Stella & Rose's Books

PETER RABBIT'S ALMANAC FOR 1929
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1330510
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1928. Almost very good condition.

Tan boards with brown titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and half-title page + 12 colour plates - one for each month of the year. Book measures 5" x 3.75". Covers are edge worn, spine has been professionally reinforced. Covers a bit grubby at edges. Front free-endpaper is lightly creased. Contents are clean. A nice copy of a scarce item. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE TALE OF MR. TOD
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208907
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Light brown boards and lettering. Pictorial onlay of Mr. Tod to front cover. 93 numbered pages. 5.5 x 4.25". The dedication page states William Francis (instead of Francis William) which denotes a 1st printing. Some slight wear to spine which has been professionally restored (only visible on close inspection). Some light fingering to margins and some very light foxing else contents are generally clean. A couple of small marks to covers and some very slight wear to lower corner of rear cover. A nice copy of the first edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

DE LEMPICKA
Written by Gilles Neret. Illustrated by Tamara De Lempicka.
Stock no. 1829584
Published by Taschen. Nearly fine condition.

Tamara De Lempicka was a Polish painter best known for her polished Art Deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and for her highly stylized paintings of nudes. ISBN: 9783836532273. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE WORLD OF PETER RABBIT THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL TALES 1-23
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328191
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A beautiful boxset of the Peter Rabbit books. Each small volume has blue boards with colour illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. The text has been reset and the illustrations reproduced. ISBN: 9780723275923. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Jim Kay; Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1327909
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st thus 2022. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated edition. Packed with glorious colour illustrations by Jim Kay, a winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Yellow boards, metallic green title to spine. Complete with yellow ribbon page marker. 246 pages. ISBN: 9781408845684. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

CATCHING MEMORIES
Written by Jerry Hammond. Illustrated by Steve Fantauzzi.
Stock no. 1827853
Published by M Press (media) Ltd.. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author shares the results of his dedication to carping, tells us about the good mates he's met along the way, and even includes a chapter about his years as a film actor. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustration to endpapers and title page. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780957039810. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN CAMBRIDGE PART ONE (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Stella Panayotova; Nigel Morgan.
Stock no. 1827178
Published by Harvey Miller Publishers. Circa 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Volume One: The Frankish Kingdoms; Northern Netherlands; Germany; Bohemia; Hungary; Austria. Volume Two: The Meuse Region; Southern Netherlands. Large format. Blue cloth boards. ISBN: 9781905375479. Still in original shrinkwrap! A few minor marks, scuffs and a tiny hole to shrinkwrap. A few minor knocks to board edges. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE HERMITAGE & PUSHKIN MUSEUMS
Written by Pierpont Morgan Library.
Stock no. 1827132
Published by The Pierpont Morgan Library. Circa 1998. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Believed to be hardback in dustwrapper and contained in publisher's slipcase. Still in original shrinkwrap which is a little scuffed.

THE SIEGE OF KRISHNAPUR
Written by J.G. Farrell. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1826963
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Yellow pictorial boards, red title to spine. 9 full page colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

110TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Emma Thompson. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter; Eleanor Taylor.
Stock no. 1324994
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition.

Special limited edition (of 1000 copies) being a celebration of Peter Rabbit's 110th year. It contains clothbound volumes of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson - as well as an individually signed letter from this acclaimed writer. The cloth pattern was specially commissioned from renowned design studio Timorous Beasties. ISBN: 9780723268697. The books and presentation box are in fine condition. Contained in a white cardboard slip and a brown numbered box (this is copy no. 691). The outer box is just slightly worn at corners. A super set. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE UNTIDY GNOME
Written by Stella Gibbons. Illustrated by William Townsend.
Stock no. 1324616
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The only children's book by the author of Cold Comfort Farm. Gerda, a little girl who is taken prisoner by the Elves and kept in a cave with an old gnome, is rescued by the princess of the fairies. Beige cloth, red titles and illustration to front cover. 180 pages. Two-colour text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped, some very slight darkening to lower edge of front cover. Name in ink and small embossed booksellers stamp to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, chipped and torn to front edge of spine with loss at top and tail of spine. There are splash marks to spine of wrapper. A nice copy of a very scarce children's book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

FOLKTALES OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
Written by Dee Brown; Joy Porter. Illustrated by Caroline Smith.
Stock no. 1323629
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2012. Fine condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Retold by Dee Brown. Introduced by Joy Porter. This edition is based on the 1993 edition, with minor emendations. Colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap. This copy would make a wonderful gift.