Stella & Rose's Books

RAISING HARE
Written by Chloe Dalton.
Stock no. 1831102
Published by Canongate Books Ltd. Circa 2024. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When lockdown led busy professional Chloe to leave the city and return to the countryside of her childhood, she never expected to find herself custodian of a newly-born hare. Yet when she finds the crea- ture, endangered, alone and no bigger than her palm, she is compelled to give it a chance at survival. Blue paper boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial cream endpapers. A few b/w illustrations. 291 pages. ISBN: 9781805302711. 4th printing. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A nice copy.

JUST JIMMY
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330931
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. Circa 1998. Very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Meet Jimmy Mannering - a boy in a hurry to grow up, especially if it means that he can join his brother Roger's gang, the Three Musketeers. ISBN: 0333712307. 2nd printing. Spine and front cover edges faded. Contents fine.

WILLIAM AND THE TRAMP
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330929
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. Third impression. Spine slightly bumped. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, torn and creased at lower edge of front panel (tear repaired on verso), spine and rear panel are slightly grubby.

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330928
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black vignette to front and red titles on black backgrounds to spine. 252 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Some light marks to covers. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, browned to spine and grubby to rear panel.

WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330927
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight fading to base of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, browned to spine and slightly foxed on verso.

BILLY BUNTER'S BRAIN-WAVE
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1330926
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 3rd 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, red titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to endpapers and prelims, foxing to textblock as well. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss. Rear panel is slightly grubby, top of spine has been tape repaired. Foxing on verso of wrapper.

BILLY BUNTER'S BARGAIN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1330925
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Red boards, black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing, mainly to first few pages.

WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330922
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with small vignette of William's head to front and title in red on black square background to spine. 252 pages. Fifth impression. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Name and address in blue biro to front free-endpaper. Foxing, mainly to textblock but affecting endpapers and some page margins. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased, grubby to rear panel, spine and mark to front panel.

VICTOR BOYS: TRUE STORIES FROM FORTY MEMORABLE YEARS OF THE LAST V BOMBER
Written by Tony Blackman; Garry O'Keefe.
Stock no. 1831101
Published by Grub Street. 2017. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Handley Page Victor was the third of the three V Bombers and the most long lasting, serving in the RAF until 1993, and still doing invaluable service in the first Iraq war. Victor Boys tells the story of all the great things that were achieved, recounted first hand by the operators themselves, aircrew and ground crew. Published to coincide with the Victor's 60th anniversary. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 198 pages including index. ISBN: 9781908117458. Reprint. Minor mark to prelims else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

BSA GOLD STAR AND OTHER SINGLES (OSPREY COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY)
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1831100
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Postwar Gold Star; 'B', 'M', 'C' ranges; Bantam; Unit Singles. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0850454476. Minor mark to front board. Minor pale mark to prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to spine and scuffed to rear panel.

LIFE ON THE LAND
Written by Fred Kitchen. Illustrated by Frank Ormrod.
Stock no. 1831097
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fred Kitchen's autobiography paints a vivid description of work on the land during the first half of the twentieth century in Northern England For a while he worked on the railroad and at collieries but decided that was not the life for him and after 13 years working in industry, he became a farm labourer again. Terracotta cloth boards with gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w woodcuts. 276 pages. A few minor scuffs to boards, light reading wear to spine. Foxing to endpapers and text block. A few scattered foxspots to contents else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of small closed tears (no loss), a little grubby, and browned to spine.

THE ART AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING
Written by Henry Ernest Milner. Illustrated by Henry Ernest Milner.
Stock no. 1831096
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

In this 1890 book, a number of the exemplar gardens are taken from Milner's father's designs, with two studies of his own work (one in England and one in Hungary) at the end, and he surveys the whole 'art and practice', from aesthetic theory to building and planting, with plans and illustrations. Large format. Dark green cloth boards, gilt titles. Top edge gilt else text block untrimmed. With plans and illustrations (22 plates). One or two pulled hinges but binding is tight. 116 pages. Boards are edge-rubbed, worn and bent at corners, scuffed and marked. Top & tail of spine have slight loss of cloth, small split to top rear edge cloth of spine. Endpapers heavily browned. Name in pencil to front endpaper. All plates present. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots and grubby marks to margins. Binding tight.