Stella & Rose's Books

PETER RABBIT'S ALMANAC FOR 1929
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1330510
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1928. Almost very good condition.

Tan boards with brown titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and half-title page + 12 colour plates - one for each month of the year. Book measures 5" x 3.75". Covers are edge worn, spine has been professionally reinforced. Covers a bit grubby at edges. Front free-endpaper is lightly creased. Contents are clean. A nice copy of a scarce item. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND & THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES
Written by Samuel Johnson; James Boswell; Peter Levi.
Stock no. 1830657
Published by Folio Society. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Peter Levi. Pictorial green cloth with leather title label to spine. Colour illustrations. xxxii and 412 pages. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

PETER AND LOTTA'S ADVENTURE
Written by Elsa Beskow. Illustrated by Elsa Beskow.
Stock no. 1830613
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 2003. Very good condition.

When Peter and Lotta give away one of their kittens, they find themselves having a day of adventures including the excitement of the fair. But will they get home safely? Large oblong format. Orange cloth spine with dark brown title, white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and silhouettes. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0863153984. Cloth spine a little grubby. Light scuffing to rear board. Small white label with 'A45' handwritten in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208906
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1907. Very good condition.

A US pirated version of Peter Rabbit. Burgundy cloth spine. Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations throughout (not by Potter). Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean.

THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208905
Published by Henry Altemus Company. Circa 1907. Good condition.

US Pirated edition of Peter Rabbit. Pale green pictorial cloth, red title to spine. 121 pages, printed on one side of the paper only. Colour illustrations throughout (not by Potter). Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some light fingermarks to contents.

PETER RABBIT AND JIMMY CHIPMUNK
No author listed. Illustrated by Virginia Albert.
Stock no. 1208903
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1918. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A US Pirated Peter Rabbit story. Pale blue pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Some grubby fingermarks to contents. A couple of pages have been browned at top margins. Dustwrapper is worn, torn, creased and grubby, slight loss to top and tail of spine but very minimal loss at edges.

PETER RABBIT AND HIS MA
Written by Louise A. Field. Illustrated by Virginia Albert.
Stock no. 1208902
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1917. Good condition.

It all came about because Mrs. Rufus Rabbit (Peter Rabbit's Ma) had suddenly become very strict about the comings and goings of Peter Rabit, Molly Cottontail and Flopsy and Mopsy. Pale green pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Spine and corners worn. Some light marks to top edge of front cover. Title-strip is split and lightly damp stained. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning. Tear to lower margin of one of the colour illustrations. Rear free-endpaper is torn with loss at top edge.

PETER RABBIT AND HIS PA
Written by Louise A. Field. Illustrated by Virginia Albert.
Stock no. 1208901
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1916. Good condition.

A US pirated story of Peter Rabbit. Cream pictorial cloth. Illustrated endpapers. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers are grubby and marked. Some light fingering to contents but generally contents clean. Binding pulled at top stitched but still very tight.

PETER RABBIT AT THE CIRCUS
Written by Alma Hudson. Illustrated by Richard Hudson.
Stock no. 1208900
Published by Cupples & Leon Company. Good condition.

US pirated story of Peter Rabbit. Small format. Red covers with small rectangular pictorial onlay to top of front cover and title beneath. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine is worn with loss at top and tail. Fading to spine and cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Joints cracked. Rear free-endpaper is creased. There is possibly a colour illustration missing between pages 12 and 13. Page 12 has a heavy vertical crease to centre. There are fingermarks and other marks to contents.

A NEW STORY OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Samuel E. Lowe. Illustrated by Allan Wright; Ernest Vetsch.
Stock no. 1208898
Published by Whitman Publishing Company. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

US Pirated story of Peter Rabbbit. Small format. Blue boards, black titles and vignettes. Colour illustrations throughout and also blue and white text illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Name in ink to title-page and also in belongs to box on rear pastedown. Some of the small blue and white text illustrations have been coloured in with blue crayon.

CHILDREN'S HOUR WITH PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208897
Published by The Platt And Munk Co. Inc.. Circa 1926. Good condition.

US pirated edition of Peter Rabbit. Brown cloth spine, red boards with gilt title and colour onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers are worn, faded at edges with light damp spots to front cover. Some hinges cracked causing contents to be a little loose but binding still tight. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. 4 pages have a brown stain to margins, 1 b/w illustration slightly affected.

THE ENGLISH URBAN RENAISSANCE: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE PROVINCIAL TOWN 1660-1770
Written by Peter Borsay.
Stock no. 1830523
Published by The Clarendon Press. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

In the century after the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to the transformation of the urban landscape and the remarkable expansion in the provision of fashionable public leisure. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. xxii and 416 pages including index. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 0198202555. Reprint. A lovely copy with a sweet odour present.