Stella & Rose's Books

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FURNITURE
Written by John Woodforde. Illustrated by Roy Spencer.
Stock no. 1831431
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observer book no. 35. Revised edition. Describing furniture from Tudor to Victorian times with 195 line illustrations. Laminate boards. ISBN: 0723200777. Third reprint. Boards lightly browned, red title to spine lightly sunned/faded to peach. Previous owner's gold label to front pastedown. Contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SILVER
Written by Elizabeth De Castres.
Stock no. 1831430
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Observers series no. 88. Laminate boards. With 96 b/w photographs and 18 line drawings. ISBN: 0723216134. Boards lightly browned, red title to spine very slightly sunned. Publisher's price-label to rear board. Small foxspots to top edge of text block and a couple of marks to lower edge and vertical edge. Some page edge browning. Overall a nice copy.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CLASSIC CARS AFTER 1945
Written by Mark White.
Stock no. 1831429
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Observers Book No. 93. Laminate boards with a foreword by Michael Bowler, editor of Thoroughbred and Classic Cars from 1973-1981. With 11 colour and 49 b/w photographs. ISBN: 0723216142. Boards lightly browned, red title to spine has faded to pale orange. Some evidence of damp to rear of book contents (crinkling and a pale stain). Else contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S WORLD ATLAS
Written by John Bartholomew.
Stock no. 1831428
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Observer's series No. 91. Laminate boards. ISBN: 072321624x. Boards lightly browned and a bit grubby. Text block grubby. Some marks internally, mainly to margins. Else a very good copy.

ORMOLU: THE WORK OF MATTHEW BOULTON
Written by Nicholas Goodison.
Stock no. 1831427
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The book is a study of a major eighteenth-century factory between the years 1768-82, of the methods by which ornaments were designed, made and marketed and of Boulton's own keen interest in promoting the business. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. xii and 398 pages including index. ISBN: 0714815896. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription. Top edge of boards and text block lightly foxed. Bookplate of Geoffrey & Elspeth Howe to front pastedown. Small hole in the midle of the text to page 79/80 (see photo) else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine, scuffed to rear panel, and lightly edge-creased.

THE STONE OF DESTINY: ARTEFACT AND ICON (MONOGRAPH SERIES No. 22)
Written by Richard Welander; David J. Breeze; Thomas Owen Clancy.
Stock no. 1831426
Published by Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

The return of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland on St Andrew's Day 1996, after an absence of 700 years, was an event that rekindled interest in the origins and eventful life of this unparalleled piece of Scottish history. In response to that interest, a conference to look at all aspects of this 'sub-rectangular block of sandstone' was organised by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Historic Scotland. This book grew out of that gathering and its distinguished authors range far and wide in looking at the Stone as both object and symbol. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations and a few colour photos. xvii and 283 pages including index. ISBN: 0903903229. A very nice copy.

THE RURAL HOUSES OF NORTH AVON & SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1400-1720 (MONOGRAPH No. 6)
Written by Linda J. Hall.
Stock no. 1831425
Published by City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

In this monograph, the author has listed andm apped all the houses of north Avon and sought Gloucestershire of her study period known to her at December 1981 and her Gazetteer comprises a detailed description i nnote form of a major selection of them, fully planned and illustrated. Large format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & plans. xvii (including subscribers list) and 316 pages including index. Card covers lightly foxed, damp staining to top edges. Text block and top margins damp stained (does not affect text). Otherwise, a nice, tight copy.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF CALDICOT PART 2
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831424
Published by Merton Priory Press. 1st thus 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

From the Coming of the Normans into Wales Down to the Present Time. Volume 4 Part 2. Facsimile of the 1932 edition. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0952000954. Boards and contents clean. Light blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF TRELECH
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831422
Published by Academy Books. 1st thus 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 2 Part 2 of A History of Monmouthshire from the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Facsimile of the 1913 edition. ISBN: 1873361165. Boards clean. Tiny closed tear (no loss) to vertical edge of free front endpaper else contents clean. Light blue pictorial dustwrapper is clean. A lovely copy.

A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: THE HUNDRED OF RAGLAN
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1831421
Published by Academy Books. 1st thus 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 2 Part 1 of A History of Monmouthshire from the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Facsimile of 1914 edition. 128 pages. ISBN: 1873361157. Top front corner of boards bumped else boards clean. Contents clean. Light blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and has a few minor marks. A very nice copy.

KINGS AND QUEENS BOOK 2
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by Frank Hampson.
Stock no. 1331286
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1969. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072140183X. Spine bumped. Slight rubbing to cover edges and small nick to rear edge of spine. Contents clean. Tally 230 to rear cover.

KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND BOOK 1
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by Frank Hampson.
Stock no. 1331285
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1969. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721401821. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Tally 260. Revised price printed of 15p.