Stella & Rose's Books

YOURS AFFECTIONATELY PETER RABBIT: MINIATURE LETTERS BY BEATRIX POTTER
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831610
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1983. Very good condition.

To amuse children she was particularly fond of, Beatrix Potter set up a correspondance in miniature between the characters in her little tales. Small format. Red glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0723231788. Reprint. Top corner of boards bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Top edge of text block has some small foxspots. Lower corner creased diagonally to free front endpaper. Pale page edge browning else contents generally clean.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE I: THE COTSWOLDS (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Verey; Alan Brooks.
Stock no. 1831609
Published by Yale University Press. 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Extensively revised and expanded. The celebrated architecture of the Cotswold villages - stone-built manor houses, cottages, and medieval churches - is covered in full. Longer entries describe market towns such as Cirencester, Fairford and Chipping Camptden, with their great wool churches, almshouses, and charming civic buildings. Black vinyl covers, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, diagrams and illustrations. 826 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300096040. Reprint. Text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. A lovely copy.

YELLS, BELLS & SMELLS: THE STORY OF THE DEVONS, HAMPSHIRES AND DORSETS IN THE SIEGE OF MALTA 1940-43
Written by Christopher Jary; et al.
Stock no. 1831608
Published by Semper Fidelis Publications. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

In the Second World War three battalions from three distinguished regiments from Wessex were brigaded together to defend Malta during one of the most vicious and protracted sieges in the history of warfare. The story of those regiments, who became so strongly identified with the island they they adopted her name in their title: 231 Malta Brigade. Yellow cardwraps. B/w photos. xiii and 200 pages including index. ISBN: 9780992903350. A few minor scuffs to covers, contents clean.

OXFORDSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Jennifer Sherwood.
Stock no. 1831607
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford's unique collection of university and college buildings both old and new form a major part of this book. The city itself with its medieval walls and castle and ancient churches is also fully described. Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. 948 pages including index. ISBN: 0300096399. Headbands have become unglued from outer spine. Top edge of text block grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-pworn and is scuffed to rear panel.

THE THEORY AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURES: A TEXT-BOOK
Written by Ewart S. Andrews.
Stock no. 1831606
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 5th 1932. Very good condition.

For the use of Students, Draughtsmen, and Engineers engaged in Constructional Work. Fifth Edition, revised. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and blind publishers stamp to front board. Numerous illustrations and worked examples. xii and 646 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Board eges lightly rubbed, corners worn, top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Tiny minor patch of discolouration to rear board. Few minor marks to front board. Endpapers and text block browned. Name in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean.

BLACKIES GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Dorothy Wilding; Constance Savery; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Cecil Orr; W. Lindsay Cable; et al..
Stock no. 1831605
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

White cloth spine with light blue title. Front cover shows three girls cooking over a camp fire. First story is 'The Younger Sister Mystery' by Dorothy Wilding. 4 full-page colour plates, 4 half-tone plates plus numerous b/w illustrations to text. 208 pages. Cloth spine is grubby and frayed at top. Board edges are rubbed, corners worn. Text block browned and slightly grubby. Frontispiece partly detached. One hinge pulled but binding tight. One or two margin marks else contents generally clean. All plates present.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Stock no. 1831604
Published by Scholastic Press. 1st USA 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

US edition. When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school. Green cloth spine with silver title, Blue paper boards. Red endpapers. B/w chapter headers.vii and 341 pages. ISBN: 0439064864. Light foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to rear panel else lovely and clean.

THE MAGIC APPLE TREE: A COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1831603
Published by Long Barn Books. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Magic Apple Tree is Susan Hill’s memoir of her life in the Fen country of England where she and her husband bought a cottage in the village of Barley. She tells of their life in an old cottage, of finding logs for the fire, fighting the clay soil and insects and weather in the garden, raising chickens, watching the birds and local wildlife, participating in the community life in the village, cooking in each season, going for walks with her dog through the local countryside, and of the magic apple tree, a tree growing in their back garden which gives them new views and comforts throughout each season. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w headers and footers and 4 full page b/w chapter illustrations. 269 pages. ISBN: 9781902421254. Base of spine and lower corners lightly rubbed. Small knock to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and sunned/faded to spine and a little scuffed.

WINGS OVER GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by John Rennison.
Stock no. 1831602
Published by Piccadilly Publishing. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An account of the air war over Gloucestershire during the second world war. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 188 pages. ISBN: 0951404709. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a very nice copy.

AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
Written by George MacDonald; Carol Ann Duffy. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk.
Stock no. 1831601
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. Introduced by Carol Ann Duffy. Silver/blue pictorial cloth. Blue endpapers. Beautiful colour plates. xv and 269 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a little marked.

THE SHOOTING MAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB; Duff Hart-Davis. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1831600
Published by White Lion Books. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A companion volume to BB's "Fisherman's Bedside Book", illustrated throughout with numerous woodcuts. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. A handsome new edition with an introduction by Duff Hart-Davis. xi and 212 pages. ISBN: 1874762112. Boards clean and bright. Slight lean to spine. Top edge of text block has small foxspots. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge, sunned/faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

PRINCIPLES OF COMBUSTION IN THE STEAM BOILER FURNACE
Written by Arthur D. Pratt.
Stock no. 1831599
Published by Babcock and Wilcox. 1936. Very good condition.

This guide translates complex combustion theory into practical methods you can apply in real-world boiler work, helping you predict flames, heat transfer, and exhaust behavior with confidence. Revised edition. Brown cloth, black titles. 112 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly worn, boards a little grubby. Foxing to contents and some grubby fingering marks. Binding is tight.