Stella & Rose's Books

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF COARSE FISHING
Written by Peter Wheat. Illustrated by Baz East.
Stock no. 1831435
Published by Frederick Warne. 1982. Very good condition.

Observers series no. 59. Laminate boards. With 8 colour plates, 18 b/w photographs and numerous diagrams in the text. Reprint. Front vertical edge of boards and spine browned. Red title to spine has almost completely faded. Previous owner's name sticker to free front endpaper. Contents clean.

SIR WILLIAM JARDINE: A LIFE IN NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Christine E. Jackson; Peter Davis.
Stock no. 1831395
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Biography. Sir William Jardine (1800-1874) of Jardine Hall near Lockerbie, was a Scottish baronet and landowner. He was also a magistrate, Convenor of the Church of Scotland, and Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire in 1841, but, above all, he was an eminent naturalist in several fields, knowledgeable about birds, fishes, insects, plants and geology. Matt boards. B/w illustrations. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0718501640. Edges of boards sunned/faded. Light bumping to top & tail of spine. Contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FLY FISHING
Written by Peter Wheat. Illustrated by Baz East.
Stock no. 1831392
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observers Series No. 68. Revised Edition. Laminated pictorial boards. With 8 colour plates, 23 b/w photographs and numerous diagrams in the text. ISBN: 0723215618. Boards lightly browned. Red title to spine has lightly faded to pink. Rear board has publisher's price-label. Contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF OBSERVER'S BOOKS
Written by Peter Marren; John Carter.
Stock no. 1831379
Published by Peregrine Books. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observers Series No. 99. Revised edition. Glazed pictorial boards. 9 colour plates nad 80 half-tones. 202 pages. ISBN: 0952026856. Boards bright and clean, red title to spine is faded to pink. Contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SEA FISHING
Written by Peter Wheat; Ray Forsberg. Illustrated by Baz East.
Stock no. 1331237
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1982. Slightly better than 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. Spine and cover edges sunned (yellowed). Contents fine.

T. S. ELIOT
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1331178
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed portrait of a very private man. Light grey boards, gilt title to spine. 400 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0241113490. Reprint. Spine slightly bumped. Name, town and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Top edge of textblock slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.

DAN LENO AND THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831307
Published by Sinclair-Stevenson. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A novel set in London, 1880. A series of gruesome murders attributed to the mysterious 'Limehouse Golem' strikes fear into the heart of the capital. Inspector John Kildare must track down this brutal serial killer in the damp, dark alleyways of riverside London. Red cloth boads, gilt title to spine. 279 pages. ISBN: 1856195074. Top edge of text block browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to spine.

JURA: ISLAND OF DEER
Written by Peter Youngson.
Stock no. 1831273
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jura is one of the largest islands of the Inner Hebrides. This is a complete history of the island's history, from the Meolithic period to the present day, also focusing on other aspects such as Jura's natural history and geography. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, b/w drawings. ISBN: 1841581364. Text block very slightly grubby. A few minor creases to vertical edge of pages. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased to lower edge of rear panel, and is lightly scuffed, tiny nick to top of spine.

THAMES: SACRED RIVER
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831268
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry the VIII, and offers memorable portraits of the ordinary men and women who depend upon the river for their livelihoods. Matt pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. xxi and 490 pages. ISBN: 9780701172848. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Else contents clean. Pictorial wrap-around has a 'signed copy' circular sticker to front panel.

THE GENUS WATSONIA
Written by Peter Goldblatt; et al.
Stock no. 1331062
Published by National Botanic Gardens. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Systematic Monograph. Large format. Green boards with white title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0620125179. Spine and corners quite heavily bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased with a small tear to top edge of front panel.

THE GENUS CYPRIPEDIUM (A BOTANICAL MAGAZINE MONOGRAPH)
Written by Phillip Cribb; Peter Green. Illustrated by Mary Bates; et al..
Stock no. 1831236
Published by Royal Botanic Gardens; Timber Press. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This monograph by the curator of the Orchid Herbarium at Kew considers the history, biology, evolution, conservation, cultivation, and classification of cypripediums, popularly called lady's slippers or moccasin flowers. Edited by Peter Green. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. 301 pages including index. ISBN: 0881924032. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Top corners lightly bumped. Text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed, old price-label to rear panel, tiny nick to top rear edge.

THE HOUSE OF DOCTOR DEE
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831214
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This novel centres on the famous 16th-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee. Reputedly a black magician, he was imprisoned by Queen Mary for allegedly attempting to kill her through sorcery. When Matthew Palmer inherits an old house in Clerkenwell, he feels that he has become part of its past. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. 276 pages. ISBN: 0241125006. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.