Stella & Rose's Books

THE BIRDS OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by Tom W. Gladwin; Bryan L. Sage. Illustrated by Peter Walton.
Stock no. 2127544
Published by Castlemead Publications. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A complete review of the status and distribution of all the species and subspecies recorded in the present administrative county since Sage's earlier work published in 1959. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w distribution maps and illustrations, a few colour photos. ISBN: 0948555017. Couple of small marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

THE VICTORIAN NURSERY BOOK
Written by Antony Miall; Peter Miall.
Stock no. 2127365
Published by Spring Books. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, with brown titles and decorations. Some photographs and illustrations internally. ISBN: 0600562883. Wear and scuffing to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

THE BRITISH BOMBER SINCE 1914
Written by Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 2127258
Published by Putnam. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sixty Years of Design and Development. B/w photos. 420 pages. Second edition. ISBN: 0370100409. Page edge browing. Wrapper is price-cut, wrinkled and browned.

AFLOAT
Written by Guy De Maupassant.
Stock no. 2127134
Published by Peter Owen. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Journal of His Days at Sea. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720609666. Some light edge-creasing to wrapper.

FRONT LINE ARTISTS
Written by Peter Johnson.
Stock no. 2126209
Published by Cassell. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. War artists and their work. ISBN: 030430011X. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine; some small nicks.

THE NEW NATURALISTS (NN 82)
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 2126121
Published by Collins. 2ND 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 82. Second Edition. Colour and b/w photos. The behind-the-bookshelf story of the New Naturalist Library. With bibliography. ISBN: 0007197160. Foxing to top edge of outer page edges. Some edge creasing to wrapper.

THE MAGIC OF A NAME: THE ROLLS-ROYCE STORY THE FIRST 40 YEARS
Written by Peter Pugh.
Stock no. 2125901
Published by Icon Books. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fascinating story of the first forty years of Britain's most prestigious manufacturer - Rolls-Royce - a company whose record of achievements is part of the history of the twentieth century. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 340 pages. ISBN: 1840461519. A few minor marks to boards. Small (coffee?) stain to vertical edge of rear endpaper and a little to outer page edges at rear. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased.

PETER PAN'S ABC
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Flora White.
Stock no. 2125360
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Good condition.

Pale cloth covers with gilt titles. Oblong pictorial onlay to front cover, with other decorations bordering it. Colour plates throughout, which accompany the alphabet. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Erased pencil drawing to front endpaper. Foxing throughout. Binding is a little weak; a few hinges are pulled; some chips and tears where plates are bound in. A few plates have margin tears and grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

WHITE-EAR AND PETER
Written by Neils Heiberg. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2125302
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

The Story of a Fox and a Fox-Terrier. Sixteen colour plates by Cecil Aldin. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges red. Splash mark to front cover. Wear and bumping to spine and cover edges. Darkening and small mark to spine. Foxing to endpapers and some page margins. All plates present.

THE LAND SPEED RECORD
Written by Peter J.R. Holthusen.
Stock no. 1610535
Published by Guild Publishing; Book Club Associates. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Highlighting the 'modern era' of thrust-driven machines in the age of the jet and rocket-powered machines from the early 1960's. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 223 pages including index. A very nice copy.

UNITED STATES NAVY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1911
Written by Gordon Swanborough; Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 1317352
Published by Putnam. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Chapters on the designation systems used by the U.S. Navy, the colours and markings used on Naval aircraft and a specially-devised designation index providing an immediate cross reference to every designated Naval aircraft. Aircraft used by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Marines are also fully covered. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 518 pages including index. ISBN: 0370000994. Minimal rubbing to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

BLUE PETER
Written by Alina Lewitt. Illustrated by Lewitt-Him.
Stock no. 2124968
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Peter is a blue dog! A little fraying to cloth at top of spine. Wear to cover edges. Binding is weak; joint between front endpaper and title page is broken. Rear joint is partially cracked. Some hinges are pulled. The odd foxspot. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper.