Stella & Rose's Books

CLANKY THE MECHANICAL BOY
Written by Kenneth Mahood. Illustrated by Kenneth Mahood.
Stock no. 1811919
Published by Collins. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition.

Sam makes a mechanical man to help with the boring jobs at the car factory where he works... Large format. Matt boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0001951130. Top & tail of spine bumped, corners worn. Boards grubby. Foxing to endpapers and last page. Grubby finger marks to margins and light page edge creasing. One hinge pulled. A well loved book.

THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1312776
Published by Holt Rinehart & Winston. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited edition of 350 copies containing a reproduction of a specially commissioned pen and ink drawing. Brown cloth spine, green cloth covers. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0030641626. SIGNED by the artist to limitation page, this is copy no. 349. Contents fine. There is a small mark to top of rear cover. Contained in original brown slipcase and also original cardboard box (which is very slightly grubby/worn). A lovely copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
Written by Walt Disney; Robert Benchley; Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 1207806
Published by Garden City Publishing Co.. 1st 1941. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Yellow pictorial front cover with picture of plump dragon. Introduced by Benchley from Grahame's Dream Days. Colour & b/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Very light rubbing to top and tail of spine and corners else covers and contents fine. Attractive pictorial wrapper is slightly edge-chipped.

THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 1808462
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1925. Almost very good condition.

Yellow/black pictorial cloth. Delightful word sketches of child life. 196 pages. Boards a little scuffed. Name and date in ink to title page. Page 8 has edge tear with loss - affects a couple of words of the text, but still legible.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS THE OPEN ROAD
Written by Kenneth Grahame; Andrea Stacy Leach. Illustrated by Holly Hannon.
Stock no. 2112436
Published by McClanahan Book Company Inc.. 1st USA 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Large print. American edition. ISBN: 1562933655. Spine is faded.

DREAM DAYS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1310588
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1942. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis plus 11 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A couple of small dents to cover edges. Prize plate to front pastedown has been partially removed. Foxing to contents.

STRAIGHT AND LEVEL
Written by Kenneth Cross.
Stock no. 2110570
Published by Grub Street. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

With Professor Vincent Orange. B/w photos. Looks at the author's life in the RAF. ISBN: 0948817720. Mark to rear cover. Wrapper lightly edge-creased with a couple of nicks to corners.

QUANTITATIVE AND DYNAMIC ECOLOGY
Written by Kenneth A. Kershaw.
Stock no. 1602939
Published by Edward Arnold. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, white title to spine. Corners bumped. Tape marks to endpapers. Wrapper is lightly edge worn and faded to spine.

MR LOCK: HATTER TO LORD NELSON AND HIS NORFOLK NEIGHBOURS
Written by Kenneth Cliff.
Stock no. 1804779
Published by Wendy Webb Books. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

Marking 150th anniversary of the start of major sales of the famous Coke Hat (bowler). More importantly, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first visit of Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson to Lock & Co. Ltd in 1800. Blue cardwraps, b/w illustrations. 83 pages. ISBN: 1903264057. Covers just a little grubby. Contents fine.

BRANDY TELLS HIS STORY
Written by Kenneth Hare-Scott. Illustrated by Nigel C. Mould.
Stock no. 1801096
Published by Peter Garnett. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brandy and the author meet at Battersea Dogs' Home when the author was looking for a dog. This is Brandy's story as told by Brandy to his Master. Green paper boards wtih black title & vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations to text, two full page two-tone illustrations. Boards nice and clean, endpapers lightly browned. Contents fine. Yellow pictorial wrapper is grubby and has a closed edge-tear to rear panel.

BIRD STUDY VOLS. 23-24
Written by Kenneth Williamson.
Stock no. 818241
Published by British Trust for Ornithology. Circa 1977. Nearly fine condition.

Light green cloth, gilt title to spine. Two volumes in one: Vol. 23 1976 and Vol. 24 1977. B/w photos. Light fading to top edge of front cover. Text block a little dusty. Contents fine.

BIRD STUDY VOLS. 19-20
Written by J.J.M. Flegg; Kenneth Williamson.
Stock no. 818242
Published by British Trust for Ornithology. 1973. Nearly fine condition.

Light green cloth, gilt title to spine. Two volumes in one: Vol. 19 1972 and Vol. 20 1973. B/w photos. Light marks (imperfections) to cloth on rear cover. Light marks to front cover. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents fine.