Stella & Rose's Books

THE COMPLETE PROSE OF WOODY ALLEN
Written by Woody Allen.
Stock no. 1831404
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Contains Without Feathers; Getting Even; Side Effects. Grey pictorial cloth. 245 pages. Still in original shrinkwrap. This book would make a wonderful gift.

JUVENAL: THE SIXTEEN SATIRES
Written by Juvenal; Simon Callow. Illustrated by David Hughes.
Stock no. 1831403
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Simon Callow. Black cloth spine with gilt and red title. Pictorial paper boards. Bizarre colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap which is a little creased on one side. This book would make a wonderful gift.

CARNIVORE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION: A HANDBOOK OF TECHNIQUES (TECHNIQUES IN ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION SERIES)
Written by Luigi Boitani; Roger A. Powell.
Stock no. 1831402
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

This book describes research methods and techniques for the study and conservation of all terrestrial carnivore species. Particular attention is paid to techniques for managing the human/carnivore interface. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustratilons/charts. xvii and 506 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199558520. A lovely copy.

OUT OF THE MIST: THE CONNEMARA PONY
Written by Pat Lyne.
Stock no. 1831401
Published by Pat Lyne. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

A further study of the Connemara Pony throughout the world wherever he is bred and used. Limited edition. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. x and 299 pages including index. ISBN: 0950967424. SIGNED and dated by the author to title page. Also has the author's address label to colophon page. Boards are just a little grubby. Small knock to lower edge of rear board. Contents clean.

A HAWK FOR THE BUSH
Written by J. Mavrogordato. Illustrated by G.E. Lodge.
Stock no. 1831400
Published by The C.W. Daniel Company Ltd.. 1985. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A treatise on the training of the sparrowhawk and other short-winged hawks. Revised and updated edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, including hood patterns. xviii and 206 pages including index. ISBN: 0854350829. Reprint. Boards clean. Creasing to lower corner of page v. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded, is a little grubby and has a barcode label to rear panel.

GREENWITCH
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1831399
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The third book of The Dark is Rising series. In this dreamlike novel set in Cornwall, magic often occurs during the hours of darkness and yet readers are not left with the feeling that experiences have been merely imagined. The Greenwitch, a figure created by village women, comes into possession of a great secret coveted by the powers of Light and Dark. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 147 pages. ISBN: 0701150483. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly bumped. Tail of spine slightly discoloured. Small knock to top edge of front board. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Includes publisher's compliments slip. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to front panel gutter edge and top edge, rear panel is grubby and has the remains of a label.

THE CLOCKMAKERS OF LLANRWST: PRE-INDUSTRIAL CLOCKMAKING IN A WELSH MARKET TOWN
Written by Colin Brown; Mary Brown.
Stock no. 1831398
Published by Bridge Books. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

Details on all the members of the Owen dynasty as well as every other clock and watch maker that has been found to have worked in the Llanrwst area. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour frontis & b/w photos. 277 pages plus subscribers list to rear. ISBN: 1872424996. Light wear to cover edges (minor). Spine is ligthly sunned/faded. A few light scuffs to cover and minor creasing. Contents clean.

SULFATE KARST OF PERM REGION (RUSSIA) (CAVE AND KARST SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD)
Written by Nikolay Maksimovich; Olga Kadebsykaya; Olga Meschcheriakova.
Stock no. 1831396
Published by Springer Nature Switzerland Ag. 1st thus 2022. Very good condition.

The book provides a characteristic of sulfate karst, the features of its distribution and development in the Perm region, based on their own research and generalization of data accumulated in recent years. This book also offers a detailed description of areas with characteristics of geological and hydrogeological conditions for the development of karst and karst phenomena. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. xix and 151 pages. ISBN: 9783031189746. Vertical crease to rear cover. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Some damp crinkling to contents (no staining). Else contents clean.

SIR WILLIAM JARDINE: A LIFE IN NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Christine E. Jackson; Peter Davis.
Stock no. 1831395
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Biography. Sir William Jardine (1800-1874) of Jardine Hall near Lockerbie, was a Scottish baronet and landowner. He was also a magistrate, Convenor of the Church of Scotland, and Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire in 1841, but, above all, he was an eminent naturalist in several fields, knowledgeable about birds, fishes, insects, plants and geology. Matt boards. B/w illustrations. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0718501640. Edges of boards sunned/faded. Light bumping to top & tail of spine. Contents clean.

THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1831394
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition.

Five novels published as a single volume: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree. Blue boards, gilt titles and borders. 737 pages. ISBN: 9780370329420. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed (shelf-wear). Text block a little grubby and is foxed across top edge. Contents clean. Small bar-code tag stuck to rear free front endpaper.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1331257
Published by Frederick Warne. 24th 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Series No. 11. Describing 137 Aircraft with 245 illustrations. 24th edition. Small format. Blue boards. ISBN: 0723215413. Spine slightly bumped. Light vertical crease to centre of spine, Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and spine slightly faded.

WILLIAM THE FILM STAR
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1331253
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Formerly entitled William and the Evacuees. Red boards, black title label to spine. Vignette to front cover. 252 pages. Some b/w text illustrations. Tenth impression. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Child's name in part ink and part pencil to front free-endpaper. Some light pen marks to textblock edge. Contents are browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small doodles to rear panel.