Stella & Rose's Books

MY BOOK OF FOLK AND FAIRY TALES
Written by W.J. Glover. Illustrated by George Hood.
Stock no. 1331465
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title block to spine. 12 colour plates. 325 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edges lightly rubbed, rear cover is lightly scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Heavy inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper has been erased. Some light fingering and foxing but contents generally clean. Some scratch marks (made by a compass?) to lower edge of textblock.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 1331464
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 2000. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pink glazed pictorial boards. Pretty colour and b/w illustrations. Produced for The Book People. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1897
Written by Various. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1331463
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1897. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial grey cloth (illustration by Robinson) with gilt titles. Colour (chromolithograph) frontis. B/w illustrations throughout. 412 pages plus 16 page catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some stitching pulled but binding still tight. A couple of page corner tips torn off but no loss of text.

A BOOK OF NONSENSE
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1331462
Published by The Bodley Head. 1981. Fine condition.

Facsimile edition from The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Wonderful blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Printed on one side of the paper only. All edges are gilt. A super copy contained in publishers beige card slipcase.

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH 1770-1914
Written by John F. Travis.
Stock no. 1831618
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Author John Travis has compiled a tremendous amount of historical information about the development of both Lynton and Lynmouth in the outstandingly beautiful north coast villages of Devon. To read how both small hamlets grew into ever popular coastal resorts through the centuries is a fascinating read. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 190 pages including index. ISBN: 1859830234. SIGNED by the author (Best Wishes) to free front endpaper. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge.

THE PLEASURE BOATMEN OF EASTBOURNE
Written by Ted Hide.
Stock no. 1831617
Published by S.B. Publications. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

A record of the families, individuals and boats involved in serving Eastbourne in its rise to become a premier seaside resort over the years. It reflects the hard open-air life that produced some remarkable characters and how Eastbourne's coastline was developed together with some interesting incidents that occurred along its fine seafront. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 9781857703337. A few scuffs to covers else a decent copy.

UNFORGOTTEN EXMOOR: WORDS AND PICTURES FROM A VANISHED ERA VOLUME ONE
Written by David Ramsay; et al.
Stock no. 1831616
Published by Rare Books And Berry. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This collection of reminiscences of Exmoor people, in their own words and family photographs, chronicles a world which is barely recognisable today. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 9780955711985. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and a little scuffed. Else a lovely copy.

FLY FISHING: MEMORIES OF ANGLING DAYS
Written by J.R. Hartley. Illustrated by Patrick Benson.
Stock no. 1831615
Published by Stanley Paul. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Looking back on a lifetime of great fishing, the British angler shares his fondest memories of fly fishing in the chalk streams, spate rivers, and lochs of his native country. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 127 pages. ISBN: 0091751926. Reprint. Minor foxing to text block. Boards and contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is slightly browned and slightly grubby to rear panel, spine is lightly sunned/faded.

WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED
Written by Angeline Boulley.
Stock no. 1831614
Published by Rock The Boat. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Overall, this is a book about a teenage girl who discovers an injustice done to her tribe and, like a warrior, will do anything to rectify it. A quest to right a wrong and uphold the religious beliefs she and her family hold. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 396 pages. ISBN: 9780861544196. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block very slightly grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is lgithly edge-rubbed and lightly scuffed.

KIM
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1831613
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

This story follows the adventures of Kimball O'Hara, an orphaned Irish boy living on the streets of Lahore in late 19th century India. Kim befriends an elderly Tibetan lama who is on a spiritual quest to find the legendary River of the Arrow. Red cloth covers. Gilt title to spine and gilt elephant head vignette to front cover. 413 pages, top edge gilt. B/w photo plates. Board edges lightly rubbed/worn. Top & tail of spine slightly frayed. A few minor marks to boards. Foxing to text block, endpapers and to contents. Front hinge between free front endpaper and fly-leaf is cracked, partially split. Name in pencil to fly-leaf. Tissue guard to frontispiece is foxed and partially detached. Some hinges pulled else binding tight.

THE FRIENDLY HOUSE: AND THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF THE LITTLE MAN WHO BUILT IT
Written by H.L. Gee. Illustrated by Frank Rogers.
Stock no. 1831612
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

In this charming story the adventures of The Little Man and all his friends are related ina pleasing and whimsical fashion. We learn that his house was blown away and while he is busy building a new one he saves the lives of Brown Dog, Sandy Cat and Green Parrot; rescues Grey Horse from a cruel master, and finds White Mouse in his pocket... Blue cloth, black titles and vignette of house to front cover. Colour plates, b/w text illustrations. 156 pages. Lower corner of boards bumped, top front horizontal edge of board has a small nibble in the cloth. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Name in ink to rear free endpaper. Text block browned. A few grubby margin marks. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a few marks, is browned and edge-worn with chips to top of spine.

NEWTON'S APPLE: ISAAC NEWTON AND THE ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC RENAISSANCE
Written by Peter Aughton.
Stock no. 1831611
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson; The Windrush Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Peter Aughton illuminates the life and genius of Isaac Newton—the man whose ideas fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the universe—against the vibrant backdrop of the English Scientific Renaissance. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 215 pages including index. ISBN: 0297843214. A few minor knocks to horizontal board edges. Minor spotting to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.