Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

37 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

EARLY AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT: THE AEROPLANE AND THE GUN UP TO 1918
Written by Harry Woodman.
Stock no. 1329461
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0853689903. A super copy, looks unread.

Buy now for £40.00 Add to Wish List

U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: AN ILLUSTRATED DESIGN HISTORY
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1329380
Published by Arms & Armour Press. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 427 pages. ISBN: 0853685762. Undated 9th printing. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges. A super copy.

Buy now for £50.00 Add to Wish List

UNIFORMS OF NAPOLEON'S RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite. Illustrated by Michael Chappell.
Stock no. 1829482
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

Originally published in 1976 as part of the Blandford Press Colour Series. White pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 197 pages plus bibliography. ISBN: 1854093096. Covers just a little grubby and lightly browned. Text block browned. Contents clean.

Buy now for £17.00 Add to Wish List

JAPANESE SWORD BLADES
Written by Alfred Dobree.
Stock no. 1829459
Published by Arms & Armour Press; George Shumway, Publisher. 1974. Very good condition.

Second Edition, revised. A useful introduction for a beginner to the understanding and appreciation of the world-famous sword blades of Japan. A profusely illustrated monograph enhanced by appendices providing a genealogical listing of amourers and a bibliography. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 73 pages. ISBN: 0873870344. Reprint. White cardwraps are lightly browned and a little grubby. Spine lightly faded. Text block lightly browned. A few pale foxspots present, mainly to prelims.

Buy now for £24.00 Add to Wish List

UNIFORMS OF THE PENINSULAR WAR IN COLOUR 1807-1814
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite. Illustrated by Michael Chappell.
Stock no. 1828915
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

Illustrates over 150 uniforms in colour and more in black-and-white, most portrayed as they actually appeared on campaign. White pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 180 pages. ISBN: 1854092715. Covers lightly browned and slightly scuffed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

UNIFORMS OF WATERLOO IN COLOUR 16-18 JUNE 1815
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite. Illustrated by Jack Cassin-Scott; Michael Chappell.
Stock no. 1828913
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1999. Very good condition.

The uniforms worn in the three days of fighting in 1815 which brought about the final downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte. White pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 190 pages. ISBN: 1854093940. Reprint. Covers lightly browned and slightly grubby. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

B-26 MARAUDER AT WAR
Written by Roger A. Freeman; Trevor J. Allen; Bernard Mallon.
Stock no. 1828675
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the B-26 Martin Marauder warplane. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 185409114X. A clean copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and top front edge, lightly scuffed.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: AN ILLUSTRATED DESIGN HISTORY
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1327990
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 427 pages. ISBN: 0853685762. The dustwrapper has been covered in clear adhesive film and stuck down to the pastedowns of the book. Dustwrapper spine is slightly sunned. Contents of book are fine.

Buy now for £46.00 Add to Wish List

WARLORDS: ANCIENT CELTIC MEDIEVAL
Written by Tim Newark. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1828334
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An omnibus edition of three volumes. The real story of a tough, battle-ridden world where power came with military might and disappeared with weakness and defeat. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1854093495. A nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

U.S. DESTROYERS: AN ILLUSTRATED DESIGN HISTORY
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1828320
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st UK 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the U.S. destroyer development based on the internal, formerly classified papers of the U.S. Navy. Dark grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and profile drawings. ISBN: 0853685215. Text block slightly browned. Mark to verso of front endpaper (minor). Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and slightly faded to spine.

Buy now for £40.00 Add to Wish List

THE SAMURAI SOURCEBOOK
Written by Stephen R. Turnbull.
Stock no. 1828139
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work of reference on samurai history and culture. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1854093711. Dustwrapper spine slightly faded else a lovely copy.

Buy now for £30.00 Add to Wish List

BRITISH CRUISERS OF WORLD WAR TWO
Written by Alan Raven; John Roberts.
Stock no. 1828099
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. B/w photos. 444 pages including index and appendices. A detailed account of the design, construction and technical history of the cruisers that served in the Royal Navy during the second world war. 121 cruisers are described with over 60 sets of detailed plans. ISBN: 0853683042. Board edges lightly rubbed. Contents have been bound a little too low in the boards so the lower text block edge is level with the lower board. Text block browned. Name & number in red ink to front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, faded to spine, lightly edge-worn.

Buy now for £90.00 Add to Wish List