Stella & Rose's Books

BEN JONSON A LIFE
Written by Ian Donaldson.
Stock no. 1330912
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A vivid biography drawing out on freshly discovered writings by and about Jonson, revealing him as a writer whose work strikingly forsees modern age. Black boards, metallic blue title to spine. Pink endpapers. 533 pages. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780198129769. A fine copy.

AN EARLY VICTORIAN SEVERN BRIDGE
Written by Samuel Baldwyn Rogers.
Stock no. 1330906
Published by Merlin Bookshop. Circa 1974. Very good condition.

Facsmile of the 1845 'Memoranda Relative to a Magnificent Toll-Free Stone Bridge Across the River Severn...Between the New Passage in Gloucestershire and the Black-Rock in Monmouthshire. Small card wrap booklet. 8 pages. ISBN: 0904376001. Staples are rusty.

HARE AND GUY FAWKES
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1330905
Published by Collins. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Grey Rabbit series. Blue boards with white titles and colour picture to front cover. Blue and white endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330904
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1933. Good condition.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing throughout. Some light corner tip creasing. Small brown mark to top margins of last few pages. A decent copy of a scarce first edition.

THE TERRYTOON SPACE TRAIN
Written by Barbara Waring. Illustrated by Irv Gershen.
Stock no. 1831073
Published by Purnell. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

A Mighty Mouse adventure as seen on TV. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped and worn. Light wear to lower corner of front board. Boards scuffed. Contents clean.

THE FLOWER MAKER
Written by Alan Blackwood. Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 1831072
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Peter Pollen made very pretty flowers, his friend Bumble Bee worked happily together. Peter made the flowers and the powder scents, Bumble Bee picked up the powder with his feet and sprinkled it over the flowers... Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0723810389. Damp stain to lower edge of front board. Rear board is unevenly faded. Spine faded and worn at base. A few handling marks and creases to contents.

GUMDROP ON THE MOVE
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1831071
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Children's Books. 1985. Very good condition.

Gumdrop is sold - and has one new owner after another as each one finds him not smart enough, or not fast enough, or not big enough... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0340104627. Seventh impression. Spine slightly faded, worn at base. Lower edge of boards knocked (minor). Contents just slightly grubby. A decent copy.

CHRISTMAS AT HOGWARTS
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Ziyi Gao.
Stock no. 1831070
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2024. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

'Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogawarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow.' So begins Chapter Twelve of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. With text drawn directly from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and luminous artwork by Ziyi Gao, Harry's very first Christmas amongst friends is now fully illustrated for the whoe family to enjoy in an enchanting new festive tradition. Large format. Matt pictorial boards, gilt titles. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9781526677082. A lovely copy.

THE VICTOR BOOK FOR BOYS 1975
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831068
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1975. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is The Pigeon That Won the V.C. 125 pages. Spine faded and lightly shelf-worn to top & tail. Else, boards clean. Text block browned. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Contents clean.

HARRY POTTER: A MAGICAL YEAR
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Jim Kay.
Stock no. 1831067
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Jim Kay's Illustrated Editions of J.K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter novels have bewitched a generation. Brimming with magic, this glorious volume brings together a selection of his iconic illustrations - including previously unseen preparatory sketches and drawings - all paired with 366 unforgettable quotations from the series. Enjoy a little bit of Harry Potter magic every day of the year. Matt pictorial boards, colour illustrations throughout. 239 pages. ISBN: 9781526640871. Second printing. A nice, clean copy.

THE GIANT FISH
Written by Svend Otto S.; Joan Tate. Illustrated by Svend Otto S..
Stock no. 1831066
Published by Pelham Books Ltd.. 1st UK 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Peter and Jake are always talking about the fish they are going to catch. "When I go fishing," said Peter, "you wait and see, I'll catch a giant fish."... Oringinally published in Danish, this is the English language edition, translated by Joan Tate. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0720713803. Corners lightly worn. Boards clean. Inscription in ink and a small red mark to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

WHO WILL PLAY WITH ME?
Written by Mary Brooks. Illustrated by Mary Brooks.
Stock no. 1831065
Published by Golden Pleasure Books Ltd.. Circa 1963. Almost very good condition.

Dapply the baby jaguar is looking for someone to play with... Pictureland Series No. 4. Pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Base of spine is split to front edge, worn with torn paper backstrip. Cup ring mark to front board, Biro marks to rear board, boards a little scuffed. Text block browned. Pencil mark crossed out with pen to top of front pastedown, '2/6' written in small text to top corner of title page. Else contents generally clean.