Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

271 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 ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM
Written by Alan Woolley.
Stock no. 1601289
Published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hundreds of the most common and widely distributed minerals are described in detail. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Illustrated endpapers, numerous explanatory line drawings and colour photographs throughout. 240 pages. ISBN: 0600362639. Corners rubbed, contents clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is a little edge creased.

Buy now for £9.00 Add to Wish List

THE SELBORNE PIONEER
Written by Ted Dadswell.
Stock no. 1802982
Published by Ashgate. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gilbert White as naturalist and scientist - a re-examination. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0754607496. A fine copy in a green pictorial wrapper which is slightly creased at edges.

Buy now for £35.00 Add to Wish List

THE WHITE RIVER BADLANDS
Written by Cleophas C. O'Harra.
Stock no. 1601282
Published by South Dakota School Of Mines. 1976. Very good condition.

Light brown cardwraps. B/w illustrations. A revised reprint of South Dakota State School of Mines Bulletin No. 9, The Badland Formations of the Black Hills Region. Front cover and title page say: South Dakota School of Mines Bulletin No. 13 Department of Geology. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean and bright.

Buy now for £9.00 Add to Wish List

A DALES NATURALIST
Written by Roger Nelson. Illustrated by Roger Nelson.
Stock no. 1802970
Published by Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Week-by-week account of what to look for as a naturalist in the Dales. A personal chronicle of appeal to visitor and resident alike. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1855680580. A fine copy in a slightly scuffed dustwrapper.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

HEATHLANDS (NN 72)
Written by Nigel Webb.
Stock no. 1202149
Published by Book Club Associates. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series No. 72. Book Club edition - no price on dustwrapper and no Collins at base of spine. Green cloth. 20 colour photos and over 100 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0002190206. Foxing to endpapers. Free front endpaper has pencil erasure marks and top corner is creased. Text block is slightly grubby otherwise contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine (normal for this series).

Buy now for £96.00 Add to Wish List

THE NATURALIST IN DEVON AND CORNWALL
Written by Roger Burrows.
Stock no. 1201979
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Regional Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. 5.75 x 9 inches. 303 pages. Containing quantities of maps of different habitats, and some excellent black and white photographs. ISBN: 0715373608. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper: very slightly grubby.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

THE GUINNESS BOOK OF MAMMALS
Written by John A. Burton. Illustrated by Jean Vaughan.
Stock no. 1201427
Published by Guinness Superlatives Ltd.. 1st 1982. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 0851123058.

Buy now for £8.00 Add to Wish List

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White.
Stock no. 823567
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1833. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Full black leather binding, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. x + 316 pages. Arranged for Young Persons. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Spine and corners worn. 0.5 inch missing from base of spine.

Buy now for £30.00 Add to Wish List

THE NATURALIST IN DEVON AND CORNWALL
Written by Roger Burrows.
Stock no. 822562
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1971. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Regional Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. 5.75 x 9 inches. 303 pages. Containing quantities of maps of different habitats, and some excellent black and white photographs. ISBN: 0715373608.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

GWENT ITS LANDSCAPE AND NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Colin Titcombe.
Stock no. 822257
Published by C. Titcombe. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. Gwent natural history as reflected in the diaries of the author. ISBN: 0953275604.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

SPECTACLE DE LA NATURE, OR NATURE DISPLAY'D
No author listed.
Stock no. 819546
Published by J. And J. Pemberton; R. Franklin; C. Davis. 1737. Good condition.

Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History as Were Thought Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity and Form the Minds of Youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French. Second Edition. Volume III. 32 b/w folding plates + frontis. Full leather binding with raised bands to spine. 456 pages. Spine has small areas of loss and split to top, with chipping. Corners are worn. Front pastedown has come unstuck, but binding is tight. Plates in excellent order and all present.

Buy now for £90.00 Add to Wish List

BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS, FISH, INSECTS, AND REPTILES (5 VOLS)
Written by Comte De Buffon.
Stock no. 819573
Published by H.D. Symonds. 1798. Very good condition.

Embellished with upwards of 200 engravings, 44 b/w plates. Leather spine with dark red title labels and gilt titles and decorations. Spine and cover edges and corners are worn. 1 title label is missing. Page edges are browned. REDUCED FROM £440.

Buy now for £340.00 Add to Wish List