Stella & Rose's Books

THE CANNING PRACTICAL HANDBOOK ON ELECTRO-PLATING, POLISHING, BRONZING, LACQUERING AND ENAMELLING
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831598
Published by W. Canning & Co. Ltd.. 14th 1940. Almost very good condition.

The purpose of this book is twofold - to serve as a practical guide to electro-plating practice, and to provide a reference book to those already engaged in this trade. Fourteenth Edition. Dark green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. x and 383 pages. Vertical edges of spine worn with a 2" split to lower front edge, top & tail worn. Edges of boards lightly rubbed and worn at corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. Some browning and grubby marks to contents. Front hinge cracked but binding is tight. Musty odour present.

JAMES WATT: CRAFTSMAN & ENGINEER
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1831597
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

This book examines the career of James Watt as a craftsman and engineer, rather than offering a purely narrative biography. Watt began his life as a maker of mathematical instruments, and throughout his working life enjoyed the challenge of such skilled work. Red cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w plates and numerous b/w illustrations. xvi and 207 pages including index. Spine sunned/browned iwth some foxing. Boards are faded, grubby and foxed. Text block browned with foxing, foxing bleeding on to page margins. Endpapers a little browned and grubby. A few foxspots to contents.

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1831596
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

This volume details the steam engine as the most dynamic factor in the Industrial Revolution, freeing humanity from their age-long dependence upon the power of water, wind, and animals, or of their own muscles. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 11 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. xvi and 255 pages including index. Spne is heavily sunned/faded with a few marks and light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Fading to edges of rear boad and a few marks. Text block browned with some foxing. Endpapers browned, some foxing present to contents.

THE MISSING MASTERPIECES SKETCHBOOK
Written by Julie Weir.
Stock no. 1831595
Published by Ilex Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

The Missing Masterpieces Sketchbook presents a unique creative aid for the aspiring illustrator and habitual doodler alike. Stroll round a gallery from the comfort of your artists stool, and repaint history! This book challenges you to repaint history! Your canvas, stretching to 40 feet, comes as 54 pages of blank frames in a variety of gallery settings. Heavy art paper suitable for pencils, felt tips, watercolours, or even oil paint! Oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Continuous binding turns the book into a frieze up to 40 feet long. ISBN: 9781908150165. A nice, clean copy, ready for you to create your own masterpieces!

FAITHFUL RUSLAN: THE STORY OF A GUARD DOG
Written by Georgi Vladimov; Michael Glenny.
Stock no. 1831594
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a guard dog from a Gulag labor camp, told from the point of view of the dog itself. According to the author, the purpose of the novel was "to see the hell through the eyes of a dog who assumes it is a paradise". Originally published in Russian under the title Ernyi Ruslan in 1975. This edition translated to English by Michael Glenny. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 220 pages. ISBN: 022401689X. Boards clean. Text block very slightly dusty, small foxspot to top of vertical edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher and has publisher's price sticker to front flap, is lightly edge creased across top edge of front panel with a small closed tear (no loss), scuffed to rear panel.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF WILD ANIMALS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by W.J. Stokoe; Maurice Burton.
Stock no. 1331460
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 5. Describing 64 Species with 72 illustrations, 46 of which are in full colour. Revised edition. Brown boards with dark titles. ISBN: 0723200475. Sixth reprint. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has minimal rubbing at corners, some slight fading to spine and rear panel is very slightly grubby.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by A. Laurence Wells.
Stock no. 1331459
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1941. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer's book No. 6. Describing 82 species with 76 illustrations, 64 of which are in full colour. Pale green cloth with dark blue titles. 4th issue. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight fading at cover edges. Endpapers lightly fingered. Dustwrapper is edge worn and very slightly grubby.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF TREES AND SHRUBS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1331457
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers book no. 4. Describing 106 species with 177 illustrations of which 16 are in full colour. Small format. Green cloth, blue titles. Spine slightly bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown and name and address (partially crossed out) to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and old tape marks to free-endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a couple of small edge tears, rear panel has a couple of light creases. Title to spine of wrapper has slightly faded.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FERNS
Written by Francis Rose; W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1331456
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Series No. 12. Describing 54 species with colour and photographic illustrations and introductory text figures. Revised edition. Green boards. Small format. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper also has a price label mostly scratched away. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased. Uncommon b/w front panel version of wrapper.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH GEOLOGY
Written by I.O. Evans.
Stock no. 1331455
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 10. Foreword by H.L. Hawkins. Describing the principal Rocks, Minerals and Fossils with 170 illustrations in b/w and 12 pages in colour. Small format. Green cloth with black titles. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Top edge of textblock is dusty else contents are fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn and ever so slightly grubby.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF LARGER MOTHS
Written by R.L.E. Ford.
Stock no. 1331454
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 14. Revised edition. Describing 94 Larger Moths with 85 Illustrations in colour and 74 Half-Tones. Small format. Brown boards. ISBN: 0723215340. Minimal bumping to spine and a light vertical crease to centre of spine. A couple of small foxspots to front endpapers and top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly browned else bright and complete.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1331453
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observers book No. 3. Describing all the British species with 154 illustrations 68 of which are in full colour. Forward by N.D. Riley. Small format. Pale blue cloth with dark blue titles. Spine slightly bumped with some browning at top and tail. Light crease to front cover. Contents are clean. Price-cut wrapper has a 'new' price label to front flap is edge worn with minimal loss and has a tear to rear panel (no loss). Wrapper is slightly grubby. Not as bad as it sounds!