Stella & Rose's Books

THE BUTTERFLIES OF INDIA, BURMAH AND CEYLON (3 VOLUMES)
Written by G.F.L. Marshall; Lionel De Niceville. Illustrated by Babu Gris Chunder Chuckerbutty; Babu Behari Lall Dass; George Pearson.
Stock no. 1209031
Published by The Calcutta Central Press Co., Ld.. 1st 1882. Good condition.

Three volumes. 'A descriptive handbook of all the known species of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border.' Three-quarter black leather binding. 5 raised bands to spine, red title blocks with gilt title. Burgundy cloth boards. A few colour chromoliths plus monochrome plates. Ex-lib with minmal stamps. Volumes are misnumbered on spines: Volume III contains volume I; Volume II contains volume II (not misnumbered); Volume I contains volume III. Volume III (as marked) spine is split to lower half. Volume I (as marked) has substantial loss to top of spine (still present and placed inside book) but titles block is mostly intact if a little torn at edge. Leather bindings are worn with surface loss and boards exposed in places. Cloth boards are lightly marked. Text blocks and endpapers browned. Contemporary name and date in ink to front endpapers. A few grubby marks to contents but mostly clean. A nice working copy.

LE MONDE DE LA MER
Written by Alfred Fredol.
Stock no. 1209029
Published by Librairie Hachette Et Cie. 3rd 1881. Very good condition.

Third edition. 'The World of the Sea'.' A. Fredol' is a pseudonym of 'A. Moquin-Tandon' - a French naturalist and a doctor, a professor of Zoology. Text in French. Green leather spine with gilt title. Marbled boards and endpapers. 22 colour plates, 14 b/w plates, numerous illustrations to the text. viii and 632 pages including index. A heavy tome. Leather spine is rubbed and worn with a couple of small nicks. Boards are browned and scuffed, edge-worn. Text block browned. Joints cracked but tight. All plates present. A few scattered foxspots. Overall a nice, tight copy.

BRITISH ZOOLOGY (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Pennant.
Stock no. 1209025
Published by Benjamin White. 4th 1776. Very good condition.

Fourth Edition. Four volumes, complete. B/w plates. Calf leather binding with 5 raised bands and gilt title to spine. Title to spines is: 'Pennant's Works: British Zoology XI to XIV.' Marbled endpapers. Text block is red. A heavy set. Leather bindings are worn at top & tail of spine and rubbed at edges, worn at edge of spine and board corners, black stain to lower front board of volume III and a few other minor marks. Top edge of spine of volume I and III is broken but holding, volume II top of spine edge is missing. Bookplate to front pastedowns. All plates are present. Some foxing and age-related marks to contents. Binding is tight. Overall a decent copy of an antiquarian tome.

THE CANADIAN NATURALIST
Written by P.H. Gosse.
Stock no. 1209021
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1840. Slightly better than very good condition.

A series of Converstaions on the Natural History of Lower Canada. Modern rebind. Three-quarters red leather with 5 raised bands to spine and gilt title to spine. New endpapers (red). 44 b/w wood engravings in the text. xii and 372 pages including index plus 4 page publisher advert to rear. Text block browned but recently planed smooth. Large previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. A few age-related grubby marks to contents but overall a lovely copy considering its age.

THE FISHES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Francis Day.
Stock no. 1209020
Published by Williams and Norgate. 1st 1880. Very good condition.

Rebound with speckled calf leather spine, green title band and gilt title. Brown cloth boards. Year below publisher on title page is '1880-1884'. 180 b/w plates (including plate 172A). A few b/w illustrations to text. A heavy set. Boards are a little scuffed, rear board of volume 2 is marked. Spines are very good, a few scuffs but overall clean. Text blocks are browned and little grubby. New endpapers given during rebind. Plate 52 in Volume I has a small closed tear at top gutter edge. Page 1 of Volume II has slight margin loss at top edge - does not affect text. All plates are pres3ent. Some plates have a few foxspots or age-related marks. A very nice set.

GIMLET GETS THE ANSWER
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330920
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey patterned boards with blue title and scottie dog vignettes to spine. 4 b/w plates. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper, name in ink to rear free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and page margins. Dustwrapper is edge chipped, rear panel is grubby.

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN - DESTINATION MOON
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1830990
Published by Methuen. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Young reporter Tintin and his friend Captain Haddock receive an invitation from Professor Calculus to come to Syldavia, where Calculus is working on a top-secret project in a secure government facility to plan a crewed mission to the Moon. Large format. Red cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Colour cartooon strip illustrations. 61 pages. Spine & board edges rubbed and worn. Boards a little scuffed and grubby. Top edge of rear board has a small knock. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Page edge browning. A few minor foxspots to text block. Else contents clean.

THE TALE OF TWO BAD MICE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209019
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Grey boards with white titles and pictorial onlay of Hunca Munca to front cover. Pretty colour illustrations throughout. 85 pages. Gift inscription and small booksellers stamp in purple ink to front pastedown. Professionally rebacked preserving most of original spine (some light glue staining to spine edges). Joints have been neatly reinforced. Contents are bright and clean. A nice copy of the first edition.

THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209018
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit was written specially for Louie, the daughter of Harold Warne, who succeeded his father Frederick as head of the Warne publishing company. Louie had told Aunt Beatrix that Peter was much too good a rabbit and that she wanted a story about a really naughty one! The first edition is printed in panoramic form, mounted on a strip of linen and folded concertina-style into a wallet with a tuck-in flap. Needless to say, these were very fragile and few survived. Later editions were printed in the usual small book format. The wallet is covered with green pictorial cloth with a colour onlay of the Bad Rabbit to the front. "New York & London" on rear cover denotes that this is the second printing, one month after the first. Folds slightly rubbed, first opening lightly foxed. Some very slight surface paper damage at margins of first few pages. Covers are slightly soiled. Tab closure and retaining flap intact. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209017
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1903. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Small format. Dark green boards, white lettering. 85 pages. Colour illustrations. A couple of pages have small marks at inner margins. Stitching showing in two openings but binding still firm. Minor fading to covers and spine, small pale mark to publisher imprint on front cover. Small repaired area to base of spine (professional). Later printed glassine wrapper (possibly 3rd printing as it states "New Books for 1904"), torn with small areas of loss (mainly to spine) and later paper restoration to spine and edges. A nice copy of the 2nd printing. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209016
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition with original gilt decorated brown cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 26 illustrations. All edges gilt. 84 numbered pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light stain to rear cover. Some light fingering to textblock and page margins A lovely copy of the deluxe edition. 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. 1330824
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 2015. Fine condition in a very good 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. Books are fine. A few of the wrappers are slightly creased to spines and a couple have creases to rear panels else bright. The paper covering of the box is lifting from one corner slightly. This copy would make a wonderful gift.