Stella & Rose's Books

THE EYE OF THE WIND
Written by Peter Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1829277
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1961. Very good condition.

Autobiography. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w photos. Blue pictorial endpapers. xxii and 679 pages including index. Second impression. SIGNED and dated (1985) by the author to half-title page (no dedication). Spine faded and creased with use. Boards just slightly grubby, lower edges rubbed. Text block browned with some minor foxing. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. A few foxspots to contents.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND BLOSSOMS (3 VOLS)
Written by Edward Step; R.A. Blakelock.
Stock no. 1829276
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st thus 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three volumes. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Colour plates. B/w photos. B/w text illustrations. New Edition revised by Blakelock. Small format. Series I is bound in lighter green cloth than series II & III. Series I is lightly faded at horizontal edges and is lightly bumped to base of spine. Minor foxing/browning to text blocks. Contents clean. Series I dustwrapper is affected by damp (crinkled and stained to verso). Edges of price-cut dustwrappers lightly worn with minor closed tears, Series II has a small chip to lower edge of front panel, tape repairs to verso.

Buy now for £40.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE MAGIC OAK TREE AND PRINCE FILDERKIN
Written by E.H. Knatchbull-Hugessen.
Stock no. 1329076
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 1894. Good condition.

The Children's Library. White and blue decorated cloth, matching decorated endpapers and textblock. 4 b/w plates (frontis has a tissue-guard). 173 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Book leans to one side a little. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Heavy foxing to prelims. Endpapers slightly browned.

Buy now for £38.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

GOOD DOG CAESAR
Written by Tim. Illustrated by Tim.
Stock no. 1329075
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Very good condition.

A strip book, small oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. 124 frames. Price printed on front cover is 1/3 net. Staples rusty staining red backstrip. Name inside front cover. Contents clean.

Buy now for £10.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

MASTER BUNNY THE BAKER'S BOY
Written by Molly Brett. Illustrated by Molly Brett.
Stock no. 1329074
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

A Strip Book. Very small oblong format, card wraps. Blue and yellow pictorial front cover with price 1/-. Red linen spine. Blue, black and white illustrations throughout. On rear cover 'Titles in the famous Mary Mouse series for the very young with a list of strip book titles - from 'Welcome Mary Mouse' to 'Master Bunny The Baker's Boy'. Staples rusty causing staining to backstrip. Rear cover is grubby. Child's name in pink ink inside front cover. Light stain affecting top margins of first half of the book.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

MANDY, MOPS AND CUBBY FIND A HOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1329073
Published by Sampson Low. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

A Mandy Strip Book. Small oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Two illustrations to each page with text beside the pictures. Covers edge rubbed. Slight browning to page edges.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

CHRISTMAS LORE AND LEGEND
Written by H.L. Gee. Illustrated by Louise Armour-Chelu.
Stock no. 1329072
Published by Candle Books. Very good condition.

Candle Book Number Five. Small format, 12 pages. Paperwraps. B/w text illustrations. Slight rubbing to spine.

Buy now for £15.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

HUBERT THE HARE
Written by Patience Powell. Illustrated by Patience Powell.
Stock no. 1329071
Published by Perry Colour Books Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Peekobook. Small format. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly rubbed, some light scuffing to covers. Staples rusty, contents pulled loose at top staple.

Buy now for £15.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

GERVASUTTI'S CLIMBS
Written by Giusto Gervasutti; Nea Morin; Janet Adam Smith.
Stock no. 1829270
Published by Diadem Books. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition.

A remarkable autobiography by one of the leading Italian mountaineers of the 1930s. Originally published in 1947 under the title 'Scalate Nelle Alpi'. Translated from the Italian by Morin & Smith. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 201 pages including glossary. ISBN: 0906371007. Spine lightly creased (reading wear). Text block browned with some minor foxing. Hinge between page 80 and facing page is pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR JULY 2, 1644
Written by John Henry Crockatt. Illustrated by Graham Humphreys.
Stock no. 1829268
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Marston Moor was the earlier of the two major battles of the English Civil War. "When and Why" Books. Written for the ten- to fourteen-year-olds. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 071882198X. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to top edge of text block. Minor pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly rubbed at edges, tiny closed tear to lower front edge, rear panel is browned and a little grubby.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE FAIRY DOLL
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Gary Blythe.
Stock no. 1329067
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1956, a delightful story for little girls. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780330442268. Remains of a small label to rear panel of wrapper, wrapper spine is very slightly faded.

Buy now for £10.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

TUNING A MINI
Written by Clive Trickey.
Stock no. 1829264
Published by Speed And Sports Publications. 2nd 1966. Very good condition.

This book first appeared as a series of articles in Cars & Car Conversions. Second Edition. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. Spine browned, boards rubbed. Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Last three lines of text on page 3 are very faint but readable. Contents clean.

Buy now for £18.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List