Stella & Rose's Books

A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1311858
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1908. 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. SIGNED by author by means of a dedication to half-title. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, covers just a little grubby and illustration to spine has faded a little. Front joint cracked. Hinges cracked. Foxing to contents. A nice copy of the first edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2113069
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Book has been rebacked, with original spine and endpapers laid down. Some scuffing to covers; with marks. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby marks.

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LITTLE HEARTS
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 2113053
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1897. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Cream boards with small colour pictures. Colour & b/w illustrations. Recased and restitched. Wear and fading to spine. Cover edges and corners are bumped and scuffed. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Grubby marks to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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MR BUMSTEAD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1311844
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mr Bumstead is a spaniel, with a gift for getting into scrapes. Red boards, blue title and black vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxspots and a light stain to edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and rubbed with minimal loss and is a little grubby on rear panel.

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STEINLEN AND HIS ART TWENTY-FOUR CARTOONS
No author listed. Illustrated by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen.
Stock no. 1710303
Published by Chatto & Windus. Circa 1911. Fair condition.

Large format. Pictorial cloth. Illustrations tipped-in on all four corners. With a critical introduction and descriptive notes. Backstrip missing. Rear board detached, front board fragile at binding. All plates present. Fraying to cloth edges. Rippling to cloth on front cover. 1 plate has a large closed tear. Odd margin mark.

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THE CHILDREN AT THE POLE
Written by Lionel Fable. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1208010
Published by George G. Harrap & Company. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

From the "Willy Pogany Children" series. A small fold-out panorama with the story on one side and a poem on the other. Colour illustrations above the text of the poem. Pictorial boards. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. A few small blemishes to contents else generally a clean bright copy. Corners slightly worn.

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MY DOLLY'S HOME
Written by Doris Davey; Helen Waite. Illustrated by Margarethe Stannard.
Stock no. 1207996
Published by Arts and General Publishers Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Story is followed by full colour page scenes to put your dolls in and play - many doors/windows to 'open'. Corners worn. Contains figures in rear pocket: 3 umbrellas, Nurse, Alice, Anne, Mummy, Daddy, Babbs (young boy), cook, rickshaw, fir tree, palm tree, door and archway.

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A PAINTING BOOK OF LITTLE DUTCH FOLK
Written by Walter Chapman. Illustrated by Ethel Parkinson.
Stock no. 1207995
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

Large oblong format. Beige boards with large colour pictorial onlay to front. White cloth spine. Colour illustrations with b/w pictures to paint. Verses by Chapman. Some pictures coloured in with mixed ability! Corners worn. Boards a little grubby.

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THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
Written by Walt Disney; Robert Benchley; Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 1207806
Published by Garden City Publishing Co.. 1st 1941. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Yellow pictorial front cover with picture of plump dragon. Introduced by Benchley from Grahame's Dream Days. Colour & b/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Very light rubbing to top and tail of spine and corners else covers and contents fine. Attractive pictorial wrapper is slightly edge-chipped.

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ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1207797
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1950. Fine condition.

Seen through the eyes of a child. Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor production. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. A Tuck Book with four delightful colour pop-up scenes. A superb copy with just slight evidence of staple rust.

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SHADOWMANCER
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1207795
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

A world of superstition, magic and witchcraft where nothing can be taken for granted, and the ultimate sacrifice might even be life itself. Uncorrected proof copy. Grey cardwraps. ISBN: 0571220460. SIGNED by author. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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OLD AND NEW CHESTERFIELD ETC.
Written by Tatler; John Richard Walbran; Grant W. Macdonald; Alfred Wallis; J.J. Sheahan; John George Bishop; et al.
Stock no. 2112523
Almost very good condition.

This is EIGHT volumes collected and bound into one book. Titles are: Old and New Chesterfield; A Guide to Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Aldborough, Brimham Rocks, Newby Hall, Hackfall, Tanfield and Several Places of Interest in Their Vicinity; A Brief Account of the Parish of Holbeach and Its Church of All Saints; Bemroses' Guide to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth; Haddon Hall etc.; Hand-Book to Beverley; The Practical Guide to the City of York; The Brighton Pavilion and Its Royal Associations; The Abbey of Saint Alban. Black leather spine and corners. Uneven browning and mottling to covers. Wear to cover edges and corners. Ink stamps to a few pages. Some foxing and browning. Some pages have been cut down severely at margins - but text all appears to be present.

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