Stella & Rose's Books

CAVALCADE 125
Written by Colin Barry; John Brouwer; Colin Dash; Peter Dickenson; Bruce Shalders.
Stock no. 1712027
Very good condition.

A booklet produced to celebrate 125 years of railway in New Zealand. Paperwraps. 40 pages. Colour and b/w photos. Corners creased.

STRAVAGANZA CITY OF MASKS
Written by Mary Hoffman. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
Stock no. 1711991
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A compelling, poweful novel about the parrallel world of Talia. Colour decorated boards. Map of Talia to front endpaper, b/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0747555338. SIGNED by author. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

PETER PAN & WENDY
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1402798
Published by Pavilion Books. 5th 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver titles to spine. Wonderful colour illustrations, most full-page. 157 pages. ISBN: 185145179X. Spine and corners a little bumped. Small mark to top of rear board. Contents clean. Wrapper is a little edge worn. Spine a little faded.

NEW PLAYS FROM OLD STORIES
Written by Hermon Ould. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1402702
Published by Oxford University Press. 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Contains three stories (Peter the Pied Piper, The Princess in the Sleeping Wood, Rip van Winkle) adapted into plays. Black boards with gilt titles to front and spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Fading to gilt on spine and some of gilt on front cover. Front endpaper is MISSING. Browning to endpapers which are also a little grubby. Some foxing and a few margin marks.

THE WORKS MGS
Written by Mike Allison; Peter Browning.
Stock no. 1711388
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In Pre-war and post-war races, rallies, trials and record-breaking. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 320 pages. ISBN: 1859606032. SIGNED by both authors to title page. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased to base of spine.

THE SAND-MAN AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES
Written by Dorothy Skiller; Allan Skiller. Illustrated by Norman T. Hope.
Stock no. 1502622
Published by Peter Huston Publishing. circa 1954. Slightly better than good condition.

An Uncle Peter Playbook - Series Number One. Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations and blue and white text illustrations. Contains 7 stories. Spine worn at either end with loss. Corners and cover edges worn. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Centre page is detached. Some foxing and an odd mark but contents generally clean.

SIX OLD WORLD FAIRY TALES
Written by F.S. Williams. Illustrated by J.K. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1109347
Published by Peter Hopwood & Co. Ltd. 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. Covers are creased, with some tears; damp stains and pencil marks. Pencil marks to prelims. A few pages internally have tears and tear holes to page edges/margins. A reading copy.

X-MEN THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Written by Peter Sanderson.
Stock no. 1710689
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A Guide to the Marvel characters. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781409370529. Wrapper edge-creased.

THE ADVENTURES OF PETER PUSS
Written by G.F. Christie. Illustrated by G.F. Christie.
Stock no. 2114317
Published by Rudd & Co.. Very good condition.

Paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Staples to spine have rusted. A little creasing to covers; a few grubby marks.

ASK DOCTOR PETE
Written by Peter Rowan. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1402381
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224028693. Uneven fading to boards and spine. Page edged browned. Contents clean.

GREEN FIELDS
Written by Hilda T. Skae; Cecily M. Rutley; Theodora Wilson Wilson; et al. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; A.E. Jackson; John Hassall; et al..
Stock no. 1311788
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Stories and verses. Large format. Green cloth spine, front board shows a girl with dolls and a puppy under an umbrella, sheltering from the rain. First story is "Peter's Adventure Under The Sea" by Rutley. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small, light damp stain to edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, old price in biro to front pastedown.

A NURSERY COMPANION
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie.
Stock no. 1207901
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

This volume, the celebration of an epoch, brings together the contents of more than a score of early 19th century children's booklets including classics such as 'Dame Wiggins Of Lee', 'House That Jack Built' etc. Hundrens of illustrations throughout - many in colour. Grey boards, red title to spine. Red endpapers. 12 x 8". 128 pages. ISBN: 0192122134.