Stella & Rose's Books

THE RESCUE FLIGHT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1330716
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1953. Almost very good condition.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Top edge of textblock is slightly grubby, fore-edge has a few small spots. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers are browned. Contents clean.

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THE FIRST BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330715
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains 4 four-length stories: Biggles Sweeps The Desert, Biggles In The Orient, Biggles Delivers The Goods and Biggles Fails To Return. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 640 pages. 5th impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed with light damp staining to spine.

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THE WORKS IN ARCHITECTURE OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM
Written by Robert Oresko.
Stock no. 1830889
Published by Academy Editions. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam was published in three volumes over a period of 50 years from 1778. This new edition brings the complete text and all the engravings together in a single volume and is based on the reprint of E. Thezard Fils. Large format. Green cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 184 pages. ISBN: 0856700347. Very slight fading to spine. Old price-label to rear cover. A few minor marks to covers. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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STATE BARGES ON THE THAMES
Written by Anne Petrides. Illustrated by Brian Allderidge.
Stock no. 1830888
Published by Hugh Evelyn. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large oblong format. Unlike the architecture and furniture of the period, most of the ships and boats built between 1650 abnd 1850 have disappeared. Only two of the barges illustrated in this book have been preserved, both of them Royal barges and both small enough to be kept out of the water and under cover when not in use. The others - all examples of the great civic barges - are known to us only through models, drawings and descriptions. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. 45 pages. Rubbing to vertical edge of front board. Boards clean. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears, a few small chips to edges, 2" closed tear to rear panel (no loss), price-label to front flap with price crossed out and pencil price added.

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THE WILLIAM MORRIS KELMSCOTT CHAUCER
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer. Illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones.
Stock no. 1830887
Published by Omega Books. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the first edition. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and initials. 554 pages plus glossary. ISBN: 1850070822. Boards clean. Text block is foxed and a little stained. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and edge-rubbed.

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THE BIRDS OF WALES: ADAR CYMRU
Written by Rhion Pritchard; Julian Hughes; Ian M. Spence; Bob Haycock; Anne Brenchley.
Stock no. 1830886
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A heavy tome. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. xii and 584 pages inlcuding index. ISBN: 9781800859722. A lovely copy.

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THE CAMBRIDGE URBAN HISTORY OF BRITAIN (3 VOLUMES)
Written by D.M. Palliser; Peter Clark; Martin Daunton.
Stock no. 1830885
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The complex and diverse evolution of British towns from the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements to the mid-twentieth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spines. Volume I: 600 - 1540; Volume II: 1540-1840; Volume III:P 1840 - 1950. A heavy set. A lovely set. Dustwrappers are lightly scuffed.

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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE AND ITS INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT: STUDIES IN HONOUR OF PETER KIDSON
Written by Peter Kidson; Eric Fernie; Paul Crossley.
Stock no. 1830884
Published by The Hambledon Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Presented by ex-pupils and friends to Peter Kidson, Professor of Medieval Architecture at the Courtauld Institute, as a mark of respect and affection for arguably the most influential historian of medieval architecture of his generation in the English-speaking world. The essays in this volume reflect the range of Peter Kidson's own interests and are united in following his approach to medieval architecture and art: a determination to see buildings and objects in the intellectual terms of the time in which they were created. Edited by Eric Fernie and Paul Crossley. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xxvii and 304 pages including list of subscribers to rear. ISBN: 1852850345. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed. Includes letter from and signed by Peter Kidson.

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THE MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECT
Written by John Harvey.
Stock no. 1830883
Published by Wayland (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the mediaeval architect is here told to a great extent in the words of contemporaries, translated into modern English in the case of documents in Latin or foreign languages. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 0853400229. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Boards clean. Text block browned with some minor foxing. Minor surface papper loss/damage to frontis and facing title page. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and scuffed, small closed tear (no loss) to lower edge of rear panel.

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SYLLOGE OF COINS OF THE BRITISH ISLES FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM CAMBRIDGE PART I: ANCIENT BRITISH AND ANGLO-SAXON COINS
Written by Philip Grierson.
Stock no. 1830882
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

The first fascicule of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles contains the Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, numbering 216-777 respectively. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. xix and 70 pages inlcuding index. Boards lightly scuffed, very light fading to spine. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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LORDSHIP AND ARCHITECTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE SCOTLAND
Written by Richard D. Oram; Geofrrey P. Stell.
Stock no. 1830881
Published by John Donald. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A series of essays on the role of acrchitecure as an expression of lordship and status among Scottish secular and ecclesiastical elites in the period c.1124-c.1650. These studies of the acrchitectural patronage of particular families or groups explore how the nobility operated socially and economically as well as politically, in the organisation and structure of lordship throughout the medieval and renaissance periods. Edited by Richard Oram and Geoffrey Snell. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xxii and 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9780859766289. Light scuffing to covers and rubbing to edges. Contents clean.

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THE CORNISH BEAM ENGINE
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1830880
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A survey of its history and development in the mines of Cornwall and Devon from before 1800 to the present day, with something of its use elsewhere in Britain and abroad. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. 285 pages including index. Light bumping to board corners. Boadrs clean. Text block a little browned with a couple of minor foxspots. Small name in coloured pencil to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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