Stella & Rose's Books

FULL STEAM AHEAD: HOW THE RAILWAYS MADE BRITAIN
Written by Peter Ginn; Ruth Goodman.
Stock no. 1818412
Published by William Collins. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Based on a BBC Two Programme. How the world we live in today was entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780008194314.

THE OOJAH ANNUAL
Written by Flo Lancaster. Illustrated by H.M. Talintyre.
Stock no. 1317910
Published by Peter Pitkin. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing Uncle Oojah as doorman at the cinema. Red cloth spine. Two-tone pictures throughout. 100 pages. First story is "Uncle Oojah's Curious Cousin". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge worn. Rear cover just a little grubby. Name in ink to belongs to box (ink has transferred a little to the front pastedown). Foxing and some grubby marks to contents. Some margin tears and a little pulling of the stitches causing contents to be a bit loose.

DUMPY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 1317888
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Grey pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. First story 'Little Pink Pig and His Three-Legged Stool'. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Light foxing to contents.

I SAW ESAU
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2130821
Published by Ted Smart. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Packed full with colour and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. "The Schoolchild's Pocket Book", a book of rhymes. Originally published by Williams & Norgate Ltd in 1947. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

FURTHER TALES OF MR PENGACHOOSA
Written by Caroline Rush. Illustrated by Peter Rush; Caroline Rush.
Stock no. 1817581
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The redoubtable Mr Pengachoosa finds himself in fanciful situations quite unsuited to hamsters in general, but than, of course, he isn't a 'general' sort of hamster at all... Each story is founded in the real world of a girl and her pet hamster and each returns to it after considerable flights of fancy... Pink boards, gilt title to spine and vignette of hamster to front board. B/w illustrations. A little loss to margin of gutter edge of front endpaper. Small name in ink to front pastedown hidden by the front flap of dustwrapper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and yellowing tape to verso at edges.

PEG-LEG AND THE INVADERS
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 2130671
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue/green cloth with black titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; chipping and some creasing.

FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 75)
Written by Peter S. Maitland; R. Niall Campbell.
Stock no. 2130650
Published by Collins. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 75 Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 21 colour photos and over 200 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN to verso of title page is 0002193833 but this is incorrect as this ISBN matches NN No.74 (Ferns). ISBN provided is on verso of dustwrapper of this title. ISBN: 0002193795. Foxing to top edge of outer page edges, else fine. Wrapper is faded to spine.

WILLIAM AND THE MONSTER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Peter Archer.
Stock no. 2130552
Published by Armada. 1st 1965. Almost very good condition.

Paperback. Cover illustration by Peter Archer. B/w illustrations. Creasing to covers. Old price '20p' in ink to front cover. Page browning.

WILLIAM THE ANCIENT BRITON
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Peter Archer.
Stock no. 2130551
Published by Armada. Circa 1965. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. B/w illustrations. Creasing to spine and cover corners. Page browning.

BY FIRE AND SWORD
Written by Peter Reid.
Stock no. 1817527
Published by Constable. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Rise and Fall of English Supremacy at Arms: 1314-1485. Black boards, silver title to spine. A few colour plates and b/w maps. ISBN: 9781845295264. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine.

SIX OLD WORLD FAIRY TALES
Written by F.S. Williams. Illustrated by J.K. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 2130305
Published by Peter Hopwood & Co. Ltd. Circa 1926. Good condition.

Stories adapted by Williams. Includes 'Sleeping Beauty'; 'Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs'; 'Beauty and the Beast' and more. Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Spine has large splits, which have been somewhat repaired with glue. Heavy creasing and scuffing to covers; some chipping and nicks. Inscriptions in ink to prelims. Creasing and chipping to some page edges; margin marks to some page with foxing. A reading copy.

LITTLE MAGIC HORSE
Written by Peter Ershoff; Tatiana Balkoff Drowne. Illustrated by Vera Bock.
Stock no. 2130166
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st thus 1942. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Russian tale translated by Drowne. Blue cloth, black title to spine. Pink and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by translator, with dedications on half-title and title page. Damp marks and spotting to covers. Numbers in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn with uneven fading; some loss.