Stella & Rose's Books

THE JOLLY BOOK - FOURTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Harold Avery; Ethel Talbot; G.E. Hopcroft; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; W.H.C. Groome; Peter Fraser; et al..
Stock no. 1505452
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards show children running after dog. 16 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Edited by Chisholm. First story: Pocket Thunder by Harold Avery. Spine bumped, picture on it worn, 1.5" split to bottom of front edge. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers very grubby. Erased writing and faint ticks to both endpapers and verso of frontis. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some light foxing and a few marks to contents but most pages are clean. All plates present.

THE JOLLY BOOK - TWELFTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Mary Shrewsbury; Sibyl B. Owsley; Harold Avery; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Blampied; Harold Earnshaw; Lawson Wood; Peter Fraser; G.E. Studdy; et al..
Stock no. 1505449
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1921. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue and white pictorial boards. Front cover illustration of children on sledges by Blampied. 16 Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edited by Chisholm. 287 pages. Spine bumped with wear to picture. Heavy wear to cover edges with loss of surface. Corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Joints cracked, showing webbing, a few hinges starting to crack. 3" tear to top of front endpaper alongside spine. Vertical creases to title page. A few fingermarks to contents. All plates present.

THE CHUMMY BOOK - EIGHTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; Amy Whipple; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Blampied; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Peter Fraser; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1505439
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red pictorial boards showing various children and fairy folk. Edited by Chisholm. Brazil story is Two Little Scamps and a Puppy. 14 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 287 pages. Spine bumped and worn, wear to edges of onlay. Bumping to corners, wear to corners and cover edges. Covers rubbed with a few light scratches. Front joint cracked next to contents page. ink inscription to front endpaper. Title page is partially detached. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. A few fox spots and marks to contents. All plates present.

SIMPLY SOUP
Written by Peter Edwards. Illustrated by Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1811477
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1978. Good condition.

Traditional Tales series. A cunning trickster persuades a stingy old crone that the best soup in the world can be made out of nothing but plain water and an old bent rusy nail. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333215915. Ex-lib with large library plates to endpapers. Boards unevenly faded and rubbed at top & tail of spine, remains of label to front cover. Ink-stamped library number to title page (discreet). Contents clean.

SIMPLY SALT
Written by Peter Edwards. Illustrated by Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1811476
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1978. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Traditional Tales series. "Put salt on a magpie's tail and your wishes will all come true!" but the mocking magpie always flew away. Nonetheless, the advice it gave to Ville did make his wishes come true - after a fashion. Oblong format. Green pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333215966. Ex-lib with evidence of removal of library tag to title page and front pastedown, also a ink-stamped number to title page. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is faded to front, spine and rear spine edge (from green to blue). Some damp staining to lower edge of dustwrapper not visible to front. Endpapers removed.

NODDY GOES TO SEA
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk.
Stock no. 2118924
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 18. Brown pictorial boards. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0361004184. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to belongs to box. Ink tick mark and underlining to title page. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and to page margins. Wrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing and tears; a little loss; some tape repairs.

Price: £10.00 £8.00.

NODDY AND THE MAGIC RUBBER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 2118911
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 9. Orange pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to belongs to box and some ink annotation/underlining to title page. Wrapper is creased with fading to spine and a couple of edges; some tears with tape repairs; a little loss.

A CENTURY OF RAILWAYS
Written by Peter W.B. Semmens.
Stock no. 2118811
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large, oblong format. Colour and b/w photos. Through the pages of 'Railway Magazine' and paintings from members of the Guild of Railway Artists. Includes the 100-year history of 'Railway Magazine' by Peter W.B. Semmens. ISBN: 0860935353. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears/nicks to corners; fade marks to a few edges.

RARE BIRDS DAY BY DAY
Written by Steve Dudley; Tim Benton; Peter Fraser; John Ryan. Illustrated by Dave Nurney.
Stock no. 2118567
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Individual sightings of rare birds in Britain are presented in diary style. for the years between 1958 and 1994. Fascinating reading for bird-lovers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856611026. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

NODDY HAS AN ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 2118363
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. Noddy book no. 17. ISBN: 0361004192. A little bumping and scuffing to spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with some tears and small pieces of loss; grubby marks.

Price: £30.00 £18.00.

NODDY HAS AN ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1404635
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. Noddy book no. 17. ISBN: 0361004192. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A little foxing to page edges. A few marks to the margins otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a little creased. Browning to edges and verso which is also lightly foxed.

Price: £34.00 £20.00.

NODDY GOES TO SEA
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk.
Stock no. 1404629
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 18. Brown pictorial boards. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0361004184. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges faded. Some foxing to text block and to page edges otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn, chipped and creased. Front panel, spine and rear fold are faded. Some small tape marks to verso of wrapper.

Price: £32.00 £20.00.