Stella & Rose's Books

BABES AND BLOSSOMS
Written by Walter Copeland. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2137442
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine, gilt title. Beige boards with illustration to front. Verse by Copeland, colour illustrations throughout by Robinson. Spine is browned with a few marks. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. Some scuffing. NEW endpapers. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Some grubby margin marks.

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MIRANGO THE MAN-EATER: A TALE OF CENTRAL AFRICA
Written by C. Dudley Lampen. Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 2137439
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

The Narrative of George Pryce, Traveller and Exile, First Writ Down Anno Domini 1706, and Now Retold. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine and red title to front cover. B/w frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; wrinkling to cloth on front cover. Chipping to top and tail of spine. Award plate to front pastedown; browning to endpapers. Frontis has damp marking to margins. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges.

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SICILY
Written by Spencer Musson. Illustrated by Alberto Pisa.
Stock no. 2137436
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover and green and orange decorations. Top edge gilt. 48 tissue-guarded mounted colour plates and fold-out map to rear. Part of the A & C Black 20 Shilling Series. 1-2" split to top of spine; some fraying to cloth; other horizontal tear across top of spine - partially repaired with glue. Browning to spine. Bumping to corners. Some scuffing. Front joint is pulled. Newspaper cutting has been stuck to the rear pastedown. Some browning and foxing.

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THE LAKE OF GENEVA
Written by Francis Gribble. Illustrated by J. Hardwicke Lewis; May Hardwicke Lewis.
Stock no. 2137434
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling Series. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and and front cover. Top edge gilt. 60 tissue-guarded colour plates. Folding map. 4 page booklist to rear. The rarest of the Black's 20 Shilling Series. Assumed early edition/reprint in same year as 1st edition - as has 4 page booklist to rear. Spine is browned with a few chips and splits to top; some fraying to cloth. Front board bright and clean. Corners are bumped. Personal gift inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Joints are starting to crack a little. Some foxing present. Plate margins browned. All plates present.

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DENMARK
Written by Clive Holland. Illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 2137429
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. 32 colour plates. Popular series. Spine is browned. Some marks to covers. One of first pages of prelims is partially detached. Some page corner tips are creased. Foxing and light browning.

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HAUNTS OF ANCIENT PEACE
Written by Alfred Austin. Illustrated by Agnes Locke.
Stock no. 2137416
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Black/grey patterned border. 20 colour plates. A and C Black 7/6 Series. Originally published in 1902 by Macmillan. 4 page booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks and spots to covers. Foxing to various degrees throughout.

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BATH & BRISTOL
Written by Stanley Hutton. Illustrated by Laura A. Happerfield.
Stock no. 2137410
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. 3000 copies printed. Grey cloth, green titles and borders. 20 tissue-guarded colour plates. 2 folding maps. REPRINT! Spine is browned. Marks to covers; bumping. Front joint is a bit cracked. Margin tear to plate guard page 101. Blue mark to verso of plate page 176. Some foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN (NN 49)
Written by L. Dudley Stamp.
Stock no. 2137389
Published by Collins. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. B/w photos. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Small belongs to sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with foxing and browned spine; torn to rear panel, but virtually no loss.

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THE 47TH (LONDON) DIVISION 1914-1919
Written by Alan H. Maude; et al.
Stock no. 2137384
Published by The Amalgamated Press Limited. Circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine; couple of gilt vignettes to covers. Fold-out maps to rear. Bumping and wear. Some marks and fading/browning to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some grubby marks. Binding is starting to become a little weak. Mis-folding and edge-creasing to some pages.

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INFORMAL JUSTICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1760-1914
Written by Stephen Banks.
Stock no. 2137374
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Courts of Popular Opinion. Pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781843839408.

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A HISTORY OF ENGINEERING METROLOGY
Written by Kenneth J. Hume.
Stock no. 2137373
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of engineering metrology. The book opens with an account of the early attempts at accurate measurement made by various eminent engineers... Yellow cloth boards with purple title to spine. B/w photos. x and 220 pages including index. ISBN: 0852984480. Minor knock to top edge of front board. Light browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and unevenly faded; especially faded to spine and edges. Slight musty odour present.

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COLLINS GUIDE: BIRDS OF RUSSIA
Written by Algirdas Knystautas.
Stock no. 2137372
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A journey into the marvellously rich and fascinating world of the former Soviet Union, discussing the physical geography of the area and a general introduction to the bird fauna, highlighting how the varied geography has influenced which birds occur where. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0002199130. SIGNED by author to title page. Wrapper spine is faded.

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