Stella & Rose's Books

THE DANCING DAY
Written by Kathleen Colvile. Illustrated by May Bethell Jones.
Stock no. 1402031
Published by The Medici Society Ltd.. 1948. Very good condition.

Once a year in Queer Town, capital of Queer Country there is a day when everyone dances anywhere and everywhere. Cream pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. 24 pages. Spine and corners are bumped. Spine is a little scuffed. Covers are grubby. Contents clean.

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CATHARINE SUSAN'S LITTLE HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 2112021
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Book is 'bound' together with thick string that goes through each page and is tied at spine; this has caused some tearing to cover; splits to top and tail of spine. Foxing and creasing to covers and pages internally. Inscription in ink to verso of front cover. Illustrations are still nice and bright!

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MOPS VERSUS TAILS
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1311059
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.; Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

The Great Hockey Match (and how the Mops and the Tails bury the hatchet forever)! Small oblong format. Picture to front board. Lovely colour illustrations, including a wonderful double-spread at the centre. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Rear cover is grubby/marked. Endpapers are lightly browned and there is some light foxing, otherwise contents are clean. This is a decent copy of a very scarce book.

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THE DIARY OF FRANCIS KILVERT APRIL-JUNE 1870
Written by Francis Kilvert; Kathleen Hughes; Dafydd Ifans.
Stock no. 1805364
Published by The National Library of Wales. 1st thus 1982. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Edited by Hughes and Ifans. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xxi and 121 pages. ISBN: 0907158021. A few light damp stains to covers. Contents are fine. Wrapper is in bad condition, heavily scuffed, edge-worn and strengthened with clear tape, some loss to rear panel.

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BEAR HUGS
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1304743
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Nothing feels better than a hug from a teddy bear! 9 heartwarming poems. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Delightful colour pictures. ISBN: 0416148220. Slight bumping to spine. Some light finger creases to page margins else contents bright and clean. Wrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) KEEPS A DOG
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 630766
Published by Country Life. 2nd 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format, purple pictorial boards, cloth spine. Delightful lithographed colour illustrations throughout. Contents are slightly pulled from panel disguised by photocopy beneath existing wrappers. Wrapper has substantial loss to front panel disguised by photocopy beneath existing wrapper, and some loss to other smaller areas to rear panel.

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THE MIRROR OF DREAMS
Written by Kathleen Colvile. Illustrated by Rosalind Gentleman.
Stock no. 565279
Published by Norman Adlard & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Endpapers very lightly foxed. Wrapper edge-torn with slight loss and internally repaired with tape.

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ALPHABEARS
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 622123
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A simple rhyming text not only provides an introduction to the alphabet but also a story book for young children and a picture book to enchant readers of all ages. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 041650180X. Top front corner bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper very lightly scuffed.

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NUMBEARS - A COUNTING BOOK
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 666617
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A charming counting book which children (and adults) will treasure. Blue boards, gilt to spine. Cream endpapers. Lovely full-page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 8.25". ISBN: 0416956904.

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