Stella & Rose's Books

AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2106107
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper has some edge-tears and chips, with a little loss; browned; creased; some grubby marks.

HIDDEN JEWELS THE WILDLIFE OF LEATHERHEAD AND FETCHAM
Written by Jeremy Early.
Stock no. 1803098
Published by Jeremy P. Early. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revealing both the beauty and the vulnerability of this quintessential part of mid-Surrey. Large format. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0953009807. Pictorial wrapper is grubby.

OLD CORNWALL VOL. XII No. 5 AUTUMN 1999
Written by Terry Knight.
Stock no. 1802410
Published by The Federation Of Old Cornwall Societies. 1999. Fine condition.

A series of short articles edited by Terry Knight. Articles include: The Wreck of the 'Belem'; Local Transport of the Past; Cornish Dancing Comes of Age and more. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. A fine copy.

OLD CORNWALL VOL. XIII No. 5 AUTUMN 2005
Written by Terry Knight.
Stock no. 1802408
Published by The Federation Of Old Cornwall Societies. 2005. Fine condition.

A twice yearly publication edited by Terry Knight. Colour cardwraps. Includes articles: Penryn around 1926; Women's Land Army memories; St Erth's POW camp; Reminiscences of Truro; Saving Kelyn (dialcect); Jerome - the Copper mining ghost town; plus many other short items. 64 pages. A fine copy.

RUPERT ADVENTURE BOOK No. 38 - AUTUMN ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 444565
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Almost very good condition.

Rupert Autumn Adventures. 2 stories: Rupert And The Spinning Globe, Rupert and the Royal Conker. Colour front cover shows Rupert pretending to be a kangaroo and being chased by a real kangaroo. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. A couple of small closed tears to front cover, which also has 1 vertical crease. Some brown marks to covers.

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379828
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Small closed tears to margins of two plates. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins (affecting a couple of plates - pictures remain bright). Foxing to page edges. A nice copy of a scarce edition.

THE WILLIE WADDLE BOOK 1947
No author listed.
Stock no. 596330
Published by John Leng. 1947. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial card wraps with blue spine. Front cover shows Willie speeding across the beach in his sail car. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Name in belongs to box. Top and tail of spine chipped with loss. Light page browning.

AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 594244
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Front endpaper missing. Name in ink to top of first blank page. A few minor foxspots present. All plates present. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss at corners and a little grubby. Overall a nice copy.

A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 738815
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges very very slightly grubby. Large but light foxspots throughout. One plate was detached, now reinserted but with slightly ragged edges. A nice copy of the first edition.

THE CHILDREN'S SONG BOOK
Written by Alfred W. Tomlyn. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 568331
Published by Andersons-Edinburgh-Limited. Nearly fine condition.

Brown material covers with pattern of autumn leaves. Title label to front cover. 8 colour plates by Lawson Wood and others. Book: name in ink to front endpaper.

HALFDANES NONSENSE AND NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Halfdan Rasmussen.
Stock no. 620198
Published by Schonbergske. 1ST 1973. Almost very good condition.

Translated and recreated by Kurt Hansen. Title on front cover is Halfdanes Sense and Nonsense Verse. Pictorial boards, b/w illustrations. 52 pages. ISBN: 8757006253. Edges rubbed and worn. Light (coffee?) stain to front cover. Contents clean and bright.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1983
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 660722
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1983. Almost very good condition.

Tall 4to glazed boards - Rupert in plane flown by Clown. 1st story Rupert and the Black Circle. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791308. Spine slightly sunned. Crack to lower rear edge of spine affecting the rear pastedown. Name in belongs to box, price-cut. A nice clean copy.