Stella & Rose's Books

NEPOMUK OF THE RIVER
Written by Roger Pilkington. Illustrated by Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1506210
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story set in Bavaria featuring the Branxomes, their cruiser the Dabchick and a valuable carving. Red boards with blue titles, vignette of Dabchick on front cover and small spire on spine. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny hole to spine in author's surname. Child's writing to page 138 and one word to publisher's page. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, spine is faded. Pale blue stains to bottom of rear panel, small mark to front panel and tiny amount of surface paper damage. Revised price label to front flap.

THE FIRST WORLD WAR THE WAR TO END ALL WARS
Written by Peter Simkins; Geoffrey Jukes; Michael Hickey.
Stock no. 2121483
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth with silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781472808301. Heavy bump to lower front corner, slight bump to top of spine. Contents fine. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased.

STEPNEY THE BLUEBELL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1405496
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

Railway Series No 18. Blue boards, white title and vignette to front board. Small, oblong format. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. Small mark to side of text block otherwise contents are clean.

VISUAL MOTION OF CURVES AND SURFACES
Written by Roberto Cipolla; Peter Giblin.
Stock no. 2121091
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial covers. In this book, the authors describe recent research aimed at recovering the three-dimensional shape of surfaces from image sequences of their 'outlines'. ISBN: 052163251X. Light bumping to top and tail of spine.

PRIMES AND PROGRAMMING
Written by Peter Giblin.
Stock no. 2121083
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introduction to number theory with computing. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0521409888. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to half-title page. Light creasing to a couple of corners.

UNCLE PENNYWISE AND PETER
Written by Margaret Baumann. Illustrated by Clifford Lees.
Stock no. 1208555
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Good condition.

Peter is six and goes travelling for his summer holiday with his Perverse Uncle Mr Peter Pennywise. Red cloth, black titles. B/w text illustrations. 144 pages. Covers grubby and rubbed. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Light foxing to prelims. Contents very good.

JUST WHAT I LIKE
Written by John Lea; D.M. Percy Smith; Madeline Barnes; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Peter Fraser; Harold Earnshaw; G.W. Goss; et al..
Stock no. 1505791
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards with green cloth spine. A collection of short stories by various authors. 8 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. First story 'Bobby's Ride'. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Small patch of surface paper damage and pen word by title. Rear cover slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. 2" tear to title page alongside spine. Name in pen in belongs to box. Dot-to-dot completed in pencil. Light foxing.

THE MERRY LAUGHTER BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by M.A. Peart; Honor C. Appleton; Rosa C. Petherick; Elsie Blomfield; Peter Fraser; et al..
Stock no. 1315737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1927. Very good condition.

An anthology of short stories. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board showing boy and girl on a swing. 8 full-page colour illustrations, b/w text illustrations throughout. First story is "The Knight and the Dragon" (told in rhyme). Spine bumped, corners worn. Covers are slightly grubby with a few small ink spots to rear cover. Gold address label to top margin of front pastedown (which is also the frontis - but it is in the margin so picture not affected). Prize plate neatly inserted at inner margin of title-page. Grubby fingermarks and pale page browning to contents. Neat list of illustrator names written in pencil to verso of title-page.

UEBER DIE CURVEN VIERTER ORDNUNG VOM GESCHLECHTE EINS
Written by Peter Vogel.
Stock no. 1208333
Published by F. Straub. 1880. Good condition.

Text in GERMAN. Inaugural-Dissertation. Yellow paperwraps. 33 pages plus b/w folding diagram to rear. Covers grubby, Small split at base of spine. Top corners creased, light vertical crease to pages else contents near fine.

EYEWITNESSING THE USES OF IMAGES AS HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
Written by Peter Burke.
Stock no. 2120794
Published by Reaktion Books. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Grey boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1861890923. Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

TALES & PICTUIRES AND FAIRY FUN
No author listed. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Honor C. Appleton; Peter Fraser; Lunt Roberts; Frank Hart; et al..
Stock no. 1505552
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with black title. Pictorial front cover shows girl sat in wicker chair reading, fairy on her foot. Colour and b/w illustrations. 10.25 x 8". Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Rear cover is scuffed and slightly grubby with some pen marks. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Contents a bit fingered with a few margin marks and an odd margin tear. Light foxing, mainly to endpapers.

JACK ROBINSON
Written by J. Keir Cross. Illustrated by John R. Parsons.
Stock no. 1315486
Published by Peter Lunn. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Yellow cloth, red titles and vignette to front. Superb colour illustrations throughout. Covers are faded and foxed at edges. Small pencil mark to top edge of front cover. Contents clean, just a few light fingermarks at margins.