Stella & Rose's Books

THE WORLD'S LIGHTHOUSES BEFORE 1820
Written by D. Alan Stevenson.
Stock no. 1830765
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The purpose of this book is to record facts about seamarks and to arrange them in Sections, with some explanation, to show the transition from the wood fires of Antiquity to the reflector lights of 1819. Includes an account of the Eddystone Lighthouse. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt crest to front board. xxiv and 310 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block and endpapers. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is a little browned and grubby, small closed tear to top front edge of spine (no loss).

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PALLADIO
Written by Guido Beltramini; Howard Burns.
Stock no. 1830764
Published by Royal Academy of Arts. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published for the exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of the great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Edited by Guido Beltramini and Howard Burns. Large heavy format. Pale grey paper boards, white title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. xv and 433 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905711246. Light shelf-wear to base of spine else boards clean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. Overall a lovely copy.

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SHIP MODELS: THEIR PURPOSE AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 1650 TO THE PRESENT
Written by Brian Lavery; Simon Stephens.
Stock no. 1830763
Published by Zwemmer. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich houses one of the most celebrated collections of ship models in the world and its riches are presented here, from the magnificent Navy Board models of Samuel Pepy's day through replicas of frigates, steamships, clippers, battleships, cargo and passenger ships, to aircraft carriers and submarines. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0302006540. SIGNED by both authors. Boards clean. Light pencil erasure mark to blue front endpaper (small). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby.

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PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE
Written by Eric De Mare.
Stock no. 1830762
Published by The Architectural Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book is written by an architect who has become a professional writer and photographer. It reveals all the technical tricks of the trade simply and without jargon, and at the same time shows how people, using their cameras, may learn to understand, love and enjoy architecture in a direct way without having to carry too heavy a burden of dull and passionless academicism. Large format. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. Boards are clean. Text block lightly browned. Some foxing present, mainly to endpapers. Else contents clean. Grey dustwrapper is grubby and has some foxing.

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NORFOLK & THE GRAND TOUR
Written by Andrew W. Moore.
Stock no. 1830761
Published by Norfolk Museums Service. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

This book explores the origins of some of the finest art collections in Britain, tracing the travels and souvenirs of those Norfolk gentlemen who went on the Grand Tour of Europe throughout the eighteenth century. Large format. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 168 pages including index. ISBN: 0903101491. Covers lightly scuffed. Text block has some minor foxing and minimal grubbiness. Contents clean.

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THE FOUR BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE (DOVER EDITION)
Written by Andrea Palladio; Adolf K. Placzek.
Stock no. 1830760
Published by General Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published by Isaac Ware in 1738, to which has been added a new introduction written especially for this edition by Adolf K. Placzek. Large format. Grey cloth boards, blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed, boards clean. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Tape marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-creased with wear to top & tail of spine.

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CELEBRATING THOMAS CHIPPENDALE: 250 YEARS OF INFLUENCE
Written by Rene Bilodeau; Anselm Fraser.
Stock no. 1830759
Published by The Learning Mill Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book celebrates Thomas Chippendale's, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: A pattern book of household furnishings published in 1754. Chippendale's folio would become the most important and significant publication of its time, influencing furniture design and style up to this day. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0976212404. White mark to lower front board imprinted from the verso of the dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has been glued to the pastedowns via the flaps (will not be removed). A few minor marks to front endpaper. Some damp crinkling to contents but no staining, clean. A few minor marks to rear panel of dustwrapper and light fading to front edge of spine.

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THE GREAT HOUSE OF ESTRAVILLE
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1330550
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2014. Fine condition.

Complete and unabridged. First published by Collins in 1955, republished. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781847451798.

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HIGHLAND HOLIDAY
Written by Jane Shaw.
Stock no. 1330549
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Caroline and Sara are having to make the most of Scotland for a wartime holiday. Cardwraps. 208 pages. Some b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781847452580.

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HILDA ANNERSLEY HEADMISTRESS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Lesley Green.
Stock no. 1330548
Published by Matador. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

A carry on from Elinor Brent-Dyer's "Gay From China", what happened in the year after the road accident and before Miss Annersley's return to school? Pictorial cardwraps. 215 pages. ISBN: 1904744915. Book leans to one side a little (just from being held open to read). A couple of small, light marks to textblock.

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THE SECRET OF THE WHITE PEACOCK
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1330546
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Originally published in 1956 by Collins. Cardwraps. 216 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9781847450470. Minimal rubbing to cover edges.

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THE GATES OF BANNERDALE
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330545
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. One of the Bannerdale series. 223 pages. ISBN: 9781847450234. Very slight creasing to corner tips of cover, and also to first few page corner tips.

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