Stella & Rose's Books

DIGGING BATH STONE: A QUARRY AND TRANSPORT HISTORY
Written by David Pollard.
Stock no. 1830249
Published by Lightmoor Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

A comprehensive history of quarrying Bath stone - the companies, the quarries, the personalities, the quarrymen, the methods, the product and its transportation. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos, maps and illustrations. 512 pages. ISBN: 9781911038863. A very nice copy.

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THE SOURCE BOOK OF THE R.A.F.
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1330146
Published by Airlife. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dealing comprehensively with all abbreviations used in primary sources and giving an in-depth guide to the RAF Order of Battle. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 308 pages. ISBN: 1853104515. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased, slightly faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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GARDEN NATURAL HISTORY (NN 102)
Written by Stefan Buczacki.
Stock no. 1330143
Published by Collins. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 324 pages. ISBN: 9780007139934. A lovely, bright copy in dustwrapper which is very slightly edge rubbed.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330141
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. 2nd impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Covers slightly grubby/marked. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn, faded to spine and a bit grubby.

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DUKE THE LOST ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330139
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No. 25. Small oblong format. Blue boards with red title and vignette of Duke to front. Plain endpapers, colour illustrations. 56 pages. ISBN: 0718208404. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased and rubbed, rear panel is slightly grubby with a small edge tear to top.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1330138
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 13th 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book no. 11. Describing 156 aircraft with 278 illustraions. 13th edition. Small format. Blue boards. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed and browned to spine.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1330137
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 12th 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Series No.11. Twelfth Edition. Describing 150 aircraft with 271 illustrations. Small format. Pale blue boards with dark blue titles. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal fading to base of spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed, edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1330136
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 14th 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book no. 11. Describing 154 aircraft with 278 illustrations. 14th edition. Small format. Blue boards. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed, slightly rubbed and lightly browned.

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THE ITINERY IN WALES OF JOHN LELAND IN OR ABOUT THE YEARS 1536-1539
Written by Lucy Toulmin Smith.
Stock no. 1830244
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

Extracted from Leland's manuscripts and edited by Smith. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Folding map of Wales to rear. Top edge gilt. xi and 152 pages including index. Spine browned, boards grubby. Light rubbing to corners. Foxing to endpapers. Contents browned. Prelims slightly grubby. Else contents clean. Map to rear present and has a small crease.

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NAMES, PLACES AND PEOPLE: AN ONOMASTIC MISCELLANY IN MEMORY OF JOHN MCNEAL DODGSON
Written by Alexander R. Rumble; A.D. Mills.
Stock no. 1830243
Published by Paul Watkins. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A collection of essays by the friends and colleagues of John Dodgson. Edited by Rumble & Mills. Light brown cloth boards, black title to spine. xxx and 390 pages. ISBN: 1871615909. Very slight lean to spine. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block very slightly grubby/browned. Contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and is a little scuffed, old price label to rear panel.

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BY STEPPE, DESERT, AND OCEAN: THE BIRTH OF EURASIA
Written by Barry Cunliffe.
Stock no. 1830240
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

How humankind first started building the globalized world we know today. A tale of war, invasion, migration and the rise and fall of empires, covering a vast historical canvas from China to the Atlantic world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ix and 530 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199689170. Fourth impression. Text block faintly grubby else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top rear panel edge.

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LIVING OFF THE LAND: AGRICULTURE IN WALES C. 400-1600 AD
Written by Rhiannon Comeau; Andy Seaman.
Stock no. 1830239
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

A book on medieval agricultre in Wales, presenting evidence which is of considerable relevance to those studying the development of the early medieval landscapes of Britain and Ireland. A collection of essays, edited by Rhiannon Comeau and Andy Seaman, confronting the paradox that, though agriculture lay at the heart of medieval society, undertstanding of what this meant for Wales remains limited. B/w and a few colour maps. xii and 236 pages including index plus colour maps to rear. ISBN: 9781911188391. A very nice copy indeed.

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