Stella & Rose's Books

SADDLEWORTH BUILDINGS
Written by W. John Smith.
Stock no. 1823437
Published by Saddleworth Historical Society. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

A guide to the vernacular architecture of the parish of Saddleworth in the Pennines. Large format. White cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0904982068. Spine and rear cover browned. Rear cover creased from lower open edge corner. Old bookseller's price label to rear cover. Contents are clean.

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THE PREHISTORY OF METALLURGY IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by R.F. Tylecote.
Stock no. 1823436
Published by The Institute Of Metals. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A completely revised edition of the author's 'Metallurgy in Archaeology' (published 1962). Incorporating the results of work done since 1960, this revised text covers native metals, copper and copper-based alloys, tin, lead, antimony, and the fabrication of non-ferrous metals. The Iron Age is divided into various periods appropriate to Britain, ending with the introduction of the blast furnace. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & photos. xii and 257 pages including index. ISBN: 0904357724. Top & tail of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Previous owner's white address label to front endpaper. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded at edges and spine, closed tear to top edge of rear panel (no loss) and top of spine.

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THE BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER: AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTORIES
Written by John Cattell; Sheila Ely; Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1823431
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is remarkable for its dense concentration of converted houses, factories and specialist buildings: a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metalworking which does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. This book describes the development of the Quarter and the various building types in contains. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1873592485. Small dint to rear spine edge of boards and dustwrapper (as if something heavy was dropped on it). Else a fine copy.

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PRE-NATIONALISATION FREIGHT WAGONS ON BRITISH RAILWAYS: A PICTORIAL SURVEY
Written by David Larkin.
Stock no. 1823415
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851533027. Light corner crease to lower corners and a few grubby marks to covers.

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THE CARAVAN CHILDREN
Written by Lucy W. Bellhouse. Illustrated by Barbara Moray Williams.
Stock no. 1322496
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1946. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of five children and their travels in a horse-drawn caravan. Orange pictorial cloth. Colour frontis and numerous b/w illustrations. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light spotting to cover edges. Some foxing to textblock and page edges. A couple of full page illustrations have been neatly coloured in. There is some pink staining to a few pages (does not obliterate text in any way). Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, lightly browned to spine and the printed price on front flap has been cross out with blue biro and another price written above.

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TREES WOODS AND MAN (NN 32)
Written by Herbert L. Edlin.
Stock no. 1322495
Published by Collins. 2nd 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. 27 colour plates. 30 b/w photographs. 2 line drawings. A New Naturalist publication. 2nd edition. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn, tape repairs to spine and corners which have browned.

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THE END OF A REVOLUTION: THE LAST DAYS OF STATIONARY STEAM
Written by Colin Bowden.
Stock no. 1823409
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2008. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Landmark Collector's Library. The reciprocating steam engine as a source of industrial power almost completely disappeared during the final years of the twentieth century. This book illustrates some of the last of those engines still working, and others which remained on site, out of use or derelict. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781843063520. A review copy with press release present.

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SCOTTISH COUNTRY HOUSES 1600-1914
Written by Ian Gow; Alistair Rowan.
Stock no. 1823405
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An insight into the Scottish country house in all its many guises, including much new research on significant but less familiar houses such as Kinneil, Relugas and Dunrobin. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0748610774. Spine is faded to the degree that the title cannot be read on spine. Contents fine.

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GREYFRIARS VERSUS HIGHCLIFFE
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2136640
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 68. Collectors edition limited to 300 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet nos. 308-313, 1914. Green simulated leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703002937. This is Copy No. 252. SIGNED by the Publisher. Page edge browning. Original clear wrapper is creased with one repaired tear. Slip case is almost very good - some marks and uneven browning and scuffs.

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THE TREASURE HUNTERS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2136637
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 11. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 1017-1026, 1927. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001108. This is Copy No. 354. SIGNED by Publisher. Page edge browning. Original glassine wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks/chips; browned to spine. Slip case is almost very good - some bumping and chipping along edges and unevenly faded.

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VERNON-SMITH AT LARGE
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2136635
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 66. Collectors edition limited to 300 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 297-302, 1913. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703002872. This is Copy No. 6. SIGNED by Publisher. Couple of corners are bumped. Wrapper is browned with some small nicks and chips; creasing. Slip case is generally very good - some marks and uneven browning.

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THE PRINCE OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2136633
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1981. Nearly fine condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 40. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 422, 423, 425, 428, 433, 434, 435. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703002198. This is Copy No. 358. SIGNED by the Publisher. A few small marks to outer page edges. Slip case is very good - Some fading, especially to one edge.

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