Stella & Rose's Books

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF LONDON
Written by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd. Illustrated by Roger Harris.
Stock no. 1331355
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.; Frederick Warne & Co. Inc.. 1st 1973. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 50. 15 colour and 83 b/w photos. Small format. Red boards. ISBN: 0723215154. A super copy in a nice wrapper which is ever so slightly edge creased.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF THE COTSWOLDS AND SHAKESPEARE COUNTRY
Written by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd.
Stock no. 1331348
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 73. 8 colour plates and 49 b/w photos. Small format. Orange boards. ISBN: 0723215766. Light fading to spine and cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly browned (as usual) and title to spine is slightly faded.

THE WISE ROBIN
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1331269
Published by Ladybird Books. Circa 1976. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 497. Green pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721401996. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Old mark to rear cover from removal of a label. Contents fine.

THE DISCONTENTED PONY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1331068
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Illustrated buff boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small dent/knock to top edge of front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed and creased at edges, rear panel is slightly grubby.

BEAKY THE GREEDY DUCK
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1331067
Published by Wills & Hepworth. 1966. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 497. Orange pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers rubbed. A few light fingermarks to front endpapers and a light mark to margin of page 12. Contents otherwise clean.

THE DISCONTENTED PONY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1331065
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1952. Good condition.

Ladybird Series 497. Pale green boards with square pictorial onlay to front and black titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and well worn. Covers are grubby and dampstained. Rear joint is broken. Some light marks to prelims else contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF VICTORIANA
Written by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd.
Stock no. 1831108
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Observer Series No. 90. Laminate boards. 13 colour and 87 b/w photographs. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0723216207. Boars are ligthly browned. Red title to spine is sunned and therefore faded to a pale orange. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

THE DONS: MENTORS, ECCECNTRICS AND GENIUSES
Written by Noel Annan.
Stock no. 1330813
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Why the dons mattered and their role in shaping higher education. Black boards, silver title to spine. 357 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0002570742. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is sunned to spine and edges of front panel.

THE CREAM OF NOEL COWARD
Written by Noel Coward; Michael Cox. Illustrated by Helen Smithson.
Stock no. 1830199
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected by Michael Cox. Gold pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is just slightly grubby.

THE SEPTEMBER BABY
Written by Noel Streatfeild.
Stock no. 1330066
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

A gift for the mother of a new baby and, in fact for all parents and parents-to-be. An anthology giving suggestions for names, noting the influence of the stars and listing some of the distinguished people born on each day of the month as well as information about them. B/w illustrations. Red boards with blue titles and vignettes. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Light browning to half title-page and to rear free-endpaper.

AN INDIAN BOYHOOD
Written by Noel Sircar. Illustrated by Olga Lehmann.
Stock no. 1325822
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. A lovely account of a young boy's experiences growing up in Indian. Bold b/w illustrations. The author paints a vivid picture of life in India, as well as demonstrating the universal nature of "growing up." Small, light mark to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss, a bit grubby and marked to rear panel.

SHIPS
Written by R. Barnard Way; Noel D. Green.
Stock no. 1826344
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

Title to boards is 'The Modern Ship'. A book about Ship building. Cloth baords, gilt title to spine, blind title to front. B/w diagrams. Boards are very grubby and stained. Spine edges are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. '5p' in blue ink to top corner of front pastedown. Some grubby marks to contents. Hinges are pulled but binding is tight.