Stella & Rose's Books

MARINE NATURAL PRODUCTS
Written by Hiromasa Kiyota.
Stock no. 1327153
Published by Springer. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry 58. A compilation of the latest achievements of leading researchers in marine natural products with extremely diverse structures and biological activities. Cardwraps. 517 pages. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 9789811646393. Some slight rubbing to cover edges. Textblock edges are very slightly grubby.

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INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTORS
Written by Luc Reydams; Jan Wouters; Cedric Ryngaert.
Stock no. 1327139
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

First book to analyse the crucial role played by the prosecution in international criminal trials. Glazed pictorial boards. 968 pages. ISBN: 9780199554294. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

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ENDURANCE RACING 1982-1991
Written by Ian Briggs.
Stock no. 1327042
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yearly summaries and annual reviews of the FIA and IMSA championships are linked to summarised reports and results for ever World Championship Group C race between 1982 and 1990 - and of course, each running of the Le Mans 24 hours. Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 400 pages including index. ISBN: 1855322285. A unique copy SIGNED to title page by multiple drivers in the 1994 62nd Le Mans 24 hours race and throughout by other racing drivers. A unique record of endurance motor racing. Signatures include: Jeff Krosnoff, Eric van de Poele, Jurgen Lassig, Frank Jelinski, Yannick Dalmas, Mauro Baldi, George Fouche, Steven Andskar, Justin Bell, Richard Lloyd, Nick Adams, Tom Walkinshaw, Jan Lammers, Thorkild Thyrring, Andy Wallace, Peter Falk, Kenny Acheson, Mark Blundell, Robin Donovan, Richard Piper, Pierre Dieudonne, David Kennedy, Thierry Boutsen, Philippe Alliot. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate (John Atkins) has had some pencil writing erased from it. Previous owner and written his name in ink to edge of front pastedown, the date in ink to top of front free-endpaper and has also written the names of the drivers under their signatures. Some very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and creased.

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ECURIE ECOSSE: DAVID MURRAY AND THE LEGENDARY SCOTTISH MOTOR RACING TEAM
Written by Eric Dymock.
Stock no. 1327039
Published by Pj Publishing Ltd. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ecurie Ecosse is recognised worldwide as one of the most successful private sports car racing teams ever. This book explores the reasons, both probable and possible, not only for the team's rise to prominence, but also its inexorable decline. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 271 pages. ISBN: 9780955010223. Spine and corners bumped, slight dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased with tears, large tear to rear panel repaired with tape on verso. Slight browning to wrapper.

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BENTLEY SPECIALS & SPECIAL BENTLEYS
Written by Ray Roberts.
Stock no. 1827509
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Foulis Motoring Book. Describing in depth seventy years of works-built special cars from Cricklewood, Derby and Crewe, and the privately-created Specials of owners the world over. Grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos. 440 pages including index. ISBN: 0854296999. Light rubbing to lower board edges (minor), tiny bump to top front corner. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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BENTLEY FACTORY CARS 1919-1931
Written by Michael Hay.
Stock no. 1827508
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A definitive history of the Bentley golden era which covers the personalities, the commercial and financial complexities, the engineering and development work - and the primum mobile of the company, racing. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. 352 pages. ISBN: 1855322404. Light shelf-wear to base of spine and a light crease to corner of front free-endpaper else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed, small nick to lower rear edge of spine (no loss).

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THE DUKE'S CHILDREN AND COMMENTARY TO THE FIRST EDITION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Anthony Trollope; Joanna Trollope; et al.
Stock no. 1326740
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Green leather spines and corners to 'The Duke's Children volume' - raised bands to spine and red title block with gilt title. Limited to 1980 numbered copies. The Complete text, reconstructed and edited by Steven Amarnick assisted by Robert F. Wiseman with Susan Lowell Humphreys. Introduced by Joanna Trollope. Commentary volume is green cloth with gilt titles. Books are fine, this is copy no. 896. Contained in slipcase which is very slightly scuffed.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1944 - RUPERT IN MORE ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326738
Published by Daily Express. 1944. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert with chums, waving from a tree. First story Rupert and Rollo. 119 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. Spine slightly worn with small nicks at top and tail. Creases to lower corner of front panel. Name and address in ink to belongs to box, child's writing in ink to inside front cover. Foxing to textblock. Some lower page corner tips creased.

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HISTORY OF THE OUTER HEBRIDES
Written by W.C. Mackenzie.
Stock no. 1326574
Published by James Thin; The Mercat Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Reprinted from the 1903 edition. Covering in considerable detail all that is known (or was known in 1903) of the highly complex history of the western isles. Blue boards with gilt titles. 623 pages. Spine bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is browned and edge worn.

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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN CAMBRIDGE PART ONE (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Stella Panayotova; Nigel Morgan.
Stock no. 1827178
Published by Harvey Miller Publishers. Circa 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Volume One: The Frankish Kingdoms; Northern Netherlands; Germany; Bohemia; Hungary; Austria. Volume Two: The Meuse Region; Southern Netherlands. Large format. Blue cloth boards. ISBN: 9781905375479. Still in original shrinkwrap! A few minor marks, scuffs and a tiny hole to shrinkwrap. A few minor knocks to board edges. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE SPYFLYERS
Written by W.E. Johns; Jennifer Schofield. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter.
Stock no. 1827163
Published by Norman Wright. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Limited edition of 300 copies. Introduction by Jennifer Schofield. W.E. Johns only non-Biggles novel with a First World War flying setting. SIGNED by the illustrator, publisher and JenniferSchofield. Copy 140 of 300 numbered copies. Light rubbing to corners. Contents clean.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE AGE OF GIOTTO 1280-1400
Written by Joachim Poeschke.
Stock no. 1827154
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume begins with an in-depth presentation of the frescoes at San Francesco in Assisi, which became the great school of Italian painting, where Giotto, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini, among others, created a new kind of painted mural and a new style of pictorial narrative. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789208637. Second printing. Minor red biro mark to top of text block (see photos) else a lovely copy.

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