Stella & Rose's Books

A CHILDREN'S SUMMER
Written by M.L.B.; W.M.C.. Illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle.
Stock no. 1315032
Published by Addey & Co.. 1st 1853. Fair condition.

Large, oblong format (11.25 x 14.5"). Burgundy leather spine, blue cloth with gilt title to front. Cream endpapers. Eleven etchings on steel with paper guards accompanied by prose and rhyme. Spine and corners are very worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Front joint (between free-endpaper and frontis) is cracked. Heavy foxing to contents (affecting plates). Some of the guards are creased. Contents generally clean.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S FOX-HUNT
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1315017
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, oblong format. Glorious, humorous colour pictures. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light scuffing to covers. Light browning to endpapers, some light fingering to page margins. There is a strong smell to the contents of the book (not sure what it is). Overall this is a very nice copy of a very politically-incorrect book! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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PRINCE DANDE LION
Written by May Gibbs. Illustrated by May Gibbs.
Stock no. 1505079
Published by Ure Smith. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A Garden Whim-Wham. The young Prince Dande Lion sets off to see the world with Bill Bergia the Smuggler, Captain Sturt Pea, Reds the Poinsettier dog and a pup, little Black Tulip. They meet with many exciting adventures. Brown cloth spine, green paper boards with brown vignette of Dande Lion. 4 colour plates(incl. title page), 12 full page black and white and many small illustrations. 117 pages. Spine bumped with wear to ends. A little wear to corners. Fading to edges of both covers and a few faint dark marks to rear cover. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Margin tear to lower edge of page 99/100, just reaches text. Some black spots to colour plate pages, mostly faint and on versos. Light browning to endpapers and an odd fox spot but generally a nice clean copy. Dustwrapper has loss from ends of spine, top corner of rear panel and top of front fold and a few small chips. Rear flap is almost detached. Large tear to rear panel repaired on verso with clear tape, now yellowed. 4 pencil numbers/marks and a couple of creases to front flap. Panels and spine a bit grubby.

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BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
No author listed. Illustrated by Will Kidd.
Stock no. 1315010
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Square format (9.75 x 9.75"). Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout with a well-known nursery rhyme opposite each. Printed on green paper. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Some loss of surface paper to lower front edge of spine. Contents clean. Stitching is slightly pulled. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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BIG ANIMAL RAG BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1315000
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1939. Very good condition.

Rag Book 344. Very large, oblong format (11.5 x 14.5"). 14 cloth pages with colour illustrations of animals. The book has been folded in half for a period of time causing it not to sit flat. Corner tips lightly creased. Contents clean. A nice copy of a very scarce rag book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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OLD SONGS FOR YOUNG ENGLAND
Written by Clarence Forsythe. Illustrated by B. Ostertag.
Stock no. 1314989
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Harmonized by Clarence Forsythe. Large oblong format (10.25 x 12"). Brown cloth with illustration to front cover. Floral decorated endpapers. 46 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper which is also very slightly edge chipped. Page browning to half-title. Foxing to textblock. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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PRINCESS BADOURA
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1505035
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

White cloth beautifully decorated in pale green and gilt to front cover. Pale green endpapers. 10 tipped-in paper-guarded richly coloured plates. A tale from The Arabian Nights retold by Housman. Spine browned, bumped and worn with small nicks to cloth at either end. Corners worn. Covers grubby and marked. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still firm. A little foxing and browning. Fingering to contents but generally clean. All plates present and in very good condition.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1404566
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1923. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Boards grubby. Bottom corner of front endpaper torn off. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Some hinges cracked. Browning to endpapers. Large inner margin tear to one page. Foxing and some marks to contents.

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THE COMPLEATEST ANGLING BOOKE THAT EUER WAS WRIT
Written by Joseph Crawhall.
Stock no. 2118325
2nd 1881. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Black leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine, with gilt title and fish decorations. This is the Second Edition, Limited to 100 copies! (First edition has only 40 copies printed in 1859). B/w illustrations. Being done oute of ye hebrewe and other tongves by a Person of Honor. Adorn'd with scriptures. Some light wear along cover edges. A few marks to covers. Marks to endpapers. Front endpaper has a few edge-tears. Some foxing. Still in very good condition, considering its age!

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THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE
Written by Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2118149
Published by William Heinemann. 1920. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Trade edition. Brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Cream and orange pictorial endpapers. Part of the trilogy of 'The Ring of the Niblung'. With a prelude by Richard Wagner. Translated into English by Margaret Armour. 34 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, covered with captioned tissue-guards. Text in a play format. Some wear to spine and corners. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges; a little foxing. Wrapper is worn and scuffed along edges; creased with some tears and chips; a little loss to top of spine. Some marks to wrapper.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2118108
Published by William Heinemann. 1919. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Frontis and 50 superb colour plates, tissue-guarded and mounted on green card at rear of book, one pair of plates are on facing pages. 62 text pages. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Damp marking to top of spine and along edges of front and rear covers out from that. Browning to endpapers, pastedowns and page edges/margins of green pages. Light foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; a little loss; some grubby marks and foxspots.

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THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1404468
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with beautiful gilt illustration to front cover and highly decorated spine. 12 superb colour plates plus 16 black-and-red plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. Large format. All edges gilt. Spine bumped and cloth faded but gilt remains fairly bright. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Couple of little bumps to board edges. Some marks to covers. Both joints are cracked showing webbing beneath but binding remains firm. Dated inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to endpapers and some pages otherwise contents are clean. Plates are all present and in very good condition.

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