Stella & Rose's Books

LITTLE PETER
Written by Lucas Malet. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1323723
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1909. Very good condition.

A Christmas Morality. Pretty cream pictorial boards. Gilt titles. 8 colour plates mounted on grey captioned card. 175 pages. 8.75 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing throughout and endpapers slightly browned. Plates present and in fine condition.

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NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by J. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1323722
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1925. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 367 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Some foxing to textblock.

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UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by J.A. Shepherd.
Stock no. 1323721
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1924. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Colour frontis plate, a few other colour plates, many b/w illustrations. 287 pages. 8.25 x 5.75". Ninth impression. SPine bumped. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxing to textblock.

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THE LIFE STORY OF BIRDS
Written by Eric Fitch Daglish. Illustrated by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Stock no. 1323717
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very pale green cloth with black titles and illustration to front. 236 numbered pages plus index. 20 b/w wood engravings. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Dustwrpaper is browned, particularly to spine (with a couple of small damp spots), slight wear and loss to top of spine.

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CONSUMING THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
Written by Robert A. Sobieszek; George F. Thompson; Stanley Diamond. Illustrated by John Ganis.
Stock no. 1824263
Published by Dewi Lewis Publishing. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chronicling the effects of development and extraction industries in every region of the United States over a period of almost 20 years. Abandoned wrecks, desolate strip mines, clear-cut forests, industrial parks, landfill sites and terrains flattened for housing developments. Large, oblong format. Grey boards, blind titles. Colour photos, some poems accompanying. ISBN: 1904587003. Narrow band of fading to boards at horizontal edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to front vertical edge and a little scuffed. Contains publishers statements and one loose plate (extra).

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LITTLE MISCHIEF BUBBLE BOOK
Written by Ralph Mayhew; Burges Johnson. Illustrated by Rhoda C. Chase.
Stock no. 1323714
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

The tenth Bubble Book. Small format. Pictorial paperboards. 3 rhymes with accompanying gramophone records. Colour illustrations. Covers lightly edge rubbed and foxed. Some browning to title-page and last text page. Records are untested but present and complete.

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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1323713
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1946. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, red title to spine and black vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. Covers are grubby at edges and slightly spotted. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Endpapers are foxed. Pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with loss, browned to spine and edges. Loss to spine as well.

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ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: EPHEMERAL WORKS 2004 - 2014
No author listed. Illustrated by Andy Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1824261
Published by Abrams. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A selection of approximately 200 previously unpublished ephemeral works arranged in chronological sequence, capturing Goldsworthy's creative process as it interacts with material, place, and passage of time and seasons. Large, heavy format. White boards, blind title to front spine and blind squiggle to front. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781419717796. Small knock to middle of rear board and rear panel of dustwrapper (minor), white boards a little grubby. Plain white endpapers a little grubby else contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed/grubby.

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A CHILD'S DAY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Carine Cadby; Will Cadby.
Stock no. 1323710
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

A book of rhymes. B;ue cloth with dark blue titles and pictorial onlay to front. 56 numbered pages. Lovely b/w tipped-in photography plates of a young girl in different poses. Printed on grey paper. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly darkened. Rear cover is partly discoloured with a few small pink marks. Small mark to pictorial onlay. Front cover is slightly warped. Some light foxing to the plates and light browning to the endpapers.

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THE THEATRE AT WORK
Written by James Cleaver. Illustrated by James Cleaver.
Stock no. 1323703
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Picture Puffin Book No. 75. Pictorial paperwraps. 31 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Staples rusty. Covers slightly pulled at staples. Publisher's 'new' price sticker to front cover (stating 2/-). Contents clean.

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ENGLISH FASHIONS
Written by John Mortimer. Illustrated by Victor Ross.
Stock no. 1323702
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 76. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Lithographs. Name in ink to front cover. Foxing to covers and contents. Ink address stamp of previous seller to inside front cover. Publisher's 'new' price sticker inside rear cover stating 2/-.

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OUR PONIES
Written by Allen W. Seaby. Illustrated by Allen Seaby.
Stock no. 1323701
Published by Penguin Books. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 78. Illustrated covers. B/w textual illustrations. Pictorial paperwraps. Foxing to covers and contents. Small tear to edge of front cover.

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