Stella & Rose's Books

THE SECRET LIFE OF TREES
Written by Colin Tudge.
Stock no. 1827745
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

How They Live and Why They Matter. Green decorated cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 390 pages (including index). A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuff marks.

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BEYOND THE LONE PINE
Written by Mark O'Hanlon.
Stock no. 1327459
Published by Mark O'Hanlon. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A biography of Malcolm Saville with a preface by Robin Saville. Blue boards with silver titles to spine and front cover. 206 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952805936. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and lightly foxed on verso.

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BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.

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A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE GRASSHOPPERS & CRICKETS OF BRITAIN & IRELAND
Written by Martin Evans; Roger Edmondson.
Stock no. 1327458
Published by WGUK. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

A field guide to the grasshoppers and crickets found in Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Glazed pictorial boards. 183 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780954950613. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine.

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HISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF THE WELD ESTATE DORSET
Written by Laurence Keen; Ann Carreck.
Stock no. 1827743
Published by Lulworth Heritage Ltd.. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

The Weld Estate, covers some 12,500 acres of which the focal point is Lulworth Castle. The Weld Family archive of documents and maps has enable the estate to be examined in detail with regard to its archaeology, history and natural history. Much of the estate is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Pictorial cardwraps and 10 maps contained in folding hardboard pictorial wallet. ISBN: 0951157507. A nice copy. All maps present.

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THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON THE CARE AND PRESERVATION OF VINYL DOLLS AND ACTION FIGURES
Written by Nicholas Hill.
Stock no. 1327457
Published by Twin Pines Press. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Revised edition. Cardwraps. 224 pages, including some colour photographic plates at rear. ISBN: 0967849519. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Top page corner tips slightly curled. Contents clean.

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ANGLO-SAXON ORNAMENTAL METALWORK 700-1100 IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Written by David M. Wilson.
Stock no. 1827742
Published by Trustees of the British Museum. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period Volume I. The first in a series planned to cover the antiquities of the later Saxon period, including the Celtic antiquities. This catalogue lists all the objects of the British Museum of precious metal or decorated bronze, made in an Anglo-Saxon context in the period between 700 and 1100. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Some minor mottling to board edges. Text block browned with some foxing. Contents are clean. Blue dustwrapper is foxed, a little grubby, lightly edge-worn with a little loss.

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RECOLLECTIONS OF A MALTA HAA GUNNER
Written by Maurice G. Agius.
Stock no. 1327456
Published by Allied Publications. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

The author narrates his story in an easy going way, describing how he and his troop of some 70 men lived in the claustrophobic gun positions. Cardwraps. 200 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9789990931303. Covers edge worn. Previous booksellers ink stamp and black felt-tip pen marks to lower edge of textblock.

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MARDIE
Written by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Ilon Wikland.
Stock no. 1327455
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st UK 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated from the Swedish by Patricia Crampton. Blue covers with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0416576400. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Slight rubbing to wrapper edges.

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GOLDEN WINGS
Written by Alison King.
Stock no. 1327454
Published by White Lion Publishers Limited. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of some of the women ferry pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0856174483. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly dusty. Page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and torn with fading to spine and spine edges.

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POLICE CASUALTIES IN IRELAND 1919-1922
Written by Richard Abbott.
Stock no. 1327453
Published by Mercier Press. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

The history of the RIC and the nationalist groups that rose to oppose them. Cardwraps. 340 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 1856353141. Rubbing to cover edges. Light vertical crease to centre of rear cover. Foxing to textblock.

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THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL: A RECORD OF COURAGE 1918-1982
Written by I.T. Tavender.
Stock no. 1327452
Published by J.B. Hayward & Son. 2nd 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition (published same year as first edition). Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 632 pages. ISBN: 0903754479. One page has a tiny piece of text highlighted in yellow, no other annotation marks. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges and is slightly grubby to rear panel (with the remains of a sticky label).

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