Stella & Rose's Books

LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS
Written by Kathleen Fitzgerald. Illustrated by E. Marler Thomas.
Stock no. 1331305
Published by Leopold B. Hill. Very good condition.

Small format. Grey boards, black titles and circular onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates. Text in FRENCH. Foxing to textblock, prelims and page margins. Light browning to rear of last page. Covers and contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little item.

ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) THE FRISKY HOUSEWIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1831160
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1972. Very good condition.

Orlando and his wife Grace, decide to establish a shop where customers can either exchange goods or pay for them with milk and fish so that the stray cats of the neighbourhood can be gainfully employed and fed. Originally published in 1956 by Country Life. Red pictorial glazed boards depict Orlando on a Magic Carpet. Colour illustrations throughout. 32 pages. 10.75 x 7.75". ISBN: 022400753X. Spine has a slight lean to the left. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents beautifully clean.

ORLANDO'S INVISIBLE PYJAMAS
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330488
Published by Transatlantic Arts Ltd.; Royle Publications Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Oblong pictorial cardwraps. Harlequin Books edited by Noel Carrington. 30 pages. Colour & b/w illustrations. Orlando the Marmalade Cat is not like other cats, he has the strangest adventures of which his Invisible Pyjamas is only one of them. Covers are grubby and edge rubbed, name in ink to top of front cover. Name in pencil to top margin of first page. A few small marks at page margins but generally contents clean.

ORLANDO'S HOME LIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330487
Published by Royle Publications Ltd.; Transatlantic Arts Ltd.. 1st 1947. Good condition.

A Harlequin Picture Book. Oblong pictorial paperwraps show Orlando and his wife to front and three kittens to rear. Harlequin Books list to inside front cover numbers 1-6, with 6 being 'Story of Louisa'. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed, creased and grubby. Foxing to contents. Brown spots to inside front cover.

A SLENDER REPUTATION
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330469
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Autobiography of the creator of Orlando the Marmalade Cat. Black boards with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0723237972. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge worn.

A SLENDER REPUTATION
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1330426
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Autobiography of the creator of Orlando the Marmalade Cat. Black boards with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0723237972. Covers are slightly damp(?) spotted. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

STONY STREAM
Written by Kathleen M. Sully. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1329134
Published by Edmund Ward. Circa 1946. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Truth In A tale series. Small format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. Foxing to covers. Fading to edges. Neat inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby with slight loss to rear panel and large section of loss to lower edge of front panel.

"TUT-TUT"... RICHARD II
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1328842
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Oblong format, cardwraps with green string tie. 9 wonderul colour illustrations plus 1 double-spread at centre. Covers slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby with small marks to rear cover. Name and date in ink to top corner of title-page. There is a light stain affecting the margins of the rear half of the book (8 pages).

ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) KEEPS A DOG
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1325735
Published by Country Life. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format, purple pictorial boards, cloth spine. Delightful lithographed colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Stitching pulled causing contents to be slightly loose. Heavy foxing to endpapers, some slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with some slight loss.

FOUR TO FOURTEEN
Written by Kathleen Lines; Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1322951
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A library of books for children compiled by Lines, introduction by De La Mare. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge faded and chipped with minimal loss.

THE JAPHET AND HAPPY ANNUAL
Written by Kathleen Starr. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 2139478
Published by News Chronicle Publications. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Front cover shows 'Here we go round the Golobosh Tree' picture. First story is 'Quiet as a mouse!'. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Splits to top and tail of spine, where cloth joins board. Staples to spine have rusted and are showing brown marks through. Scuffing and wear to covers; some creasing to corners. Foxing. Inscription in ink to inside rear cover.

JAPHET AND HAPPY ANNUAL
Written by Kathleen Starr. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 2139476
Published by News Chronicle Publications. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format, red cloth spine. Pictorial boards showing Japhet jumping through a paper hoop held by Santa Claus. Splits to top and tail of spine; a little fraying to cloth. A few marks and scuffs. Some marks and partially label to inside front cover. Browning and foxing to outer page edges.