Stella & Rose's Books

LORD ABERDEEN - A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Muriel E. Chamberlain.
Stock no. 1331307
Published by Longman Group Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. 583 pages. B/w plates. ISBN: 0582504627. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS
Written by Kathleen Fitzgerald. Illustrated by E. Marler Thomas.
Stock no. 1331305
Published by Leopold B. Hill. Very good condition.

Small format. Grey boards, black titles and circular onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates. Text in FRENCH. Foxing to textblock, prelims and page margins. Light browning to rear of last page. Covers and contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little item.

EARLY DAYS IN AUSTRALIA: STORIES OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT
Written by William Howitt; Ralph H. Major; John Pinkerton; et al. Illustrated by W.R.S. Stott.
Stock no. 1331304
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Pioneer Series. Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. Front endpapers are maps (listed as being at pages 1 and 161 on contents page). 320 pages. 8 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing to cover edges and to contents. Top corner of front free-endpaper has been removed (map not affected). Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and grubby to rear panel and spine.

AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
Written by George MacDonald. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1331303
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Beige and blue decorated cloth and endpapers. 8 colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge creased and slightly faded to spine.

AMELIARANNE'S PRIZE PACKET
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1331302
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1939. Good condition.

Peach boards, pictorial onlay to front. Beautiful colour pictures. Spine is worn and slightly chipped. Corners slightly worn. Inscription in green ink to title-page. Some light page browning else contents clean.

RUPERT AND THE FROG SONG
Written by Paul McCartney; David Hately.
Stock no. 1331300
Published by Ladybird Books. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

An adaptation of Paul McCartney's Rupert and the Frog song illustrated by stills from the animated film. Includes music for the song. ISBN: 0721410286. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

THE DAY THE CRAYONS MADE FRIENDS
Written by Drew Daywalt. Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers.
Stock no. 1331299
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2025. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Special Edition. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008768942. SIGNED by the author and the illustrator on a 'crayon' sticker which is stuck to the title-page. A super copy.

LUCIE ATTWELL'S STORY BOOK
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell; R.F. Brown; Bertha Leonard. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1331297
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows children in a circle holding hands. First story is The Fiery Little Dragon. Colour illustrations throughout. 29 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name has been erased from belongs to box. Small brown marks affect margins of most pages.

JOHN LYON; OR, FROM THE DEPTHS
Written by Ruth Elliott.
Stock no. 1331296
Published by T. Woolmer. 1882. Good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w plates. 495 pages, publication list to rear. Fourth Thousand. Spine is worn at top and tail with fraying of cloth. Covers edge rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some page browning and textblock slightly grubby, dusty to top edge.

THE IMPERIAL GEOGRAPHY
Written by George Gill.
Stock no. 1331295
Published by George Gill & Sons Limited. 1904. Good condition.

For use as a class text book and for preparation for the examinations. Revised 47th edition. Yellow cloth with black titles and borders. 496 pages. B/w maps. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed with small split to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Insciption in ink(?) has been covered with a blank name plate to front pastedown. Name in ink to top margin of title-page. Endpapers browned and some slight cracking of joints. Textblock is grubby and dusty.

EXPELLED: BEING THE STORY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN
Written by Bernard Heldman.
Stock no. 1331293
Published by James Nisbet & Co.. Circa 1894. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title label to spine and gilt title to front cover. Black decoration to spine and black illustration to front cover. B/w plates. 347 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, small split to top of spine. Some spotting to covers. Initials and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing, page browning and fingering to contents. Some hinges cracked and pulled but binding still tight.

UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1331292
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1908. Good condition.

Or, The Story of Mr. Fox and Brer Rabbit. Small format. Blue cloth covers, gilt titles and large onlay to front. 8 colour plates. 155 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Tiny nick to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Both joints cracked but binding still tight. Browning to verso of last page and to half title-page. Name plate to rear pastedown (upside-down). One plate is lightly creased. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.