Stella & Rose's Books

A CENTURY OF FERNS
Written by William Jackson Hooker.
Stock no. 1203352
Published by William Pamplin. 1st 1854. Good condition.

Being figures with brief descriptions of 100 new, or rare, or imperfectly known species of ferns, from various parts of the world. Leather spine with gilt titles. 100 colour plates. Spine edges are worn. Corners are bumped. Front and rear joints cracked. Inscription in ink to title page. Some light foxing. Illustrations are bright. Title page detached.

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HOW THE WHALE BECAME
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1303954
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of stories about the days when the world was brand new, and the animals were still making up their minds just what they wanted to be. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning to half-title page else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little grubby on rear panel and slightly worn at top and tail of spine. A nice copy of the scarce first edition.

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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1203263
Published by Ealing Studios. 1st 1947. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. The story of the production of the film version. With full page colour illustrations by Ardizzone. Includes original cast list and story summary. A nice clean copy, with just a little browning to covers.

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PEEPS INTO FAIRYLAND
Written by E. Nesbit; F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Stock no. 1303868
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories. Nister book 633. Six stunning three-dimensional stand-up scenes. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, colour pictorial paper boards. Front cover shows the Babes in the Wood riding on a leaf in the air harnessed to a pair of robins. Green/white floral endpapers. Spine has been rebacked with red cloth. Corners and cover edges are worn. There is some scuffing to the covers. Front free-endpaper is missing. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. One page has a large closed tear which has been neatly repaired. From the pop-up scenes there are some flowers missing at the top of the fairy's oar (in the swan picture) and the giant is missing from behind Jack (in the Jack and the Giant picture) otherwise the pop-ups are complete, bright and in excellent working order. The text pages are well fingered and thus a little grubby. A decent copy of a scarce pop-up book.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch; Lilian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray.
Stock no. 1303561
Published by Oxford University Press. 1911. Very good condition.

A huge selection of delightful children's verse. Green cloth, gilt title and vignette. 4 Colour plates. 336pp. 9 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers are slightly grubby. Both joints have been repaired. Some foxing and light page browning. Hinges cracked. The mount for the plate opposite page 82 has a small closed tear to the lower margin. A nice copy.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1303332
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped else a bright copy. Light foxing to outer page edges and light browning to first few and last few pages. White pictorial wrapper is edge chipped, slightly grubby, price-cut and has a 2" closed tear to top edge of front panel.

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ROSALY'S NEW SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by T.J. Overnell.
Stock no. 1103869
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 4 colour plates. 303 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Presentation plate, partially removed to front pastedown. Some foxing to outer page edges and page margins internally. All colour plates are present.

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Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1302906
Published by Humphrey Milford. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Black cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Six colour plates plust b/w illustrations. 44 pages. 'A Story in Seven Breaths'. The story of Smut, a little black puppy of the Scotch terrier breed and his six-year old mistress. Spine slightly frayed at top and bottom. Corners just a little worn and edges slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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BERKSHIRE VALE
Written by Wilfrid Howe-Nurse. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1302874
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Limited to 250 copies signed by the author and artist. Poems about Berkshire. Very large format (15.5 x 11.25"). Cream cloth with gilt title to front cover. 42 pages. Lovely tinted illustrations. SIGNED by the author and the artist. Copy no. 188. Spine and corners are slightly bumped. Cream covers are ever so slightly grubby (hardly noticeable). Foxing throughout else contents clean.

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PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER WYE
Written by Samuel Ireland. Illustrated by Samuel Ireland.
Stock no. 1702397
Published by R. Faulder; T. Egerton. 1797. Almost very good condition.

Picturesque Views on the River Wye, From its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction With the Severn below Chepstow: With Observations on the Public Buildings, and Other Works of Art, in its Vicinity. Map showing the course of the River Wye, 30 sepia aquatints plus b/w portrait plate of John Kyrle. xii + 159 pages. Full brown diced calf binding, gilt decorations and title to spine. Green endpapers. All edges gilt. Corners are bumped and worn with some surface loss to leather on rear cover and a couple of corners. Front joint is cracked. All plates present. Some light marks to page margins.

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MASTIFF IMAGES
Written by Hans Rosingh. Illustrated by Hans Rosingh.
Stock no. 1801978
Published by Bbpress. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Light grey paper boards with dark grey titles. Light grey image of Bullmastiff to front pastedowns. The result of three decades of magnificent photographs of Mastiffs in all their various guises. Diary entries in English and Dutch to rear. 212 pages (the last page being blank). ISBN: 9076717052. Boards a little grubby and lightly bumped at corners. Contents fine. A lovely copy of a very scarce title!

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P.G. WODEHOUSE A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CHECKLIST
Written by Eileen McIlvaine; Louise S. Sherby; James H. Heineman. Illustrated by Peter Van Straaten.
Stock no. 1801922
Published by James H. Heineman. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This comprehensive bibliography and checklist opens wide the doors to the books, plays, verse, short stories and lyrics of P.G. Wodehouse. This volume is directed to the scholar, the researcher, the collector, the casual reader and, not least, to the fan of the man whom 20th century literary giants have called "The Master". Large format. Grey cloth boards with gilt plum titles. Plum, patterned endpapers. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. xlix and 489 pages. ISBN: 087008125X. Small plain white sticker to top corner of front endpaper else contents clean. Purple pictorial wrapper is edge-worn. A nice copy.

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