Stella & Rose's Books

ATLAS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN BALTIC AMBER
Written by Wolfgang Weitschat; Wilfried Wichard.
Stock no. 1827802
Published by Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

This atlas opens a window onto the world of Baltic amber and the Eocene amber forests. About 650 typical plants and animals are systematically represented in 92 full-page colour plates. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 3931516946. A few minor knocks to boards edges. Boards scuffed. Small patch of surface paper loss to front pastedown. Contents clean.

ECOSYSTEM-BASED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: PROGRESS, IMPORTANCE, AND IMPACTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Written by Jason S. Link; Anthony R. Marshak.
Stock no. 1827796
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition.

The progress that the US has made towards advancing EBFM and making it an operational reality. Matt pictorial boards. 678 pages including index. B/w photos and diagrams throughout, some colour photos. ISBN: 9780192843463. Tiny nick to vertical front edge of board. Light bump to lower front corner. A few minor grubby marks to rear board. Contents clean.

MORGAN MAVERICK
Written by Chris Lawrence.
Stock no. 1827795
Published by Douglas Loveridge Publications. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Auto-biography. Christopher Lawrence's story from a Royal Navy Engineer to a Le Mans class winner and Grand Prix driver. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781900113045. Spine slightly cocked. Text block just a little grubby. Minor mark to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-creased.

BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.

THE BIOLOGY OF XENOPUS
Written by R.C. Tinsley; H.R. Kobel.
Stock no. 1327428
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Number 68. A physical print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source. Glazed pictorial boards. Some b/w photos and diagrams. 440 pages. ISBN: 0198549741. Top of spine is very slightly bumped. Else a fine copy.

BRITAIN AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE: EXPERT ADVICE AND SCIENCE POLICY, 1930-65
Written by Brian Balmer.
Stock no. 1327423
Published by Palgrave. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of biological weapons research and policy in th UK. Black boards, silver title to spine. 246 pages. ISBN: 0333754301. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed. Sticky mark to rear panel of wrapper (removal of a a label?).

BROOCHES IN LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN BRITAIN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.F. Mackreth.
Stock no. 1827716
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Volume 1: text for the study, Volume 2: The plates, Figures etc. This is the result of forty years of study and offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain, the brooch. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174111. Boards a little scuffed, contents clean, a lovely set!

LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN SILCHESTER: EXCAVATIONS ON THE SITE OF THE FORUM-BASILICA 1977, 1980-86
Written by Michael Fulford; Jane Timby; et al.
Stock no. 1827715
Published by Society For The Promotion Of Roman Studies. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

Britannia Monograph Series No. 15. Large format. A heavy volume. Green glazed boards. B/w photos, illustrations, and fold-out plans. ISBN: 090776424X. A few minor marks to boards. Tiny nick to base of spine. Lower rear corner of board bumped. Text block browned and a little grubby. Page margins lightly browned else contents clean.

THE POWER OF DOGU: CERAMIC FIGURES FROM ANCIENT JAPAN
Written by Simon Kaner; et al.
Stock no. 1827713
Published by British Museum Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Mueseum from 10 September to 22 November 2009. Dogu - abstract clay figures with recognizably human or animal features - have a long and fascinating history in Japan. This book illustrates 67 Dogu. Edited by Kaner. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780714124643. Light fading horizontally to top of rear cover. Contents fine.

MY VERY OWN SISTER
Written by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Hans Arnold.
Stock no. 1327295
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416814506. Spine and corners bumped, corners slightly worn. Some grubby fingermarks to first couple of pages.

OLD SCOTTISH CLOCKMAKERS FROM 1453 TO 1850
Written by John Smith.
Stock no. 1827688
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 2nd 1921. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Compiled from original sources with notes. Pages untrimmed. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 433 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Light scuff marks to rear board. Endpapers and text block browned. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper. Some pages unopened due to being untrimmed and therefore unread. Dustwrapper is edge-worn with chips to corners, large closed tear to front panel, is browned with age and has a horizontal crease across the middle.

HISTORY OF BRITISH AVIATION 1908-1914
Written by R. Dallas Brett.
Stock no. 1827687
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

'Although there have been many publications dealing with various incidents of early aviation and individual experiences of early aviators, Mr Dallas Brett is the first author to review the whole tangled mass of data and to present a comprehensive picture of the whole exicitng early years of aviation. In this book is given a coherent story of Great Britain's part in the conquest of the air by the human race.' Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front. B/w photos. xxiv and 388 pages including index. Top corners of boards bumped. Lower corners lightly worn. Horizontal edges of boards lightly faded. Endpapers & text block browned. Contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is grubby and marked, Closed tear (no loss) to top front panel.