Stella & Rose's Books

THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF PETS
Written by George Cansdale. Illustrated by Edward Osmond.
Stock no. 1331070
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso and grubby.

DOWNY DUCKLING
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1331069
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 401. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Full-page colour illustrations. Verses by Perring. Slight bumping to spine and corners. A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a tiny tear to top edge of rear panel and a light mark to front panel. Light foxing on verso of wrapper. Last title listed on rear flap is Five Little Kittens.

THE DISCONTENTED PONY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1331068
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Illustrated buff boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small dent/knock to top edge of front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed and creased at edges, rear panel is slightly grubby.

BEAKY THE GREEDY DUCK
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1331067
Published by Wills & Hepworth. 1966. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 497. Orange pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers rubbed. A few light fingermarks to front endpapers and a light mark to margin of page 12. Contents otherwise clean.

THE DISCONTENTED PONY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1331065
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1952. Good condition.

Ladybird Series 497. Pale green boards with square pictorial onlay to front and black titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and well worn. Covers are grubby and dampstained. Rear joint is broken. Some light marks to prelims else contents clean.

BUNNIKIN'S PICNIC PARTY
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1331064
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 10th 1950. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 401. Brown boards with black titles and colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine slightly faded. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Contents clean.

THE ZOO
Written by M.E. Gagg. Illustrated by Barry Driscoll.
Stock no. 1331063
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1967. Good condition.

Ladybird Series 563. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bold, easy to read text. ISBN: 072140054X. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Grubby marks to prelims and child's heavy pencil writing to rear pastedown has been erased (but still evident). Contents are clean.

HENRY AND CATO
Written by Iris Murdoch.
Stock no. 1831270
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A novel. Henry is an art historian who returns to England from the United States upon inheriting his family estate, and Cato is a Roman Catholic priest who is losing his faith and has secretly fallen in love with a seventeen-year-old boy. Their stories, separate at the beginning of the novel, converge as it progresses. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 339 pages. ISBN: 0701121955. Boards clean. Minor foxing to top edge of text block, lower edge of text block has a minor mark at end. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned to spine and lightly browned to rear panel.

POLITICAL PARTIES (SOURCES OF HISTORY)
Written by John W. Derry.
Stock no. 1831269
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

A history of political parties. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 80 pages including index. SIGNED by the author twice. Covers a little grubby. Contents clean.

THAMES: SACRED RIVER
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831268
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry the VIII, and offers memorable portraits of the ordinary men and women who depend upon the river for their livelihoods. Matt pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. xxi and 490 pages. ISBN: 9780701172848. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Else contents clean. Pictorial wrap-around has a 'signed copy' circular sticker to front panel.

VICTORIAN CITIES
Written by Asa Briggs.
Stock no. 1831267
Published by Odhams Press Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comparative study in urban history, Victorian Cities examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references to Los Angeles and Chicago as well. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 416 pages including index. Lower corners and spine lightly bumped/shelf-worn. Text block very dusty to top edge. Pale foxing to endpapers and prelims. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and is sunned to spine.

GEORGE GISSING: A LIFE
Written by Paul Delany.
Stock no. 1831266
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

George Gissing was an English novelist. Throughout his adult life, Gissing's difficult financial situation was exacerbated by the responsibility he felt to support his family. But the focus of Delany's book is on Gissing's mistakes as a young man and on his lifelong difficulty with women and sexuality. Maroon cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. xiii and 444 pages including index. ISBN: 9780297852124. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. A lovely copy.