Stella & Rose's Books

THE WESSEX NOVELS (5 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Hardy. Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830798
Published by Folio Society. 1991. Very good condition.

Includes: Far from the Madding Crowd, The Trumpet Major, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Castorbridge, and Jude the Obscure. Various colour cloth boards with corn dolly vignette to front boards. Various printings of 1991 exceot Jude the Obscure which is a first thus 1992. Fading to spine of Jude the Obscure. Title blocks are scuffed. Minor foxing to text blocks. Contents otherwise clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is shelf-scuffed and has a small worn patch to one side, foxing/damp to inside of slipcase. Slipcase does give the impression of being just a little too large width-ways for the books... unsure if this set is the original set for the box.

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THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Written by Thomas Hardy. Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830797
Published by Folio Society. 1991. Very good condition.

A Wessex Novel. Green cloth boards, corn dolly motif to front board. Top edge green. B/w wood-engravings. 413 pages. Fifth printing. Spine very slightly faded. Text block lightly grubby. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has some shelf-scuffing and paper wear to one edge.

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PETER RABBIT PAINTING AND DRAWING BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208965
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1925. Poor condition.

Oblong format, shaped book. Black cloth spine, pictorial front board. B/w illustrations of everyday objects throughout to be coloured in. Contents are disbound from covers. Covers are edge worn, spine is frayed. Light damp staining to rear cover. Inscription in pencil and a Christmas sticker to front pastedown. Contents are used (all illustrations coloured in with crayons). Light page browning throughout. Some grubby marks to title-page.

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PETER RABBIT AND LITTLE WHITE RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by J.L.G..
Stock no. 1208964
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series. Red cloth spine with black title, purple boards with colour onlay to front cover. Spine tips slightly faded. Light fading to cover edges. Joints cracked but binding still firm. Tear to front free-endpaper. Contents are clean. White dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss.

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THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208963
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1917. Good condition.

Altemus' Wee Books For Wee Folks series. Small format (14 x 10.75cm). Pale blue pictorial boards with pink cloth spine. 63 pages. 31 colour illustrations (not by Potter). Spine and corners bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Spine slightly faded. Page browning and foxing to endpapers and prelims. Some marks to page margins.

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WHEN PETER RABBIT WENT TO SCHOOL
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond.
Stock no. 1208962
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Wee Books for Wee Folks Series. Red cloth, black titles and illustration to front cover. Orange endpapers with reinforce joints. 58 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Some light foxing and margin marks else contents clean.

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PETER RABBIT AND THE TINYBITS
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by Margaret Campbell Hoopes.
Stock no. 1208961
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Wee Books for Wee Folks Series. Blue cloth, black titles and colour onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers with reinforced joints. 62 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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PETER RABBIT AT THE FARM
Written by Duff Graham.
Stock no. 1208960
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Red cloth spine, lilac boards with onlay to front cover. Altemus' Peter Rabbit Series. 29 illustrations, (colour). 61 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front cover is faded and edges of rear cover also. Top and tail of front joint cracked. Grubby fingermarks a light page creases throughout.

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PETER RABBIT AT THE FARM
Written by Duff Graham.
Stock no. 1208959
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Yellow cloth spine, blue boards with onlay to front cover. Altemus' Wee Books for Wee Folk Series. 30 Illustrations, (colour). Unpaginated. Slight wear to lower corners. Spine and top corners slightly bumped. Child's name in black crayon (or heavy pencil?) to front pastedown. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208958
Published by Henry Altemus Company. 1st USA 1904. Almost very good condition.

Altemus' Wee Books For Wee Folks series. Small format (14 x 10.75cm). Pale green pictorial cloth with red titles. 127 pages. 31 colour illustrations (not by Potter). Spine and corners bumped with rubbing to cover edges and light stains to rear cover. Joints have been reinforced. Front free-endpaper has been replaced with a matching photocopy (paper colour a little different). First few preliminary pages have light vertical crease at centre. Light fingering to contents and light browning to textblock.

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PETER RABBIT AND THE LITTLE GIRL
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by Bess Goe Willis.
Stock no. 1208957
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Wee Books for Wee Folks Series. Red cloth, black titles and illustration to front cover. Orange endpapers with reinforce joints. 58 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine slightly faded. Front free-endpaper has been removed, surface paper damage to top corner of rear pastedown. Light mark to half title-page from removal of a small label else contents clean.

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WHEN PETER RABBIT WENT TO SCHOOL
Written by Beatrix Potter; Linda Stevens Almond.
Stock no. 1208956
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

A US pirated Peter Rabbit story. Wee Books for Wee Folks Series. Red cloth, black titles and illustration to front cover. Orange endpapers with reinforce joints. 58 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded, a few small splash marks to rear cover. Contents clean.

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