Stella & Rose's Books

THE STORY OF THE DE HAVILLAND DRAGON TYPES
Written by Colin N. Dodds.
Stock no. 1825407
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The comprehensive story of the de Havilland family of small commercial biplanes built between the ars - the Dragon, the Express Air Liner, the Dragon Rapide and the Dragonfly, with a mention of the unsuccessful Dolphin project. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0851303633. A very nice copy of a rare item. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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SIEGFRIED AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325071
Published by William Heinemann. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

The second of the two volumes making up the trilogy of The Ring Of The Niblung. Very scarce publisher's leather edition. Gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. 30 magnificent tipped-in colour plates which display the Germanic inspiration evident in Rip and Midsummer Night's Dream and continuing through Undine and the Wagner books. Orange and cream pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light browning to endpapers. One plate has a light corner crease, all others are present and in fine condition. Some light foxing to contents and textblock. Title list to prelims list mostly titles published before 1911 but also lists The Ring of the Niblung (published in 1939).

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STOFFEL AND THE BAD BOYS
Written by Heinrich Schlitt. Illustrated by Frit Muller-Landed.
Stock no. 1325070
Published by Enslin & Laiblins Publishing. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A boy's story in 55 pictures. No. 7259. Red cloth spine, Grey front board with colour picture. Grey endpapers. Newly coloured illustrations. 44 pages. Text in German. Spine slightly bumped, lower corners bumped and slightly worn.Small sticker to front pastedown and old pencil marks to endpaper. Some light fingering at page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly faded/browned to spine and just a little worn at spine and corners.

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JOSEPHINE AND HER DOLLS
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1325064
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1916. Very good condition.

White pictorial cloth. 12 mounted colour plates (with tissue-guards) plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Bump/dent to top edge of rear cover. White cloth slightly grubby, spine browned. Some light foxing to prelims. Tobacco smell to contents.

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SIX AND TWENTY BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325042
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1889. Almost very good condition.

An ABC of children told in rhymes... Awkward Ada, Dirty Dick, Kind-Hearted Kitty, Particular Paul, etc etc. Each rhyme is illustrated with a full-page colour illustration. Green decorated cloth with black title to spine and cream title to front cover. All edges are gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some stains (minor) to front cover. Apart from some foxing the contents are clean and bright.

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BACTERIAL FISH PATHOGENS: DISEASE OF FARMED AND WILD FISH
Written by Brian Austin; Dawn A. Austin.
Stock no. 1825190
Published by Springer. 6th 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Sixth Edition. This book puts emphasis on the isolation, taxonomy, diagnosis (phenotypic, serology and molecular biology), epizootiology, pathogenicity mechanisms, and methods of disease control (by vaccination, immunostimulation, probiotics, prebiotics, plant products, and antimicrobial compounds). Primarily targeted at research workers, including postgraduate students, and diagnosticians, as well as veterinary microbiologists, publich health scientists and microbialecologists. Green glazed boards. A few colour photos. Printed by Printforce, Netherlands, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9783319326733. Spine & corners lightly rubbed, minor knocks to lower edges of boards. Some very slight page crinkling. Contents clean.

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THE MEASUREMENT OF ROUNDWOOD: METHODOLOGIES AND CONVERSION RATIOS
Written by Matthew A. Fonseca.
Stock no. 1825188
Published by Cabi Publishing. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

This comprehensive volume provides hard-to-find information and instructions on the many methods by which roundwood and the products of roundwood are measured. Green glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9780851990798. Board corners rubbed and worn. Boards lightly scuffed. Light foxing to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages, else clean.

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BREAK BULK AND CARGO MANAGEMENT (LLOYD'S PRACTICAL SHIPPING GUIDES)
Written by Mark Rowbotham.
Stock no. 1825187
Published by Informa Law From Routledge. 1st 2022. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book covers the subjects of break bulk cargo, general cargo and project cargo, and how these cargoes are shipped. Written for legal practitioners, shipping managers, managers of project cargo, oil and gas companies, shipping professionals, charterers, shipbrokers, shippers and anybody else involved in ad hoc vessel chartering for the carriage of break bulk, general and project cargoes. Blue pictorial glazed boards. xii and 202 numbered pages including index. ISBN: 9781032188041. Boards very lightly scuffed. Contents fine.

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ORCHID SPECIES FROM HIMALAYA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA VOL. 2 (G-P)
Written by Eng Soon Teoh.
Stock no. 1825186
Published by Springer. Circa 2022. Fine condition.

A presentation of over 700 popular orchid species in 104 genera carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise description of plants, their distribution and habitats. A must for everyone fascinated by orchids or with a love for nature. Green boards. ISBN: 9783030804275. Unread, still in original shrinkwrap which is torn at top of spine and top rear edge.

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110TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Emma Thompson. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter; Eleanor Taylor.
Stock no. 1324994
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition.

Special limited edition (of 1000 copies) being a celebration of Peter Rabbit's 110th year. It contains clothbound volumes of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson - as well as an individually signed letter from this acclaimed writer. The cloth pattern was specially commissioned from renowned design studio Timorous Beasties. ISBN: 9780723268697. The books and presentation box are in fine condition. Contained in a white cardboard slip and a brown numbered box (this is copy no. 691). The outer box is just slightly worn at corners. A super set. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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JIM CLARK LIFE AT TEAM LOTUS
Written by Peter Darley.
Stock no. 1825184
Published by Coterie Press Limited. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A feast of previously unseen photographs from the mid-1960s when the Scottish maestro was at the peak of his career. Large format. Square format. Over 250 b/w photos. 256 pages. Limited Edition. ISBN: 9781902351285. Board corners lightly rubbed, minor scuffing to rear board. Contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is lihgtly scuffed. Contained in publisher's 'Limited Edition' green cloth slipcase which is a little scuffed, lightly faded and lower edge just showing signs of cloth starting to come unstuck. A nice copy.

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THE SITMAR LINERS PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Peter Plowman.
Stock no. 1825182
Published by Rosenberg. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Sitmar Liners written primarily from an Australian perspective, but also covers the general development of the company and its operations throughout the world. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 1877058254. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Minor grubby mark to half-title page (cannot be picked up by camera in photos). Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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