Stella & Rose's Books

NEWTON'S APPLE: ISAAC NEWTON AND THE ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC RENAISSANCE
Written by Peter Aughton.
Stock no. 1831611
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson; The Windrush Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Peter Aughton illuminates the life and genius of Isaac Newton—the man whose ideas fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the universe—against the vibrant backdrop of the English Scientific Renaissance. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 215 pages including index. ISBN: 0297843214. A few minor knocks to horizontal board edges. Minor spotting to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

YOURS AFFECTIONATELY PETER RABBIT: MINIATURE LETTERS BY BEATRIX POTTER
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1831610
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1983. Very good condition.

To amuse children she was particularly fond of, Beatrix Potter set up a correspondance in miniature between the characters in her little tales. Small format. Red glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0723231788. Reprint. Top corner of boards bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Top edge of text block has some small foxspots. Lower corner creased diagonally to free front endpaper. Pale page edge browning else contents generally clean.

BIGGLES FLIES NORTH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by William Narraway; Peter Archer.
Stock no. 1331445
Published by Armada. Circa 1969. Almost very good condition.

Paperback edition. Cover illustration by Archer. B/w illustrations by Narraway. Covers edge worn and creased. Light page browning else contents clean.

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND HOLLAND
Written by Peter Thornton.
Stock no. 1831566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the first book to survey and analyze the development of European interior decoration in France, England, and Holland following the stimulus of the Italian Renaissance while relating it to the changes in the political structure and social habits of the landed classes at the end of the sixteenth century. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. xii and 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0300021933. Boards clean. Very light browning to endpapers. Text block browned and foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to flaps, scuffed to rear panel.

300 YEARS OF BRITISH GIBRALTAR 1704-2004
Written by Peter Bond.
Stock no. 1831536
Published by Peter-Tan Publishing Co.. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This special book, which marks the 300th anniversary of British rule over Gibraltar, is a glorious depiction of how Gibraltar has changed over the centuries. Large format. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages. A nice copy.

NARROW GAUGE LINES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Peter Johnson.
Stock no. 1831531
Published by Ian Allan Publishing. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

A lively history of many of the best-known and most interesting lines across Britain. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711037663. A few minor marks to top edge of rear board. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean.

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE SNOWDON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY
Written by Peter Johnson.
Stock no. 1831508
Published by Oxford Publishing Co; Ian Allan. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Snowdon Mountain Railway is unique amongst Britain's railways, quite literally a Swiss mountain rack railway translated to the grandeur of Snowdonia to ascend Wales' highest peak, Snowdon. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 9780860936312. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF COARSE FISHING
Written by Peter Wheat. Illustrated by Baz East.
Stock no. 1331364
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 59. 8 colour plates, 18 b/w photos. Small format. Pale grey boards (dark blue titles). ISBN: 072321543X. Spine slightly bumped. Pale browning to top edge of rear cover. Light foxspot to half title-page else contents fine. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, browned to vertical edge of front panel with a tear at the lower 0.5" of front fold.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CRICKET
Written by Peter Smith; Reg Hayter.
Stock no. 1331354
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 2nd 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer No. 49. 2nd Revised edition. With 8 colour and 8 b/w plates. Small format. Green boards. ISBN: 0723215979. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal rubbing to corners. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Else contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly foxed on verso and ever so slightly edge creased.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SEA FISHING
Written by Peter Wheat; Ray Forsberg. Illustrated by Baz East.
Stock no. 1331349
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1982. Very good condition.

Observers series no. 82. Laminate boards. Small format. With 8 colour plates, 14 b/w photographs and numerous diagrams in text. ISBN: 0723216002. Fading to spine, slight browning to edge of front cover. Small pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper (our stock numbers/prices as well in pencil). Contents otherwise fine.

BIGGLES FLIES NORTH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by William Narraway; Peter Archer.
Stock no. 1331326
Published by Armada. Circa 1969. Almost very good condition.

Paperback edition. Cover illustration by Archer. B/w illustrations by Narraway. Covers edge worn and lightly creased. Contents browned but otherwise clean.

EUROPE'S TRAGEDY: A HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS WAR
Written by Peter H. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831440
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to whole areas of Central Europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered. The extraordinary narrative of the war haunted Europe's leaders into the twentieth century and modern Europe cannot be understood without reference to this dreadful conflict. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Map of Central Europe 1618 to endpapers. Colour plates. xxii and 996 pages including index. ISBN: 9780713995923. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed to lower edge. A very decent copy.