Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

19 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

PERNEL WINS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1327263
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, dark green title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 211 pages. 7.5 x 5". Third impression. Spine slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Small mark to top margin of title-page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby with a few small chips at edges.

Buy now for £60.00 Add to Wish List

ELSA PUTS THINGS RIGHT
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1327255
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, green title to spine and vignettes to front cover. 188 pages. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink and name and date in ink to front free-endpaper (which has had the very top corner tip neatly removed). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight chipping and tears. Small hole to spine.

Buy now for £210.00 Add to Wish List

TRAVELLERS' VERSE
Written by M.G. Lloyd Thomas. Illustrated by Edward Bawden.
Stock no. 1323727
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Excursions into English Poetry series. Verse by those who have travelled in fancy or fact or in both. Brown pictorial cloth. Full page colour illustrations from lithographs. 120 pages. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Dustwrapper is browned on verso, edge rubbed and browned to spine.

Buy now for £60.00 Add to Wish List

POEMS OF DEATH
Written by Phoebe Pool. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton.
Stock no. 1323378
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Excursions into English Poetry series. Pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, browned to spine and has a small patch of surface paper damage to lower corner of front panel.

Buy now for £45.00 Add to Wish List

AN ABBEY CHAMPION
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 2137920
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 219 pages. White and brown marks (possible small cup ring marks) to front cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some wrinkling to tops of pages. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with a little loss; some browning to spine.

Buy now for £140.00 Add to Wish List

NIBS
Written by Grace James. Illustrated by Mary Gardiner.
Stock no. 1320453
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight loss to spine and corners, rear panel is a little grubby.

Buy now for £25.00 Add to Wish List

ELSA PUTS THINGS RIGHT
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1319754
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, green title to spine and vignettes to front cover. 188 pages. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with closed tears and a little grubby.

Buy now for £210.00 Add to Wish List

THE FAMOUS JIMMY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 2133416
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 2nd 1941. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Two-colour illustrations. Second edition. Heavy wear to covers, with foxing and a few damp marks. Paper cover is starting to come away from spine. Corner crease to rear cover. White paper stick to inside front endpaper. Joints are cracked. Some margin marks. A reading copy.

Buy now for £38.00 Add to Wish List

A FIDDLER FOR THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1318082
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A story about the Hamlet Club and Abbey friends. Brown cloth, light blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 200 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Name in biro and crayon to front pastedown. A few small brown spots to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped and a little grubby and foxed.

Buy now for £160.00 Add to Wish List

TIDEWAY TACTICS
Written by L.M. Bates. Illustrated by Norman Mansbridge.
Stock no. 2122189
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with yellow title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. The hero of this book is a London River tug-boat. Her adventures in peace and war form the stories, some tragic and some humorous, but always full of the spirit of that waterway which is half river and half sea. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge=creased and browned, with a few tiny nicks to corners.

Buy now for £20.00 Add to Wish List

ERNEST THE ELEPHANT
Written by Barbara Catford. Illustrated by Nancy Catford.
Stock no. 1506316
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1935. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format 6 x 5". Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. 69 pages. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Splits to top of spine with 1/4" loss of backstrip. Covers slightly grubby and spine browned. One hinge cracked. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning and foxing to endpapers. Contents very good.

Buy now for £38.00 Add to Wish List

PERCY THE PENGUIN
Written by Nancy Catford. Illustrated by Nancy Catford.
Stock no. 1506315
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Small format 6 x 5". Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The story of Percy and his friend Barney the Black Bear. 69 pages Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. 1/4" missing from top of spine. Covers slightly grubby and spine browned. Ink inscription to front pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked. Light browning to title page. Contents generally clean.

Buy now for £40.00 Add to Wish List