Stella & Rose's Books

OUR OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 727289
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

De-luxe edition limited to 450 copies. Cream vellum binding, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. Very pretty illustrations in delicate pastel colours. Oblong format. All edges gilt. Rhymes set to music. SIGNED by the artist. This is copy number 60. 2 hinges cracked. Inscription to front pastedown. One page corner creased and slightly torn. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally clean. Covers are a tiny bit grubby. Silk ties missing. A desirable copy of the limited edition.

A CHILD'S BOOK OF HOURS
Written by Constance Irving; Noel Irving.
Stock no. 730066
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

13 full-page coloured illustrations, many other illustrations to text. Printed on thick card, linen-hinged. Tall folio measuring 15 x 9.5". Cloth backed pictorial boards. Delightful rhymes featuring the hours of the day from morning to school-time, dinner time etc. Beautifully illustrated and unusually bound. Spine bumped with slight fraying to top, small nick to side of spine. Corners worn. Covers a bit grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to plate margins (actual pictures not affected). A nice copy of a scarce book.

THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 731272
Published by R.T.S.; Girl's Own Paper. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title and black vignette to spine, black title and decoration to front cover. Colour frontis. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Faint markings to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents, else clean.

DOCTOR BIRCH, THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE & REBECCA AND ROWENA
Written by M.A. Titmarsh. Illustrated by Richard Doyle; et al..
Stock no. 735519
Published by Chapman & Hall; Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1849. Very good condition.

3 volumes bound together. Attractive three-quarter burgundy leather binding with gilt title and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Doctor Birch and The Kickleburys are illustrated with full-page colour illustrations and Rebecca and Rowena is illustrated by full-page b/w illustrations by Doyle. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Front joint is just starting to crack. Light foxing to contents. First editions published in 1849 and 1850. An attractive volume.

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
Written by A. Windsor-Richards. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 802708
Published by The Friday Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib. Front endpaper removed. Two stamps to prelims and a few grubby marks to pages. Wrapper is bright and clean.

VOLUME 1 OF MY SKETCH BOOK
Written by George Cruikshank. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 803252
Published by Charles Tilt. 1st 1834. Good condition.

Oblong format, green cloth with gilt title to front. Colour illustrations and etchings. 24 colour plates. A further 12 plates were published in the 1835 edition. Spine and corners bumped. Top and tail of spine frayed. Front joint broken. Rear joint strengthened with tape. 1st title page and 1 plate strengthened to edges with yellowing tape. Occasional grubby marks to page edges. A few page edges chipped. First title page lightly creased.

FARM BABIES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 811762
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth boards, front cover shows puppy and ducklng with orange title. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 colour plates. Told from the point of view of Decimus Duckling who goes out to explore the world at large. 'F' in 'Farm' on front cover title is dulled. Inscription in ink to half-title page partly crossed out. One page detached. All plates present. Light offsetting to text pages from the plate opposite. A few fox spots present. Hinges pulled, some cracked. Front hinge cracked, first folio section detached at lower half. One page (VIII) has a closed horizontal tear with no loss. Still a charming copy.

THE REIGN OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Written by M. Morris. Illustrated by M. Morris.
Stock no. 811768
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1910. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Short and a Merry One! A tale for children about a Persian cat named Mary and a dog named William. Oblong format. Green cloth spine, green paper boards, oblong pictorial onlay to front. 8 full page colour plates plus b/w illustrations. REDUCED FROM £480. Covers lovely and bright. First gathering a little loose and pulled at hinges. A few pale foxspots/marks else contents bright. White pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss and a little grubby. A nice copy of a scarce item.

COLLECTION D'ESQUISSES POUR DESSINATEURS
No author listed. Illustrated by F. Baenziger.
Stock no. 900282
Circa 1911. Good condition.

very Large format. 22" X 17";Beige decorative boards; 50 b/w plates. Of the 50 3 are titled each in a different language: Plate 1 - Collection D'Esquisses pour Dessinateurs, 50 feuilles composes par F. Baenziger; Plate 2 - Artistic Motives for Designers, 50 plates drawn by F. Banziger (note spelling of Motives maybe Motifs?? and variant spelling of the artits's name); Plate 3 - Federzeichnungen Material fur Zeichner, 50 Blatt entworfen von Ferd. Banziger Leiden Schweiz. Boards heavily worn and browned, spine and corners repaired with blue cloth. Plates slightly edge-chipped; title plates have stamp not affecting illustrations. REDUCED FROM £350.

A PORTFOLIO AND FRAGMENTS AND ANTIQUITIES OF LANCASHIRE
Written by Matthew Gregson.
Stock no. 900316
Published by G.H. Harris's Widow And Brothers. 1824. Very good condition.

The book consists of the book "Fragments" bound with other material in modern brown cloth with black and gilt title label. Consists of: A page of manuscript notes relating to the text. The "Notice of Publication Sheet" for the book dated 1817. Title Page for 1817 edition. Portrait of Matthew Gregson. Title Page for 1824 (second) edition. ix pages including updated subscribers list. Page vii repeated from original edition. Large folding map. 152 pages completes Part I. Part II dated 1817 continues the pagination through to page 302. Part III has cviii pages. One page prospectus for forthcoming fourth part. A coloured page titled "A List of the Sheriffs of Lancashire copied from Gregson's fragments of the History of that County" followed by pages 295 to 302 repeated but with all the heraldic shields hand coloured. A further document title "To the Freemen of Lancaster" seemingly one of 200 printed in 1780. 4 small pages with a review of Gregson's book. Two manuscript pages with notes relating to the book. One printed page which is a a letter from Gregson probably printed in a newspaper Titled "National Education in Drawing" and dated 1813. Numerous black and white illustrations and original card covers bound in. Bookplate to front pastedown. The contents are superb. Reduced from £350.

PROLEGOMENA LOGICA
Written by Henry Longueville Mansel.
Stock no. 982682
Published by William Graham. 1st 1851. Good condition.

Original brown cloth with paper label on spine. An Inquiry Into The Psychological Character of Logical Processes. 320 pages. A small amount of pencil annotation. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents very good. Covers browned and rubbed. Spine split.

VILLAGE DIALOGUES
Written by Rowland Hill.
Stock no. 983179
Published by T. Tegg. 1836. Slightly better than good condition.

2 Volumes. 35th edition, with Additional Dialogues and Enlargements. Pages: viii, 427; 468. Contemporary three-qurter black leather, gilt decoration and gilt-lettered labels on spines. Marbled boards. 26 woodcut vignettes. Piece torn from top of title page to Volume II, removing the word "Village". Foxing to prelims. Covers scuffed.