Stella & Rose's Books

MUSIC FOR KING HENRY
Written by Nicolas Bell; David Skinner.
Stock no. 1821643
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A facsimile of a Royal Choirbook. Very large format. Burgundy cloth spine, cream boards with gilt & foil decorations. Limited edition of 500 copies and 20 lettered copies. 36 pages. Coloured frontispiece and ornamented initial letters. Also includes a commentary volumes which has red cloth spine with gilt title and pictorial front board. Colour illustrations and 117 pages. Also included is a CD: Henry's Music Motets from a Royal Choirbook Songs by Henry VIII. Commentary volume and CD ARE MISSING. This copy is the Facsimile volume ONLY. Boards and contents fine. This is copy 377. Contained in publisher's slipcase with some light scuffing.

FIFTY FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Norman R. Shapiro; Sarah Bakewell. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1821639
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Translated by Shapiro, introduced by Bakewell. Green goatskin leather binding with gilt titles. Limited edition of 1000, each copy numbered and signed by Quentin Blake. Colour illustrations. Top edge gilt. Copy 180 SIGNED by Quentin Blake. A fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

HORRID MYSTERIES
Written by Marquis Of Grosse; Peter Will.
Stock no. 1320940
Published by Folio Press. 1968. Very good condition.

The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels. A story translated from the German by Peter Will, four volumes in one. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. Top edge black. Spine slightly worn at base. Corners bumped.

JUST WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1320872
Published by George Newnes Limited. 6th 1923. Almost very good condition.

Original publisher's burgundy leather binding with gilt titles and vignettes, top edge gilt. Green marble-effect endpapers. 248 pages, 4 page adverts at rear. B/w illustrations. 6th impression of the first edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front edge of spine is starting to split. Foxing to contents. A nice copy with very scarce binding.

THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL IV
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134499
Published by Vernor & Hood. 1st 1803. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt title to spine. Marbled boards and endpapers. Includes Devonshire and Dorsetshire. 29 b/w plates. 560 pages + booklist. Spine is faded; a few scuffs. Browning and foxing to covers and pages internally.

INTRODUCTION TO THE ORIGINAL DELINEATIONS, TOPOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE, INTITULED THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by J. Norris Brewer.
Stock no. 2134497
Published by J.Harris; Longman And Co.. 1st 1818. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine; marbled boards. 2 maps. Spine is faded, with some marks. Browning and foxing to covers and pages internally.

THE GOLLIWOGG IN WAR!
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1320555
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper at corners. Covers grubby with a pink mark to top edge of front cover. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Joints cracked. Small margin tears to some pages. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

A LONDON GARLAND
Written by W.E. Henley.
Stock no. 1821321
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1895. Good condition.

Selected from Five Centuries of English Verse with pictures by members of the society of illustrators. Large format. Vellum boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Boards heavily scuffed and marked, 1" split to base of spine and also to middle of front edge of spine. Endpapers browned. Scattered foxspots. Pages 83 -86 detached from binding (center of a section). Some hinges pulled.

SUNDAY IN LONDON
Written by George Cruikshank. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1821314
Published by Effingham Wilson. 1st 1833. Almost very good condition.

Modern binding. Dark green leather spine with raised bands and burgundy title label with gilt title. Marbled paper boards. 14 b/w tissue-guarded illustrations. Light rubbing to board corners. New endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout. Grubby marks throughout.

ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE CLEVER CATS, & C.
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320522
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Coloured picture book for the nursery. 11.5 x 8.5". Blue decorated cloth. 16 colour illustrations. Printed one side on untearable paper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light damp stain to top 2" of rear cover. Endpapers browned. New front free-endpaper. Foxing and some grubby fingering, showing mainly on unprinted sides of pages. Small ink mark to one page (unprinted).

ANIMAL PLAYTIME
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; J.A. Shepherd; et al..
Stock no. 1320518
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows Fox with cockrel. B/w illustrations throughout. Some cats by Wain. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Front cover illustration is still bright. Some slight chipping of paper covering to spine. Small binding error of crease in paper to rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of title-page (dated 1909) and one name crossed out and replaced with another. Some slight foxing and fingering to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents.

THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL VI
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134256
Published by Vernor & Hood. 1st 1805. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine, gilt title; marbled boards. Hampshire and Herefordshire. Beauties of England and Wales Series. 28 plates. Spine is faded; a few marks. Browning to cover edges; a few foxspots. Page browning and some foxspots throughout; a few margin marks.