Stella & Rose's Books

THE HOMES AND BUILDINGS OF OTHER DAYS
Written by Sidney H. Heath. Illustrated by Sidney H. Heath.
Stock no. 2122525
Published by George Philip & Son. 1929. Almost very good condition.

Olive green cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib. (school), with minimal markings. Spine is bumped and browned. A few marks to covers. A few marks and some foxing to outer page edges and page margins.

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THE FIFTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee; et al..
Stock no. 1406154
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red cloth spine. Gilt titles. Coloured endpapers and illustrations. 192 pages. 10 x 7.5 inches. Spine bumped. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. A little light foxing to page edges otherwise contents are clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn with tears some of which have been mended on verso with tape. Spine is browned. Wrapper is a little grubby. Book has a light musty smell.

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MORE ABOUT JOSIE, CLICK AND BUN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1406147
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The fourth book about them. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations (2 to a page with text below). Bumping to spine and corners. Browning to bottom of spine and boards. Endpapers are lightly browned. Some foxing mainly to page edges. A few marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with several tears. Small area of loss at top of spine disguised with paper behind. Creasing to both panels. Wrapper is grubby. Browning and foxing to verso.

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THE GREEN LACQUER PAVILION
Written by Helen Beauclerk. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1506638
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Brown cloth. Green title label to spine. Gilt titles, border and vignette. 9 b/w illustrations plus a portrait of the author. 319pp. 8 x 5.5". A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Slight surface paper damage to title block on spine. Some uneven darkening to covers. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Foxing to contents but otherwise very good.

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MANY INVENTIONS
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 2122455
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1893. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt border to top of front cover and top of spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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A WESTMINSTER CHILDHOOD
Written by John Raynor. Illustrated by Dennis Flanders.
Stock no. 2122454
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When John Raynor, composer of nearly 700 song settings, died so tragically in a road accident in 1970, he left behind not only his lifetime's musical work, but the manuscript of this enchanting account of the years of his childhood. ISBN: 0304291838. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a little edge-creasing.

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ECRINS PARK DAUPHINE ALPS
Written by Robin G. Collomb.
Stock no. 2122448
Published by West Col Productions. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w maps and photos. Mountain walking, scrambling and trail guide with selected principal ascents and standard mountain climbs. ISBN: 0906227275. Light wear to a couple of corners.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2122444
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth. "Sendak's Life and Works are explored in affectionate detail, including many colour and b/w illustrations and folding plates, a moveable scene and a facsimile of the tiny mock-up that Sendak first made for the story that would later become Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0370303865. A lovely copy.

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WINSOR MCCAY HIS LIFE AND ART
Written by John Canemaker; Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Winsor McCay.
Stock no. 2122440
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. 1st thus 2005. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Revised and Expanded edition. Foreword by Sendak. This the only biography of one of America's greatest and most influential cartoonists, Winsor McCay (1867-1934), the universally acknowledged first master of both the comic strip and the animated cartoon. Although invented by others, both genres were developed into enduring popular art of highest imagination through McCay's innovative genius. He attributed his considerable success to "an absolute craving to draw pictures all the time." ISBN: 0810959410. Wrapper is a little edge-creased with small nick to edge of rear panel.

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A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1506624
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, with gilt title labels. Front cover shows artist being watched by girl, spine shows lady with girl. 4 colour plates. 336 pages. Purple endpapers. Spine bumped, worn and darkened, gilt title block rubbed, some loss from lady and child. A little bumping and wear to corners. A few small marks to covers, picture on front is rubbed with some spots of loss. Presentation plate to front pastedown, surface paper damage to plate. Joints and some hinges cracked but binding is firm. Small tear to top edge of front endpaper. An odd mark to contents. Some foxing, especially top of first few text pages. All plates present.

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THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1506620
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1913. Good condition.

Green boards, burgundy titles and pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 93 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine browned/faded. Covers slightly grubby with small mark to bottom edge of front cover. Prelims have been re-inserted incorrectly, order now is frontis, front endpaper, half-title, title page. Yellowed tape residue down full length of front joint. A couple of hinges starting to crack but binding is firm. Label with ink inscription to verso of frontis. Some light fingering and foxing to contents but generally they are clean.

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FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1850-1930
Written by Diana L. Johnson.
Stock no. 2122430
Published by Museum Of Art. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, b/w photos and illustrations. Limited to 7000 copies. Not only a book on the subject of fantastic illustration, but also the catalogue of an exhibition. Bumping to spine. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper is grubby with edge-creasing and chipping; couple of closed tears.

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