Stella & Rose's Books

WHAT THE CHILDREN LIKE
Written by F.E. Weatherly; Ernest Nister; et al. Illustrated by Ernest Nister.
Stock no. 1404845
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1897. Slightly better than good condition.

A pop-up book with introduction by Weatherly. 5 pop-up scenes plus numerous b/w illustrations. Green cloth spine, pictorial front board shows children dancing around a Christmas tree. Decorative endpapers. Nister no. 853. Spine bumped and worn. Corners bumped and very worn. Board edges are scuffed. Boards are scratched and a bit grubby. Front joint cracked. Endpapers and page edges browned. Staples rusty. One page, which has ragged edges, is detached. 4" tear to last page of text plus other smaller tears to page edges and margins. Light colouring to several illustrations. Some fingering to contents. Horse's tail slightly creased in second pop-up, and couple of small patches of surface paper damage in deer pop-up. Other pop-ups nice and bright.

HILDA COWHAM'S BLACKLEGS AND OTHERS
Written by Hilda Cowham. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham.
Stock no. 1404830
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Beige cloth covers with gilt title to spine and pictorial front cover. Stunning colour and b/w plates throughout. Humourous brief text captions ajoining plates. Simple b/w text illustrations accompanying verses. Large format. 76 pages. Top edge gilt. A delightful book! Spine and corners a little bumped. Covers a little grubby. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown plus date stamp. Endpapers browned. Small tears and a small piece missing to front endpaper. Couple of hinges slightly cracked. Contents very good. Includes a book mark with an original drawing.

THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNT COTTAGE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1315317
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The First Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Discoveries, Shocks, Surprises and Excitements by the dozen! Blue cloth, magnifying glass vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 164 pages. SIGNED by the author on an autograph slip which has been stuck to the front free-endpaper and dedicated to Ria. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Autograph slip is foxed but contents are fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and torn with some slight loss and tape repairs on verso.

A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1315250
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Large format. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover. 30 stunning tipped-in tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on card with green decorative borders. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light rubbing to covers. A few foxspots/fingermarks else contents clean. All plates present, 2 have corner creases.

THE GEOMETRY OF DETERMINANTAL LOCI
Written by T.G. Room.
Stock no. 1811329
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. The book contains 3 parts. Part I - Looks at Manifolds Defined by Matrices of General Form; Part II: Manifolds Defined by Matrices of Special Forms; Part III: Determinantal Quartic Primals In Space of Four Dimensions. Boards lightly mottled at edges. Text block a little grubby. 1.5cm x 6.5cm cut from top of front endppaer. Minor foxing to endpapers else contents clean. Boards slightly bowed.

SUCH FUN
Written by Norman Gale; Grace C. Floyd; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2119056
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title. Father Tuck's 'Children's Own' Library. Colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations by Wain throughout - all pussy cats! Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scuffing and chipping along cover edges. Front board is a little bowed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and grubby marks, mostly to endpapers and page margins.

FAIRY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2119054
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The 'Attwell Kiddies' Story Book. Beautiful mounted colour plate to front cover and colour frontispiece. Two-tone illustrations. Contains very short versions of 'Robinson Crusoe'; 'Aladdin'; Jack the Giant-Killer' and 'Tom Thumb'. A thin booklet style item. Some creasing to covers; a few marks. Foxing/browning to some pages.

THE GEOMETRY OF DETERMINANTAL LOCI
Written by T.G. Room.
Stock no. 2119041
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1938. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. The book contains 3 parts. Part I - Looks at Manifolds Defined by Matrices of General Form; Part II: Manifolds Defined by Matrices of Special Forms; Part III: Determinantal Quartic Primals In Space of Four Dimensions. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is browned. Some marks and scuffing to covers. Light page browning and some foxing.

THE BIG BOOK OF FABLES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1505140
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with super gilt titles and vignettes of animals to front cover and spine. Green pictorial endpapers. 28 colour plates plus numerous b/w text illustrations. 293 pages. Spine bumped and faded with a little wear, spine feels stiff so possibly some glue applied to verso. Corners worn, lower front corner bumped. 1.5" abrasion to rear cover with slight loss of cloth. A few other small marks to covers. Joints cracked, showing webbing. Name in ink to half-title page. Light foxing to endpapers, prelims and a few fox spots throughout. A few marks to contents but generally clean. All plates present.

THE AFFECTIONATE PARENT'S GIFT
Written by Henry Sharpe Horsley.
Stock no. 1315143
Published by Thomas Kelly. 1st 1827. Good condition.

Small format. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and vignettes to spine, marble-effect boards. Containing a Series of Poems and Essays on Natural, Moral and Religious Subjects... To Which is Prefixed and Affectionate Address on the Duties and Obligations They Owe to God and Their Parents. Illustrated with upwards of 150 b/w engravings. xxxviii + 224 pages; 192 pages + 3 page plate list plus 1 page booklist. This is volume 1 only, volume 2 is "The Good Child's Reward". Spine and corners worn. Covers are very scuffed. Joints are cracked but binding is firm. Some page browning, grubby fingermarks and light foxing.

NURSERY RHYME RAG BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh; Gertrude E. Taylor; et al..
Stock no. 1315078
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1914. Slightly better than very good condition.

Produced for Suchard advertising their products in children's rhyme. 10 cloth pages/covers with colour illustrations. Extremely rare. Pale foxing to contents otherwise contents fine. A super copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

SANTA CLAUS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1315066
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1920. Very good condition.

Dean's 2/6 Patent Rag Book Series 3, no. 208. 10 pages featuring colour illustrations accompanying the text of "Twas the Night Before Christmas". Lower corner tips lightly creased. Small, light stain to top edges of pages else contents lovely and clean. A super copy of a very scarce rag book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.