Stella & Rose's Books

ERAN'S SUPRISE
Written by Anne Shirley. Illustrated by Anne Shirley.
Stock no. 1402029
Published by Edgar Backus. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

A child's novel written and illustrated by the author when she was seven and a half. Published without alteration or addition. Including a facsimile of original manuscript. Brown cardwrap. 8.5 x 7 ins. Written in 1927. Excellent sketches by child author. Spine bumped and rubbed with a little loss. Some hinges pulled as a result of the glue drying out which has left some brown marks to inner margins but binding remains firm. A little foxing and a few light finger marks otherwise contents are clean.

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THE NITEHOOD
Written by Will Nickless. Illustrated by Will Nickless.
Stock no. 1808026
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An animal story. Green cloth with silver title to spine and vignettes to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 135 pages. 9 x 6". Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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ELEMENTS OF PROBABILITY THEORY
Written by L.Z. Rumshiskii; D.M.G. Wishart.
Stock no. 1709332
Published by Pergamon Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Wrapper grubby. A little foxing. Name in ink to first page.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS
Written by James D. Patterson.
Stock no. 1709328
Published by Addison-Wesley. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

The primary aim of this book is to present the fundamental aspects of solid state physics in a somewhat more than superficial way. More emphasis is placed on phonons and electrons and their interactions than on the properties of specific solids. Grey cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine. x and 388 pages including index. Spine & corners of boards lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Light creasing to front endpaper. Else contents are clean.

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PLACE MILL
Written by Barbara Softly. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1108690
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards with black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has some closed tears and chips; a little loss to base of spine; creased.

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DRAGON FARM
Written by Emmeline Garnett. Illustrated by B. Kay.
Stock no. 1108684
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A New Adventure Story. Red boards with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped; some loss to top and tail of spine; creased.

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ASTRONOMY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
Written by A.E. Roy; D. Clarke.
Stock no. 1709324
Published by Adam Hilger Ltd.. 3rd 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition, updated and expanded. This book introduces the concepts and historical development of astronomy, presents a course on positional measurement and celestial mechanics, and describes the techniques and instrumentation of astronomical observation and measurement. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. xv and 357 pages including index. ISBN: 0852743947. A nice, clean copy. Dustwrapper spine is faded and rear panel is a little grubby/scuffed.

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TOM POES EN DE REUZENVOGEL
Written by Marten Toonder. Illustrated by Marten Toonder.
Stock no. 2001074
Published by Muinck & Co.. Circa 1946. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Text in Dutch. De Avonturen Van Tom Poes Door Serie 1, Deel 1. Covers and contents browned. Contents detached from covers, also covers in two parts spilt at spine.

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TOM POES EN DE RARE UITVINDING
Written by Marten Toonder. Illustrated by Marten Toonder.
Stock no. 2001073
Published by Muinck & Co.. 1946. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Text in Dutch. De Avonturen Van Tom Poes Door Serie 1, Deel 2. Covers and contents browned. Covers detached. Contents secure.

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SPELL SEVEN
Written by Richard Parker. Illustrated by Trevor Ridley.
Stock no. 1108658
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

When Norman is given a conjuring set for his birthday, his younger sister Caroline can't resist experimenting with the magic wand....Blue covers, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0582152542. Front endpaper is MISSING. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and nicks; damp marked to verso.

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THE HUNTED KING
Written by Laurence Meynell.
Stock no. 1108651
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Earlham Library Series. Yellow cloth with black title ot spine. Novel based on Charles I's son when he is hunted from place to place in southern England. A little bumping to a couple of cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with fading to spine and a few marks; couple of small nicks to edges.

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BEYOND THE SUNSET
Written by Arthur D. Howeden Smith.
Stock no. 1108637
Published by Brentano's Ltd. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with some edge-tears and chips - a few small pieces of loss.

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