Stella & Rose's Books

WARSHIP 2018
Written by John Jordan; Stephen Dent.
Stock no. 1831578
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

Warship 2018 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. The contributors are respected authorities, so detailed and accurate information is the keynote of all the articles, which are fully supported by plans, tables and photographs. Edited by John Jordan. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. 224 pages. ISBN: 9781472829993. Lower board corners lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Some light imprinting of printing inks to prelims (very minor) else contents clean.

WARSHIP 2019
Written by John Jordan; Stephen Dent.
Stock no. 1831577
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

Warship 2019 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. The contributors are respected authorities, so detailed and accurate information is the keynote of all the articles, which are fully supported by plans, tables and photographs. Edited by John Jordan. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. 224 pages. ISBN: 9781472835956. Very light rubbing to board corners, light scuffing to boards. Faint pencil erasure to free front endpaper. Else contents clean.

WARSHIP 1991
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1831576
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An annual publication devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. This is volume XV. Includes: The Last Manila Galleon; The Armoured Cruiser USS Brookllyn; British 'M' Class Destroyers; The Father of the Flat-Top?; Inter-War French Submarine Development; Anti-Aircraft Gunnery in the Imperial Japanese Navy; Japanese Naval Air Power; Japanese Oxygen Torpedoes; The Leningrad Class; Romanian Minelaying Operations; Swedish Tre Kroner Class Cruisers; Albacore; Warship Notes; and The Naval Year in Review. Edited by Robert Gardiner. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775829. Boards clean and bright. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and a little scuffed.

WARSHIP 2015
Written by John Jordan; Stephen Dent.
Stock no. 1831575
Published by Conway. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An annual publication. Volume XXXVII. Includes: The Battleships of the Patrie Class; The Incredible Hulks: The Fisgard Training Establishment; The Bonfiglietti Project: An Aircraft Carrier for the Regia Marina; Night Action, Malaya 19472; and more. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 208 pages. ISBN: 9781844862764. Boards clean and bright. Minor spots to front endpapers. Front Joint has pulled between the endpapers and half-title page. Else contents clean and tight. White pictorial dustwrapper is fine.

WARSHIP 1990
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1831574
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An annual publication devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. This is volume XIV and includes: Chapman's Frigates; Ramming; Sankeikan; USS Oregon; Russian 'Lake' Type Submarines and the Baltic War 1914-1916; Engadine at Jutland; The Weird Sisters; The Japanese Repair Ship Akashi; The Yorktown Class; Aircraft to Malta; The Midget Submarine Attack on the Tirpitz; Naval Notes; and The Naval Year in Review. Edited by Robert Gardiner. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and sketches. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775470. Minor mark to front board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's address label to front flap and rear panel is scuffed.

SOME ACCOUNT OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND (4 VOLUMES)
Written by T. Hudson Turner.
Stock no. 1831572
Published by John Henry Parker. 1st 1851. Very good condition.

Volume I: From The Conquest to the End of the Thirteenth Century; Volume II: From Edward I. to Richard II.; Volume III: From Richard II. to Henry VIII. Part II.; Volume IV: From Richard II. to Henry VIII Part I. Full leather binding, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Numerous b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Vol I 1st 1851; Vol II 1st 1853; Vol III 1st 1859; Vol IV 1st 1859. Volume III and IV are possibly bound with incorrect number on spine ie III should be IV and IV should be III. Boards are lightly scuffed at edges, bumped at corners but otherwise in very good condition for the age of the volumes. Some foxing present but not bad. A nice set.

THE ADVANCE OF THE FUNGI
Written by E.C. Large.
Stock no. 1831570
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book reviews the successive epidemics of fungal and other plant disease which have swept the crops of the modern world, and traces the growth of the science of crop-defence, or plant-protection, from its beginnings in the eighteenth century until today (1940s). Includes the Potato Blight, from the famine in Ireland onwards, the Leaf-Disease in Ceylon, the Black Stem Rust in North America which so gravely reduced the suppies of grain available for the Allies in 1916. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 488 pages including index. Light rubbing to board edges. Text block browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is chipped to corners and top & tail of spine, browned with some staining to spine, a few small foxspots and general grubbiness.

WESTERN REGION STEAM TWILIGHT PART ONE
Written by Colin Walker.
Stock no. 1831569
Published by Pendyke Publications. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The first of five projected albums recalling the final years of steam on the former Western Region of British Railways. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904318176. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). A couple of minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

MEDIEVAL CERAMIC STUDIES IN ENGLAND
Written by Maureen Mellor.
Stock no. 1831568
Published by English Heritage. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

A review for English Heritage. This review assesses the health of medieval pottery studies in terms of available resources and academic strength: identifies those areas where significant progress has been made, and contributes to the discussion on those steps necessary to ensure the continuing health and development of the study of medieval pottery in academic progress, staff training, career development, and the efficient use of financial and other resources. Large format. Blue cardwraps. vii and 76 pages. ISBN: 1850744831. Covers are scuffed. Contents clean.

WARSHIP 2016
Written by John Jordan; Stephen Dent.
Stock no. 1831567
Published by Conway. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Warship 2016 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. The contributors are respected authorities, so detailed and accurate information is the keynote of all the articles, which are fully supported by plans, tables and photographs. Edited by John Jordan. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. 208 pages. ISBN: 9781844863266. Light scuffing to rear board. Contents clean.

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND HOLLAND
Written by Peter Thornton.
Stock no. 1831566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the first book to survey and analyze the development of European interior decoration in France, England, and Holland following the stimulus of the Italian Renaissance while relating it to the changes in the political structure and social habits of the landed classes at the end of the sixteenth century. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. xii and 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0300021933. Boards clean. Very light browning to endpapers. Text block browned and foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to flaps, scuffed to rear panel.

ABBEYS
Written by M.R. James.
Stock no. 1831565
Published by GWR. 1926. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An authoritative and beautifully written survey of the medieval monastic houses of Great Britain, authored by the renowned scholar and medievalist M. R. James. Black cloth spine, gilt titles. Red boards. B/w photos, plans and illustrations. 7 colour plates and a Map in pocket on rear board. x and 153 pages. Second impression. Top & tail of spine and board corners lightly worn. Text block browned. Some foxing present, mainly to endpapers, prelims and text block. Map present in rear pocket. Plain dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and chipped at top & tail of spine and corners. Strong cigarette odour present.