Stella & Rose's Books

NUMBER NINE JOY STREET
Written by Michael Lynn. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell; Eve Garnett; C.T. Nightingale; et al..
Stock no. 1324625
Published by Basil Blackwell. Good condition.

A medley of prose & verse for boys and girls. Contributors include Laurence Housman, Compton Mackenzie, Hugh Chesterman etc. One story illustrated in colour, packed with b/w illustrations. Cream cloth with blue titles and decorations on covers. Spine and corners rubbed, spine slightly browned. Half title-page is detached at lower 2". Colouring to quite a number of the b/w illustrations. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

THE WESTMINSTER CORRIDOR
Written by David Sullivan.
Stock no. 1818355
Published by Historical Publications Ltd.. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The historical and geographical setting for the building of a small monastery on the edge of the flooding Thames, which in time became Westminster Abbey. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948667249. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GARDENING
Written by Anthony Huxley.
Stock no. 1818233
Published by Paddington Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0709203225. Light discolouration of green boards across edges. Text block a little grubby and browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few closed edge tears (no loss), creasing across top edge and faded to spine.

CHERRYWOOD CANNON
Written by Dimitri Sidjanski. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1316279
Published by Paddington Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A fable of war and peace, the story of a people so transformed and disfigured by hate that at one point Steadman actually considered drawing masks on the to hide their ugliness. The idea was disgarded when he came to draw the enemy and found that he could not - the enemy didn't exist. Based on a story told to Steadman by Dimitri Sidjanski. Large format. White boards with black silhouette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0448229781. SIGNED by the artist to title-page with a small doodle to the cannon illustration. Small nibble patch to base of spine of book. Ink (biro) 2.00 written to top corner of front free-endpaper. Some loss to lower spine corner of front panel of wrapper (where it was nibbled). Dustwrapper is lightly browned, some lifting of laminate at lower edge of front panel.

HIGH BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
No author listed.
Stock no. 2120676
Published by Sanders, Phillips & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1954. Very good condition.

Large format. Maroon boards with gilt titles. An Investigation of the Principal Components of Structures and Services With Particular Reference to High Paddington. Many fold-out pages with diagrams. A few marks to covers. Slight scuffing to spine. Uneven fading to rear cover. A few marks to endpapers. A couple of fold-out pages have mis-folds to them.

RAILWAYS THROUGH THE THAMES VALLEY
Written by C.R.L. Coles.
Stock no. 1706616
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1982. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The lines from Paddington and Waterloo as they pass through the Thames Valley. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711011583. Wrapper spine faded

BLUE PETER ANNUAL No. 10 - TENTH BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 596845
Published by BBC. 1973. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0563124067. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some grubby marks to covers. Colouring puzzle completed with crayon.

BLUE PETER ANNUAL No. 11 - ELEVENTH BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 582632
Published by BBC. 1974. Almost very good condition.

ISBN: 0563126035. Spine and corners are bumped, spine split at top 2". A few marks to covers.

BLUE PETER ANNUAL No. 10 - TENTH BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 582633
Published by BBC. 1973. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0563124067. Spine bumped. Mystery picture has been partially coloured in.

CHERRYWOOD CANNON
Written by Dimitri Sidjanski. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 573582
Published by Paddington Press. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fable of war and peace, the story of a people so transformed and disfigured by hate that at one point Steadman actually considered drawing masks on the to hide their ugliness. The idea was disgarded when he came to draw the enemy and found that he could not - the enemy didn't exist. Based on a story told to Steadman by Dimitri Sidjanski. Large format. White boards with black silhouette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0448229781. Tiny bumps to lower corner of boards. Light browning to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

BLUE PETER ANNUAL No. 7 - SEVENTH BOOK
Written by Biddy Baxter; Edward Barnes; Rosemary Gill.
Stock no. 621234
Published by British Broadcasting Corporation. 1970. Slightly better than very good condition.

ISBN: 0563093986. Mystery picture completed else fine.

THE WESTMINSTER CORRIDOR
Written by David Sullivan.
Stock no. 682070
Published by Historical Publications Ltd.. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The historical and geographical setting for the building of a small monastery on the edge of the flooding Thames, which in time became Westminster Abbey. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948667249. SIGNED by author. Dustwrapper faded to spine.