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1831642
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles is sent to British territory in Central Africa, near to the Belgian Congo to investigate two deaths that appear to have been the work of a leopard. Taking Algy, Bertie and Ginger with him, Biggles flies to Lake Jumu to stay at a Government rest house. Blue cloth boards, red title to spine. 6 colour plates. 184 pages. Spine is lightly faded in patches, light fading to top edge of boards. Else boards clean. Some foxing present, mainly to prelims and text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased and is a little grubby, spine lightly browned.

BRITTON'S CATHEDRALS (CATHEDRAL ANTIQUITIES): WELLS AND EXETER
Written by John Britton.
Stock no. 1831641
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown And Green. 1826. Very good condition.

Two volumes bound as one in modern red cloth binding with gilt title 'Britton's Cathedrals' to spine with date of '1824' to base of spine. Contains: The History and the Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Wells 1824; The History and Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Exeter 1826. Marbled text block. B/w engravings of views, elevations, plans etc. First printings, latest date is 1826. A few minor grubby marks to boards which are otherwise bright. Some foxing to contents, mainly to plates. Binding is lovely and tight. Overall, a decent copy in modern binding.