Stella & Rose's Books

MY PETS AND THEIR WAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; J.H. Hartley; G.F. Christie; Hubert Whatley; et al..
Stock no. 1506027
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl, two dogs, cat and duck, red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. First story is Mischief. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Top third of spine faded. Covers slightly grubby with some light scratches. Ink inscription to verso of frontis and belongs to box completed in frontis. Light browning and foxing to contents. Colouring to a few of the b/w illustrations.

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A DOZEN DOGS OR SO
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1506026
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, dark brown titles. A selection of verses which have appeared in 'Punch', all of which are about dogs. Twelve colour plates plus frontis plus b/w illustrations. 47 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some darkening to edges. Some light browning, foxing is mainly to prelims and page edges. Just an odd mark to contents. All plates present. Dustwrapper has one third of rear panel and half of rear flap missing, also loss from spine and bottom of front panel. Creasing and tears to edges, grubby some some darkening.

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CHAOS UNDER CONTROL THE ART AND SCIENCE OF COMPLEXITY
Written by David Peak; Michael Frame.
Stock no. 2121658
Published by W.H. Freeman and Company. Circa 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. This book introduces you to the rich concepts driving the new science of complexity. ISBN: 0716724294.

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CIPHER SYSTEMS
Written by Henry Beker; Fred Piper.
Stock no. 2121634
Published by Northwood Books. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Protection of Communications. Pictorial card wraps. 427 pages. ISBN: 0442306083. Light creasing to corners. A few marks to outer page edges.

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SEVEN YEARS OF MANIFOLD 1968 - 1980
Written by Ian Stewart; John Jaworski.
Stock no. 2121630
Published by Shiva Publishing Limited. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. A selection of articles from 7 years of 'Manifold' Magazine. Designed to make Maths accessible. ISBN: 0906812070. A few foxspots to outer page edges.

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A COMING OF AGE AN ANGLER'S SEARCH FOR SOLITUDE CONTINUES
Written by Stuart Harris. Illustrated by Adam Entwistle.
Stock no. 2121616
Published by The Little Egret Press. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Brown boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos and some drawings throughout. Limited edition to 500 Hardback Copies. This is Copy No. 71 (bookplate stating this stuck to free front endpaper. Also Certificate SIGNED by author and Designer loosely inserted. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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IOLANTHE
Written by W.S. Gilbert. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1506024
Published by G. Bell And Sons, Ltd.. 1911. Almost very good condition.

Or The Peer and the Peri. Red cloth covers with gilt titles and decorative gilt border to front cover. 8 colour plates. 50 pages. 9.5 x 7.25". A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby with some darkening. Small bump to lower edge of front cover. One hinge cracked. Small pen mark to rear endpaper. Some light browning and an odd fox spot. A couple of corner tips creased. All plates present.

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A PATHWAY OF FLOWERS
Written by Helen Maud Waithman.
Stock no. 1506023
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1900. Almost very good condition.

An Album for Autographs, and Original and Selected Verses. Flowers culled from Friendship's Garden, With an Introduction by Waithman. Oblong format 7.5 x 10". Dark blue/green cloth covers with gilt titles and floral decoration. Colour illustration of flowers with verse to every other page, brown and white illustration around box to page in between. Space to write on both pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby/darkened. Front joint starting to crack next to half-title page. Browning, some foxing and an odd mark to contents but no writing.

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RUPERT A BEAR'S LIFE
Written by George Perry. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1315890
Published by Pavilion Books; Michael Joseph. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Rupert traced from the Fleet Street circulation battles through to the present day. Packed with illustrations including rare material never before published. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 169 pages includes bibliography of the Rupert annuals. 9.75 x 7". ISBN: 0907516769. Spine very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper just a little edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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SONGS OF LOVE AND JOY
Written by Horatius Bonardd.
Stock no. 1506022
Published by H.J. Drane. Almost very good condition.

Grey cloth covers, autumn leaves to front cover with gilt titles, black titles to spine. 9.75 x 8". Each page has a verse/song and a beautiful floral colour illustration. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers a little grubby. A couple of hinges cracked. A few marks to contents. Foxing/browning, mainly to endpapers. 37 written to last page. Colours still bright.

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THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2121591
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Fair condition.

Pictorial onlay to covers; white titles. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Split nearly all way down front side of spine; so webbing etc. underneath can be seen. Marks and wear to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks. A reading copy. No date or printer's code, quite an early reprint.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by W. Davenport Adams; Catharine Shaw. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe; Harry B. Neilson; Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1315885
Published by John F. Shaw. circa 1910. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two children playing in a rock pool. Mounted colour plates plus full-page colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Cr 4to. 336 pages plus 4 page book list at rear. First story is "In the Days of Chivalry". Covers are edge worn, spine and corners bumped and spine slightly darkened. Fingermarks to page margins. Small stick sticker to front pastedown. Small corner crease to one of the mounted plates.

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