Stella & Rose's Books

ANIMAL ANTICS: IN WORDS AND PICTURES
Written by Janosch; Anthea Bell. Illustrated by Janosch.
Stock no. 1831549
Published by Andersen Press. 1st thus 1982. Very good condition.

Animal stories and pictures. Original title: Las Leben der Thiere published in 1981. This is the English language edition translated by Anthea Bell. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. 125 pages plus contents page. ISBN: 0862640334. Boards lightly scuffed and lightly rubbed at corners. Minor foxing to text block. Some evidence of fingering mainly to prelims else a clean copy.

THE SAD STORY OF VERONICA WHO PLAYED THE VIOLIN
Written by David McKee. Illustrated by David McKee.
Stock no. 1831548
Published by Andersen Press. Circa 1987. Very good condition.

Being an explanation of why the streets are not full of happy dancing people. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. ISBN: 0862641691. Third printing. Spuine lightly bumped at top & tail, and lightly sunned/faded. A few minor marks to endpapers else contents clean.

THE HUNTER AND THE ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Tomie De Paola.
Stock no. 1831546
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

A wordless picture book. The pictures tell the story. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0862640148. Boards lightly scuffed. Minor foxing to text block. A few minor spots to free front endpaper else contents clean.

THE DAY THE CLOWN GOT STUCK IN THE TUBA
Written by Terry Reid. Illustrated by Terry Reid.
Stock no. 1831545
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A clown stuck in his tuba? Nothing could have been a bigger surprise for Mordecai Carbbitts, a gentle little man who had been playing the tuba in the Borough Band for years. But happen it did, and it was his tuba that the clown fell, head first. How was he to get the clown out? Many suggestions were offered, but in the end it was the Crabbitts children who found the solution. An original and comical situation. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 30 pages. ISBN: 0216886805. Spine flattened resulting in a lean to boards. Rear joint lightly pulled at top half else binding tight. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, sunned/faded to spine and worn at top & tail.

THE WEST POINT ATLAS WAR: THE CIVIL WAR
Written by Vincent J. Esposito.
Stock no. 1831544
Published by Tess Press. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Originally published in 1959 as part of a two-volume set. This is the revised and updated edition. Edited by Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito. Large oblong format, bound as tall portrait format. Pictorial cardwraps. Maps throughout. ISBN: 9781603760201. A few minor marks to cover, rear cover a little scuffed. Contents clean.

HOW TO DO LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTING
Written by Mary E. Hicks. Illustrated by Mary E. Hicks.
Stock no. 1831543
Published by Walter T. Foster. Circa 1960. Very good condition.

No. 42 in the 'How to Draw' series. Tall format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 30 pages including front cover. Covers are rubbed at edges, creased at corners but clean. Name in ink to top corner of first page. Contents have one or two minor stains else clean.

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT 1880-1969
Written by Ralph Lewis; Keith S. Gardner. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1831542
Published by David & Charles. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This title reproduces a wide range of work from the Victorian Scottish watercolour painter, Sir William Russell Flint. It also includes text which deals with the paradoxes of the artist's life and work. Large oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 0715393065. Reprint of the 1988 edition. Boards and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, small mark to top of spine, lightly scuffed.

TALES OF THE WEIRRD
Written by Ralph Steadman; et al. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1831541
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

An exploration into the strange and the weird. Full of freaks and weirdos, this subject matter gives Ralph Steadman the ideal canvas for his particular brand of madness. Genuine weirdness is a rare quality. To be truly weird demands character and wanton disregard for the social mores of the day. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0224030299. Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents have a wave probably created by the sheer size of the volume when attempting to read it. Contents are clean.

CLARE'S COUNTRYSIDE
Written by John Clare; Brian Patten; Eric Robinson. Illustrated by Ann Arnold.
Stock no. 1831540
Published by Heinemann Quixote Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A selection of some of the best examples of John Clare's nature poetry and prose. Selected and introduced by modern poet Brian Patten. Edited by Eric Robinson. Large, oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers with wildflower sketch. Colour & b/w illustrations. 78 pages. ISBN: 0434980137. Boards bumped to corners and top & tail of spine. Unobtrusive name in ink to lower edge of free front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.

THE STORY OF BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY 1939-1991
Written by Alan Hodgson.
Stock no. 1831539
Published by The Bristol Waterworks Company. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 137 pages including index. A lovely copy with just a few signs of wear.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ZOO ANIMALS
Written by Jan Hatley.
Stock no. 1331390
Published by Frederick Warne. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book No. 45. Describing 144 Animals commonly found in Zoological gardens with 130 b/w and 16 colour illustrations. Small format. Black boards. ISBN: 0723215057. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper, slight surface paper damage to top corner of same. Light page edge browning. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge worn.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CATHEDRALS
Written by Anthony S.B. New.
Stock no. 1331389
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 43. 16 full-page plates and over 250 illustrations in colour and b/w. Small format. Red boards. ISBN: 0723215006. Minimal fading to cover edges. Some light spotting to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price sticker above), is slightly edge rubbed and has a small tear to lower edge of rear panel.