Stella & Rose's Books

SHARK: IN PERIL IN THE SEA
Written by David Owen.
Stock no. 1330981
Published by Edward Everett Root Publishers Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 2024. Nearly fine condition.

Second Revised Edition (first published 2009). Everything necessary to know about these sophisticated guardians of our oceans. B/w drawings and some colour photos. 334 pages. ISBN: 9781915115249. Slight fading to spine.

LOWER WYE VALLEY
Written by Nigel Barry; et al.
Stock no. 1330980
Published by Climber's Club. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. Climbing Guide to the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Volume 1. ISBN: 9780901601797. Plastic covers seem to have shrunk a little causing some slight waving to covers. Some page corner tips creased.

THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1330979
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. Spine bumped, covers edge rubbed. Contents clean.

ILLUSTRATED FIELD GUIDE TO THE FLOWERS OF SRI LANKA
Written by J. De Vlas; J. De Vlas-De Jong.
Stock no. 1330978
Published by Mark Booksellers And Distributors (pvt) Ltd. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

A practical guide to the Sri Lankan flowers, with an emphasis on herbs and shrubs. Cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9789551917005. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Textblock fingered.

WILD FLOWERS OF THE CANARY ISLANDS
Written by David Bramwell; Zoe I. Bramwell.
Stock no. 1330977
Published by Excmo. Cabildo Insular De Tenerife; Editorial Rueda. 2nd 2001. Very good condition.

Second edition. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. 437 pages. ISBN: 8472071294. Covers edge worn with light crease to centre of front cover (can't see it but can feel it).

COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330975
Published by William Heinemann. 1989. Very good condition.

On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and cover edges are faded. Spine slightly bumped. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

THE REVOLTING GARDEN
Written by Rose Blight; Germaine Greer. Illustrated by Michael Ffolkes.
Stock no. 1330974
Published by Private Eye Productions Limited; Andre Deutsch. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Blight is the pseudonym of Greer. The Revolting Garden is the outcome of Ms Greer's struggle against overwhelming odds to establish a botanical paradise somewhere in Notting Hill. Cardwraps. B/w textillustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0233971793. Covers slightly edge rubbed with a few light marks. Front joint is just starting to crack.

THE SPOOKS: I AM GRIMALKIN
Written by Joseph Delaney. Illustrated by David Wyatt.
Stock no. 1330973
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The ninth chilling tale in The Wardstone Chronicles. Black boards, silver title to spine. Yellow endpapers. 355 pages. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 9780370332383. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock.

CARE AND TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL IN NORTH WALES 1800-2000
Written by Pamela Michael.
Stock no. 1330970
Published by University Of Wales Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The first detailed history of an asylum in Wales and an important contribution to the sociology of mental illness. Cardwraps. 252 pages including index. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 9780708317402. Slight rubbing to cover edges. A few foxspots to textblock.

NEW GEOGRAPHIES OF LANGUAGE
Written by Rhys Jones; Huw Lewis.
Stock no. 1330969
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2019. Very good condition.

Language, Culture and Politics in Wales. Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities series. Blue boards. 377 pages including index. ISBN: 9781137426109. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light marks to front endpapers. Contents clean.

LINOLEUM: HISTORY, DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE 1882-2000
Written by Gerhard Kaldewei; Ingrid Nina Bell.
Stock no. 1831151
Published by Hatje Cantz Publishers. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

This text presents linoleum in its various guises. It looks at the historical and ecological importance of this material. The essays are contributed by experts and cover the history of linoleum, its "discovery" by modernist designers and architects and its renaissance in contemporary design. Edited by Gerhard Kaldewei, translated by Ingrid Nina Bell. Black spine with white title, brown paper boards with black title to front. B/w and colour illustrations/photos. 251 pages including index. ISBN: 3775709908. A very nice copy.

HAYNES RESTORATION MANUAL: MGB
Written by Lindsay Porter.
Stock no. 1831150
Published by Haynes Publishing. 2000. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Covers all models of MGB and MGB GT from 1962 to 1981. How to renovate bodywork and chassis; complete and detailed information on how to build a Heritage MGB; How to renovate interiors; How to give new life to mechanical and electrical components; How to build an 'MGB for today'; How to buy an MGB, MGC or MGB V8. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 352 pages. ISBN: 1859606075. Boards lightly scuffed, spine lightly sunned. Minor binding error to lower front gutter (misplacement of pages and therefore creasing). Foxing to top edge of text block, vertical edge slightly grubby. Contents clean.