Stella & Rose's Books

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.

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FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 2140187
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The sunshine series. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. 16 Colour plates. Contains 10 classic fairy tales. 128 pages. 10 x 7.25". Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing and browning. Partially erased inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 2139762
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine and vignettes to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 390 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. Catalogue to rear of book is dated August 1889. Spine is bumped with wear and faded. Corners are bumped. Front hinge next to frontis page is cracked, with browning glue marks showing. Frontis is edge-creased with a few nicks and some foxing. Tissue guard to frontis is heavily foxed. A couple of hinges are pulled. Foxing to varying degrees to pages throughout book.

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TOLD AGAIN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1322909
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Traditional tales told by de La Mare. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 320 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small dent to edge of rear cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers are browned. Some foxing to contents.

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THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie.
Stock no. 2135646
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Each tale has an historical introduction, showing the development of the story. Colour & b/w illustrations. 255 pages. ISBN: 0192115596. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE FIRELIGHT BOOK OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 2132133
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1954. Almost very good condition.

Fairy tales for Little Folk. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Full page colour and b/w text illustrations. First story is Puss in Boots. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Heavy wear and chipping to corners. Presentation plate stuck to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Contents are still very good.

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CINDERELLA AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES WITH REALISTIC POP-UP PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318251
Published by Purnell & Sons, Ltd.. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 5 pop-up scenes. Colour illustrations. Other stories are Dick Whittington and Sleeping Beauty. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some lifting of laminate at spine edges with dust beneath. Front cover is curved a little. Some foxing to contents. Pop-ups in good condition.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND BLUE BEARD
Written by Walter Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1318036
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Small format, 14 x 11cm. Grey/green pictorial boards. Full-page colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. A couple of hinges are slightly cracked. A few small foxspots else contents clean.

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THE GOLDEN BUDGET OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131356
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine showing Puss in Boots. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. Wear to cover edges and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Colouring to some b/w illustrations internally.

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Written by Kathleen Lines. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2131035
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book of Nursery Stories. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Margaret Early. Illustrated by Margaret Early.
Stock no. 2130707
Published by Walter McVitty Books. 1st AUSTRALIA 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Red/pink covers with gilt title to spine. Australian Edition. Retold by Early. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0949183792. Light wear to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks to top and tail of spine.

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SIX OLD WORLD FAIRY TALES
Written by F.S. Williams. Illustrated by J.K. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 2130305
Published by Peter Hopwood & Co. Ltd. Circa 1926. 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. Spine has large splits, which have been somewhat repaired with glue. Heavy creasing and scuffing to covers; some chipping and nicks. Inscriptions in ink to prelims. Creasing and chipping to some page edges; margin marks to some page with foxing. A reading copy.

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