Stella & Rose's Books

A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ARCHITECTS 1660-1840
Written by H.M. Colvin.
Stock no. 1830774
Published by John Murray. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biographies of over 1000 architects and master-builders who worked int he seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries, together with fully-documented lists of their works and a long and most valuable introductory essay on the building trades and the architectural profession. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 821 pages including index. Top edge red. Boards clean. Text block browned, top edge has splash marks to red colouring. Tape marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO WOOD ENGRAVING (BOOKS FOR THE CRAFTSMAN)
Written by Wilfred Gregson.
Stock no. 1830773
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A practical introduction to the technique of the woodcut. The author is a wood engraver and is well qualified to eplain the technique of the craft and to illustrate the technique. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engravings. xv and 79 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block foxed. Endpapers browned. Some foxing throughout. Green pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-rubbed with a few small closed tears and chips, small amount of loss to base of spine.

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THE VILLAS OF PALLADIO
Written by Kim Williams. Illustrated by Giovanni Giaconi.
Stock no. 1830772
Published by Princeton Architectural Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of exquisite large-format pen-and-ink watercolour renderings of all of Palladio's villas, capturing the timeless beauty of Palladian architecture and providing a detailed record of each. Large, oblong format. Light brown cloth boards with debossed titles. Exquisite colour illustrations. 152 pages. ISBN: 1568983964. Boards & contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbbed, lightly scuffed, tiny nicks to lower rear edge.

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ABERDEEN: AN IN-DEPTH VIEW OF THE CITY'S PAST (MONOGRAPH 19)
Written by Alison S. Cameron; Judith A. Stones. Illustrated by Jan Dunbar; Tracey Johnston; Ingrid Stephenson; Clare Yarrington.
Stock no. 1830771
Published by Society Of Antiquaries Of Scotland. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Excavations at seven major sites within the medieval burgh. Edited by Alison S Cameron & Judith A Stones. Large, oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrated endpapers. B/w illustrations. xvi and 336 pages including fold-out 3-dimensional map to rear. ISBN: 0903903199. Minor marks to text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly faded to spine.

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THE TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
Written by Leon Battista Alberti; Joseph Rykwert; James Leoni.
Stock no. 1830770
Published by Alec Tiranti. 1st thus 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Leoni edition appeared in 1726, 1739 and 1755. This is a complete reprint of the Ten Books on Architecture from the 1755 edition, with the addition of the 'Life' from the 1739 edition. Translated into English by James Leoni, Venetian Architect. Edited by Joserph Rykwert. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. xx and 256 pages plus LXVIII frontis and b/w illustrations to rear. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards clean. Tape marks to endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small tears & chips, faded to spine, scuffed and lightly creased.

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CASTLES AND CANNON: A STUDY OF EARLY ARTILLERY FORTIFICATIONS IN ENGLAND
Written by B.H. St. J. O'Neil.
Stock no. 1830769
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This study, published posthumously, describes the introduction of gunpowder, the earliest guns and their development, and the ways in which the castle designers sought to meet the new threat to their foritifcations which resulted from the introduction of battering ordnance. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xix and 121 pages including index. A few minor marks and scuffs to boards. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has some foxing, is edge-rubbed, faded to spine and grubby.

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THE ROYAL PAVILION BRIGHTON
Written by John Dinkel.
Stock no. 1830768
Published by The Vendome Press. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The development of the Brighton Pavilion through all its phases - Palladian, Chinese, and eventually Indian. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0865650357. Boards clean. Browning to text block and endpapers with minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-rubbed.

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THE COUNTRY SEAT: STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH COUNTRY HOUSE
Written by Colvin Howard; John Harris.
Stock no. 1830767
Published by Allen Lane; Penguin Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Howard Colvin and John Harris. A series of essays compiled to celebrate Sir John Summerson's contribution to architectural history. Cream paper spine with black title label and gilt title, green cloth boards. B/w photos & illustrations. 295 pages including index. ISBN: 0713901136. A few minor marks to boards, top & tail of spine lightly browned and shelf-worn. Text block browned. Minor spotting to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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JOHN SMEATON
Written by A.W. Skempton.
Stock no. 1830766
Published by Thomas Telford. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the famous engineer who was involved with everything from mills, bridges and fen drainage to the Eddystone Lighthouse. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 291 pages including index. ISBN: 007277088X. Boards clean. Personal gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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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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