Stella & Rose's Books

YOUR PANTOMIME BOOK
Written by Patrick Barrington. Illustrated by Anne Grahame Johnstone; Janet Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 1830871
Published by The Heirloom Library. Slightly better than good condition.

An Heirloom All-Colour Book. Four favourite fairy-tales retold by Patrick Barrington. Contains: Jack and the Beanstalk; Puss in Boots; The Babes in the Wood; and The Sleeping Beauty. Cloth spine, no title to spine, cream pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine is rubbed, board edges rubbed and worn. Boards are scuffed and a little grubby. 2.5" loss horizontally to the gutter edge of the front endpaper. Child's name in pencil to verso of front endpaper. Small closed tear to lower edge of margins and gutters. Contents a little grubby.

BILLY BUNTER AND THE BLUE MAURITIUS
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1330630
Published by Hawk Books Ltd.. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A faithful facsimile of the original. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948248637. Foxing to book and dustwrapper.

THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1830605
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beautiful red cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & tails. 185 pages, top edge red. Seventh printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light fading to open edges and a little scuffing.

BILLY BUNTER AND THE BLUE MAURITIUS
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1330064
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green covers, dark titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Spine faded. Small mark to front cover and rear cover slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is very edge worn and faded to spine, front panel is slightly grubby. Front panel of another wrapper has been stuck to rear pastedown of the book.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND OTHER FAIRY TALES FROM THE OLD FRENCH
Written by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1330019
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

First trade edition. Dark red-brown simulated leather cloth, stamped in gilt on both front and back covers with differing cupid designs. Gilt lettering and 4 gilt cupid designs on spine. White endpapers. 30 magnificent colour plates, mounted on vellum-like paper with black descriptive letterpress beneath and all framed with elaborate border design in black. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small nick to lower edge of rear cover. Heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims, last (blank) page and textblock. A few hinges are cracked but binding is still tight. A few tissue-guards are slightly torn or creased. A lovely copy which would make a wonderful gift.

THE BROTHERS GRIMM - POPULAR FOLK TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm; Brian Alderson. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1329879
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w throughout. Illustrated endpapers. 192 pages. 10 x 7". ISBN: 0575024461. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. Spine very slightly bumped. Slight evidence of some pencil erasure to verso of front free-endpaper.

THE NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Ian Penney.
Stock no. 1328673
Published by The National Trust. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. An enchanting collection of fairy tales, with paintings by Ian Penney linking the stories to National Trust properties. ISBN: 0707801885. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. Spine and spine edges of wrapper are faded.

THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1325994
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1933. Good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Large format. Front cover shows two children, one asleep by a sundial. Covers are edge worn and scuffed. Rear cover is grubby. Spine is bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Beauty and the Beast plate has ragged edges and a tape repair on verso. There is colouring to the small b/w illustration on the title-page. Foxing, fingering and some margin tears to contents.

THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1324229
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Almost very good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Front cover shows Goldilocks with three teddy bears. 159 numbered pages. 11.5" x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small splash mark to rear cover. Small ink stamp initials to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents and a few other small margin marks. One hinge cracked.

BILLY BUNTER AND THE BLUE MAURITIUS
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1323901
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green covers, dark titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and foxed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing to textblock, prelims and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
No author listed. Illustrated by Karen Avery.
Stock no. 1323363
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1977. Very good condition.

A Peepshow book. Opens 360 degrees. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0701150661. Third impression. A few minor creases to pop-up scenes.

TOLD AGAIN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2140292
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

White cloth with gilt tiles to spine and front cover; vignette also to front cover. Traditional tales told by Walter de la Mare. Limited edition to 260 copies. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 88. Grubby marks and spots, with cup ring mark to covers. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers, prelims, outer page edges; some throughout.