Stella & Rose's Books

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Richard Holmes. Illustrated by Garrick Palmer.
Stock no. 1830617
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Richard Holmes. Burgundy silk moire boards, gilt title to spine, pictorial onlay to front. Pale blue endpapers. Printed on pale blue paper. B/w wood engravings. 50 pages. Spine very lightly faded else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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MEDIEVAL WOMEN
Written by Eileen Power; Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie; Maxine Berg; M.M. Postan.
Stock no. 1830616
Published by Folio Society. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by M.M. Postan, foreword by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, introduced by Maxine Berg. Cream mottled boards with colour illustration to front and gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. xlv and 130 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a tiny white mark to one side.

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VENICE
Written by Jan Morris.
Stock no. 1830615
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition.

Printed cloth, silver title to spine. Map of Venice to endpapers. Colour photos. xv and 346 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily faded at edges.

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NELSON AND EMMA
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1830614
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition.

Edited by Roger Hudson. A story of love and war. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt title. Ivory boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front and rear. Maps to endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 256 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some foxing.

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PETER AND LOTTA'S ADVENTURE
Written by Elsa Beskow. Illustrated by Elsa Beskow.
Stock no. 1830613
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 2003. Very good condition.

When Peter and Lotta give away one of their kittens, they find themselves having a day of adventures including the excitement of the fair. But will they get home safely? Large oblong format. Orange cloth spine with dark brown title, white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and silhouettes. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0863153984. Cloth spine a little grubby. Light scuffing to rear board. Small white label with 'A45' handwritten in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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THE ANKH-MORPORK ARCHIVES: A DISCWORLD ANTHOLOGY VOLUME II
Written by Terry Pratchett; Stephen Briggs. Illustrated by Paul Kidby.
Stock no. 1830612
Published by Gollancz. Circa 2020. Nearly fine condition.

This volume brings together four editions of the infamous Discworld Diaries into one deluxe, digitally re-mastered compendium. Square format. Matt pictorial boards. Marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. ISBN: 9781473229648. Second printing. A lovely copy.

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THE TOBY BUDGET VOLUME III
Written by Gunby Hadath; E. Talbot; Nancy M. Hayes; Leslie Wood; Bessie Marchant; Percy F. Westerman; et al; Stanley Phillips. Illustrated by H.M. Talintyre; Donald R. Sexton; et al..
Stock no. 1830611
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1927. Good condition.

Yellow/orange cloth boards with pictorial onlay depicting galleons. a man overboard and boy with shark. This volume is page 561 (Vol 6 No. 1 July 1926) to page 856. Stories, puzzles, articles on stamp collecting. Boards are grubby and marked, corners worn, base of spine has split in cloth and some wear to top of spine. Front and rear joint cracked and feeling fragile but holding at time of writing. Inscription in ink to top of front pastedown. Text block browned, margins browned and grubby. Two coloring competitions completed. Page 561-604 cust shorter than the rest of the contents. Contents foxed/browned. A good working copy, front joint is liable to split.

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DAIMLER CENTURY: THE FULL HISTORY OF BRITAIN'S OLDEST CAR MAKER
Written by Lord Montagu; David Burgess-Wise. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1830609
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Celebrating the centenary of the Coventry company in 1996. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Endpapers feature Heath Robinson's point of view and finishing touches. B/w & colour photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 1852604948. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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HETEROMORPH: THE RAREST FOSSIL AMMONITES; NATURE AT ITS MOST BIZARRE
Written by Wolfgang Grulke.
Stock no. 1830608
Published by At One Communications. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ammonites dominated the sea before and during the time of the dinosaurs. Some ammonites were large predators not unlike today's giant squid; others small and delicate. Three times during their reign of more than 300 million years ammonites experimented with the most bizarre and startling shell shapes. Now, new technology is revealing the full beauty of these 'heteromorph' ammonites and they have become some of the most desirable and passionately collected natural objects. This is their story... and how they are becoming a bivrant part of 21st century lifestyles, art and design. Large oblong format. Matt black pictorial boards. Colour photos and illustrations. 224 pages. ISBN: 9780992974008. SIGNED by the author to half-title page. Black boards are a little scuffed. Contents are fine. A rare and unusual book!

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HUTCHINSON'S POPULAR BOTANY: THE LIVING PLANT FROM SEED TO FRUIT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by A.E. Knight; Edward Step.
Stock no. 1830607
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. Very good condition.

The Fascinating Story of the World's Plants Told in a Popular Manner. Three-quarter red leather bindings. Red cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Red speckled text block. Volume I with 351 b/w photos and illustrations plus 9 coloured plates. Volume II with 370 b/w illustrations and photos plus 9 coloured plates. Light rubbing to leather. A few marks to boards. Browning to edges of pastedowns. Small nibble to vertical edge of front endpaper. Hinges pulled with creasing to volume I. A few minor grubby margin marks. Insect damage to rear joint of both volumes. All colour plates present.

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LOST CITIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (5 VOLUMES)
Written by Carl W. Blegen; Colin F. Macdonald; Joan Oates; Michael Grant; Jane Taylor.
Stock no. 1830606
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Very good condition.

Five volume set: Troy and the Trojans; Knossos; Babylon; Pompeii & Herculaneum Cities of Vesuvius; and Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans. Light brown cloth with printed illustrations in gilt and black. B/w illustrations, colour plates. Second printing. Spines have caught the sun and faded to a brown/green (only noticeable when removed from the slipcase). Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked but not split.

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THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1830605
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beautiful red cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & tails. 185 pages, top edge red. Seventh printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light fading to open edges and a little scuffing.

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