Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

10 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

THE SPARROWS: A STUDY OF THE GENUS PASSER
Written by J.D. Summers-Smith. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1827277
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An absorbing monograph concerned with the world's twenty species of True Sparrows. Brown cloth boards, gilt title and vignette to spine. 8 Colour plates, 62 b/w drawings and over 100 maps and diagrams. 342 Pages including index. ISBN: 0856610488. A lovely copy, appears unread. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little scuffed.

Buy now for £34.00 Add to Wish List

NATURALIZED ANIMALS: THE ECOLOGY OF SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED SPECIES
Written by Christopher Lever. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 2136324
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1ST 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poyser Natural History Series. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856610879. Small knocks along cover edges, with some uneven fading to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and marks.

Buy now for £25.00 Add to Wish List

PIGEONS AND DOVES OF THE WORLD
Written by Derek Goodwin. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 2127819
Published by British Museum. 1st 1967. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w illustrations. 3 colour plates. 446 pages. Spine is faded. Bookplate to front pastedown. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks and chips.

Buy now for £20.00 Add to Wish List

ECOLOGICAL ISOLATION IN BIRDS
Written by David Lack. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1816492
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth. A critical and new assessment of the importance of ecological isolation between species in nature. Line drawings, diagrams & maps. Top edge orange. ISBN: 0632068701. Bookplate of Bryan L. Sage (distinguished naturalist) to front pastedown. A few minor foxspots. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, and browned at spine.

Buy now for £14.00 Add to Wish List

BRITISH THRUSHES (NN 63)
Written by Eric Simms. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1816300
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Maps, diagrams and text figures. A detailed research into the six true species of thrush breeding in the British Isles; including a chapter of Britain's vagrant thrushes and a further substantial chapter on the seven species of small chat-like thrushes of the British Isles, including the Nightingale and the Robin. ISBN: 0002196700. Heavy foxing to top edge of text block but contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has clear laminate attached causing slight bleeding of text and image.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

BRITISH THRUSHES (NN 63)
Written by Eric Simms. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1609576
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Maps, diagrams and text figures. A detailed research into the six true species of thrush breeding in the British Isles; including a chapter of Britain's vagrant thrushes and a further substantial chapter on the seven species of small chat-like thrushes of the British Isles, including the Nightingale and the Robin. ISBN: 0002196700. Wrapper is faded to spine; in laminate sleeve which is attached at verso.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

THE BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE
Written by Peter Standley; N.J. Bucknell; Andy Swash; Ian D. Collins. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1810932
Published by The Berkshire Atlas Group. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive summary of the records of every species observed in Berkshire since records began. Green boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations and distribution maps. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0952929708. Includes Birds of Berkshire Bookmark.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

RARE BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by J.T.R. Sharrock; E.M. Sharrock. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor; et al..
Stock no. 2111479
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mottled red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and distribution map. 336 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610143. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Scuffing along a couple of cover edges. Small white name and address label to front endpaper. Some foxing. Wrapper is grubby with edge-creasing and small nicks; a little damp staining along bottom edge.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CAPE CLEAR ISLAND
Written by J.T.R. Sharrock. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1803389
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1973. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cape Clear Island, the most southerly point of Ireland, apart from the nearby Fastnet Rock, has been the site of a bird obsservatory since 1959. This account of the island, it flora and fauna, its inhabitants and history is weighted in favour of the birds since the island offers much of exceptional ornithological interest. Mottled blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w sketches. 207 pages. ISBN: 085661002X. A fine copy in a blue wrapper which is rubbed at edges and corners, a little scuffed and has a small closed tear to top of front edge of spine.

Buy now for £100.00 Add to Wish List

NATURALISED BIRDS OF THE WORLD
Written by Christopher Lever. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 814628
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 2005. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

When, where, how and by whom the world's naturalised birds were introduced to places outside their natural ranges. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713670061.

Buy now for £85.00 Add to Wish List