Stella & Rose's Books

GENERA ORCHIDACEARUM VOLUME 1
Written by Alec M. Pridgeon; Phillip J. Cribb; Mark W. Chase; Finn N. Rasmussen.
Stock no. 1331194
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A robust and natural classification of the Orchids. This volume begins with a general introduction outlining the history of the classification of Orchids, followed by detailed chapters on Apostasioideae and Cypripedioideae. Black boards, silver title to spine. Large format. Colour photos. ISBN: 0198505132. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top of spine.

ABERFAN: THE DAYS AFTER
Written by I.C. Rapoport.
Stock no. 1331193
Published by Parthian. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

A Journey in Pictures. The Aberfan tragedy which came to symbolise everything that fashionable decade strove to forget: the negligence of authorities and the dirt of existence, poverty and the class divide. B/w photographs commemorating a past decade, a defunct industry, seeking out the women and families of a male-dominated world. White pictorial cardwraps. Dual language: text in English & Welsh. ISBN: 1902638565. Covers lightly foxed and edge creased. Contents fine.

SMITH'S SEA FISHES
Written by J.L.B. Smith; Margaret M. Smith; Phillip C. Heemstra.
Stock no. 1331192
Published by Southern Book Publishers. 1991. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large (and very heavy) format. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 2150 species described. 1047 pages (including index). A comprehensive volume. ISBN: 1868120325. Second impression of this edition. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, heavy bumping to top front corner. Foxing and some page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and is edge worn with small tears, rear panel is slightly grubby.

COLERIDGE: SELECTED POEMS
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Richard Holmes.
Stock no. 1831324
Published by Harpercollins Publishers. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

With this collection, renowned Colridge biographer Richard Holmes casts new light on the poet's sensibilities and accomplishments. Holmes divides the poems into eight categories of theme and genre, dispelling the myth of Coleridge as the metaphysical dreamer and rediscovering him as a Romantic autobiographer of tremendous power and range. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xxxiv and 357 pages including index. ISBN: 0002555794. SIGNED by the author, Richard Holmes (no dedication), to title page. Boards clean. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faintly sunned/faded to spine and a little scuffed.

COLERIDGE: DARKER REFLECTIONS
Written by Richard Holmes.
Stock no. 1831323
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography. The long-awaited sequel to Coleridge: Early Visions, chronicles the last thirty years of his career (1804-1834), a period of domestic and professional turmoil. His marriage foundered, his opium addiction increased, he quarreled bitterly with Wordsworth, and his son, Hartley (a gifted poet himself), became an alcoholic. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 622 pages including index. ISBN: 0002555778. Ribbon page marker is frayed at bottom. Boards and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faintly sunned/faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

WILLIAM HAZLITT: THE FIRST MODERN MAN
Written by Duncan Wu.
Stock no. 1831321
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wu's sparkling biography recovers Hazlitt for our time - a restless, passionate idealist whose voice helps us to see his times and our own more clearly. Light tan cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 557 pages including notes and index. xxvi and 557 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199549580. Light rubbing to base of spine and a few minor knocks to lower edge of boards. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

HESTER: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON'S 'DEAR MISTRESS'
Written by Ian McIntyre.
Stock no. 1831320
Published by Constable. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hester Thrale's relationship with Samuel Johnson has been the subject of endless speculation. She was his sparring partner, his most intimate confidante, his 'Dear Mistree' - and one of the most remarkable women of her time. When her husband died, rumours flew that she would wed Johnson. Instead, she blighted her relationship with her daughters by marrying their Italian music master - a bold step which scandalized London society... Crem cloth boards, pink foil title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiii and 450 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845294496. Faint reading crease to spine. Boards and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

SCOTCH: THE WHISKY OF SCOTLAND IN FACT AND STORY
Written by Robert Bruce Lockhart.
Stock no. 1831319
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's story of the whisky world with a wealth of knowledge and anecdote. The consolidation of the Distillers Company Ltd, of the fortunes of whisky during Prohibition, and the state and condition of its empire in the abasements and upheavals of our times. Fourth Edition. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 184 pages including index,. ISBN: 0370000609. Minor wear to corners and top & tail of spine. Boards clean. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn and torn across top edge and repaired with clear tape, rear panel is scuffed & grubby.

THE HISTORY OF EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES, COMMONLY TERMED THE BLACK PRINCE, ELDEST SON OF KING EDWARD THE THIRD
Written by Alexander Bicknell.
Stock no. 1831317
Published by J. Bew. 1st 1776. Good condition.

With a Short View of the Reigns of Edward I; Edward II; and Edward II; and a Summary Account of the Institution of the Order of the Garter. Full leather binding, gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers. B/w frontis. xvi and 352 pages. All edges red. Front board detached. Boards scuffed, corners worn, top of spine worn. Small patch of loss to leather spine. Bookplate of Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy to front pastedown - the eldest son of Mark Beaufoy the astronomer. Prelims badly bound in i.e. glued too far in. This leads to tearing and creasing of front hinge between title page and frontis (it is possible that the prelims have been glued in such a fashion to help hold the book together but it does make a bit of a mess to the prelims). 'Introduction' written in ink above the Introduction page xiii (also imprinted to facing page). Light page browning and scattered foxing throughout. A few old grubby marks to margins. Overall, a good working copy.

ELIZABETH GASKELL: A HABIT OF STORIES
Written by Jenny Uglow.
Stock no. 1831316
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the author, Elizabeth Gaskell. This is the story of a woman and a writer, not a matron, who had a compulsive 'habit of stories', and 'could write anywhere, under any conditions'. And what she wrote of “political and industrial unrest, crime and illegitimacy, a tribe of Amazons making do without men in Cranford, a tragic and scandal-tinged biography of Charlotte Bront“ was far from women's proper literary sphere of domestic realism, though Gaskell explored this too in her last novel, Wives and Daughters. Green cloth boards, cream title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xiii and 690 pages including index. ISBN: 0571151825. Light vertical reading crease to spine. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned and a small mark to lower edge. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light page browning. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, slight sunning/fading to spine, light scuffing to rear panel.

COLERIDGE: EARLY VISIONS
Written by Richard Holmes.
Stock no. 1831315
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Holmes devotes careful attention to Coleridge’s childhood, arguing that it contains the seeds of much of his later suffering, as well as the behavior that previous biographers have tended to criticize. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xvi and 409 pages including index. ISBN: 0340283351. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and a little scuffed.

SAMUEL JOHNSON
Written by John Wain.
Stock no. 1831314
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Samuel Johnson who was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. Light grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w ilustrations. 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0333132009. Light browning to top & tail of spine, text block a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and lightly rubbed.