Stella & Rose's Books

THE SONGS OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Dudley Glass. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1830502
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition.

Based on "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter. Large format, pictorial card wraps. Musical scores with words and b/w text illustrations. 31 pages. ISBN: 0723210357. Reprint. Foxing to covers and a few spots to contents. Light pencil marks to front cover. Light damp stains to lower edge of rera cover (not bad). Else contents clean.

STEPNEY THE BLUEBELL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330385
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1967. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 18. Blue boards, white title and vignette to front board. Small, oblong format. Colour illustrations. A lovely bright copy in wrapper which is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of tiny edge tears to rear panel.

OLIVER THE WESTERN ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330384
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 24. Small format. Blue boards with orange title and vignette to front. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0718200284. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Corner crease to one page. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed which small edge tears.

ENTERPRISING ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330379
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

Blue boards with yellow vignette to front and full page colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. 4 x 5.5". Oblong format. ISBN: 0718200225. Spine slightly bumped. Pages 50-56 have vertical creases to centre. Light foxing to front endpapers and light page edge browning to textblock.

AN INNKEEPER'S DIARY
Written by John Fothergill; Craig Brown. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
Stock no. 1830470
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

Introduction by Craig Brown. Green cloth spine, cream decorated boards. B/w illustrations. Minor white mark to top of spine. Minor foxing to text block. Boards and contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily scuffed, faded to sides and has a couple of nicks to one side (VG-).

THE STORY OF PETER PAN
Written by J.M. Barrie; Daniel O'Connor. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.
Stock no. 1830457
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie by Daniel O'Connor. Orange cloth boards, dark titles and illustration to front board. Plain endpapers. Colour and b/w plates and b/w text illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0713508507. Reprint. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with a few tiny closed edge tears (no loss) and is grubby (scuffed) to rear panel.

THE SOLENT SKY
Written by Peter T. New.
Stock no. 1830444
Published by Southampton Printers. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A local history of aviation from 1908 to 1946 with special reference to Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport. Foreword by Squadron Leader L.F. Payne. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. 118 pages. Text block browned. Contents generally clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and grubby with some foxing.

THE TWINS AND TABIFFA
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1330261
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1937. Good condition.

Tabiffa is a big black cat who belongs partly to Peter but mostly to Binkie and Dinkie the four-year old twins. Peach paperboards with large pictorial onlay to front. Cute colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light damp stain to base of spine and some slight surface paper damage to the pictorial onlay. Names in ink to top margin of title-page. Browning to title-page and last text page. Some small margin tears and some light marks to pages but generally contents clean.

JOHN BETJEMAN: SELECTED POEMS
Written by John Betjeman; Alan Powers. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
Stock no. 1830380
Published by Folio Society. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Alan Powers. Pictorial paper boards, black titles with yellow highlighting. Blue endpapers with b/w illustration to centre. B/w and colour illustrations. xiv and 222 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

THE TRUMPET-MAJOR
Written by Thomas Hardy; Paul I. Webb. Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830369
Published by Folio Society. 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Paul I. Webb. Red cloth boards, red title block with gilt title to spine. Corn dolly motif to front cover. B/w wood engravings. xvi and 314 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is slightly scuffed.

THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Written by Thomas Hardy. Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830357
Published by Folio Society. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Wessex Novel. Green cloth boards, corn dolly motif to front board. Top edge green. B/w wood-engravings. 413 pages. Reprint. Grubby mark to top of spine, above the title label. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with no discernible faults.

TENSOR METHODS IN STATISTICS (MONOGRAPHS ON STATISTICS AND APPLIED PROBABILITY)
Written by Peter McCullagh.
Stock no. 1830325
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

A systematic development of tensor methods in statistics, beginning with the study of multivariate moments and cumulants. Dark green glazed boards with white titles. xv and 285 pages including index. ISBN: 0412274809. Light scuffing to boards, rear boardlightly browned. Light foxing to text block. University stamp to front endpaper else contents clean.