Stella & Rose's Books

DR JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE BOOK THAT DEFINED THE WORLD
Written by Henry Hitchings.
Stock no. 1831038
Published by John Murray (publishers). 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Johnson's attempt to define each and every word. In wonderfully engaging chapters, Hitchings describes Johnson's adventure - his ambition and vision, his moments of despair, the mistakes he made along the way and his ultimate triumph. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 278 pages including index. ISBN: 0719566312. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustswrapper is slightly grubby and lightly faded to spine and top of front panel.

Buy now for £10.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

LORD SALISBURY AND FOREIGN POLICY: THE CLOSE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Written by John A.S. Grenville.
Stock no. 1831037
Published by The Athlone Press. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

No. 14 in University of London Historical Studies. A monograph on the final tour of duty for Lord Salisbury at the turn of the 20th century. It covers 1895-1902. The book's central theme is the struggle for control between Lord Salisbury and those of his colleagues who, led by Joseph Chamberlain and Lord Landsdowne, advocated and finally secured the adoption of the new and questionable policy of partial-commitment. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 451 pages including index. Couple of tiny minor marks to front board. Foxing to text block. Light browning to endpapers, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Red dustwrapper is browned to spine with damp mottling, lightly edge rubbed and lightly browned. Musty odour present.

Buy now for £15.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE MOST NOBLE ADVENTURE
Written by Greg Behrman.
Stock no. 1831036
Published by Aurum Press Ltd. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Marshall Plan and the Reconstruction of Post-War Europe. Greg Behrman tells the story of the Marshall Plan, the unprecedented and audacious policy through which America helped rebuild World War II-ravaged Western Europe. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 448 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845133269. Boards clean. Vertical reading crease to spine. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Some hinges pulled but binding tight. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

Buy now for £10.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

JOURNEY INTO SILENCE
Written by Jack Ashley.
Stock no. 1831035
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Detailing MP Jack Ashley's early years, and his election to parliament; but which begins (with a silent bang...) with the sudden loss of hearing that then marked him out as one of the most courageous, honest, inspirational, blunt and hard-working MPs this country has had (in recent history, anyway). Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 0370013840. Boards clean. Slight lean to spine. Text block browned with light foxing. Endpapers lightly browned, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

MI9: THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICE THAT FOSTERED ESCAPE AND EVASION 1939-1945 AND ITS AMERICAN COUNTERPART
Written by M.R.D. Foot; J.M. Langley.
Stock no. 1831034
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A classic espionage book about the British secret service that arranged the daring escapes of allied prisoners during World War II. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 364 pages including index. ISBN: 0370300866. Vertical reading crease to spine. Boards clean. Text block a little foxed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased across top rear panel.

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

THE LETTERS OF BEETHOVEN (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Ludwig Beethoven; Emily Anderson.
Stock no. 1831033
Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd.. 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gathers all of composer, Ludwig van Beethoven's, nearly sixteen thousand letters written between 1787 to 1827, the year of his death and provides notes on background information concerning Beethoven's life. Collected, Translated and Edited with an Introduction, Appendixes, Notes and Indexes by Emily Anderson. Three volumes. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spines. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0393022471. A very nice set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks, dustwrappers are lightly browned to spine.

Buy now for £70.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

NINETEEN THIRTY-ONE: POLITICAL CRISIS
Written by Reginald Bassett.
Stock no. 1831032
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An excellent study that dispels a good deal of popular misinformation about a singularly confusing and bitter year of British politics. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xvi and 464 pages including index. Some faint damp mottling to boards. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Minor foxing to text block. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper is faded & browned to spine, tiny hole to front panel, grubby to rear panel.

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

SUN, MOON & STONEHENGE: HIGH CULTURE IN ANCIENT BRITAIN
Written by Robin Heath.
Stock no. 1831031
Published by Bluestone Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

How did the builders of Stonehenge predict eclipses to within a minute of accuracy? Why did they bring stones all the way from West Wales? What is the connection between Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid? Could ancient Britons really predict eclipses to the hour? Limited Edition of 2000 numbered copies. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. xv and 239 pages including index. ISBN: 0952615177. SIGNED by the author, dedicated 'To Polly, with best wishes', to front endpaper on tipped in plate. This is copy 98 of 2,000. Covers lightly scuffed, very minor grubbiness to top edge of text block. contents clean.

Buy now for £65.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 1831030
Published by Faber & Faber. 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology. Cream cloth with red title to spine and picture of two cats dancing to front cover. Colour illustrations, 50 pages. Ninth impression. Some foxspots to cloth boards. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Blue ink smudges to page 37 and facing illustration (Macavity: The Mystery Cat) - not too bad. Else contents are clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and browned, worn at top & tail of spine with slight loss.

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

A LIFE IN STONE
Written by Barry Feely.
Stock no. 1831029
Published by Barry Feely. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

An honest, heartfelt and thoughful account of the author's call to his 'path to a life in stone'. Crammed with marvellous details about he life of a stonecutter, from the constant 'chip of stone in the mouth to suck on like the farmer and his wisp', to tempering tungsten-tipped chisels and making crab-apple wood mallets. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 112 pages. ISBN: 0954356934. SIGNED and dated by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light scuffing to rear cover else a nice copy.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

FASHION IN IMPRESSIONIST PARIS
Written by Debra N. Mancoff. Illustrated by Edouard Manet; et al..
Stock no. 1831028
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Featuring famed paintings by such Impressionist masters as Degas, Cassatt, Manet, Monet and Morisot, this delightful book revisits the world of Parisian fashion through the eyes of first-hand observers. Thematic chapters present a gallery-like ensemble of paintings that follow in the footsteps of stylish Parisians as they stroll in the parks and boulevards, meet friends at cafés, take in the theatre, relax at home and go on holiday. Large format. Blue paper boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 157 pages. ISBN: 9781858945828. A few minor white marks to boards. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE BARRY LOCOMOTIVE PHENOMENON
Written by Francis Blake; Peter Nicholson.
Stock no. 1831027
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and entertaining account of how almost three hundred ex-BR (and almost wholly steam) locomotives ended their working lives at this South Wales seaside town facing the cutter's torch but how over two hundred of them escaped what seemed an inevitable fate. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0860934101. A few minor marks to rear board. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List