Stella & Rose's Books

THE STORY OF SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Evelyn Bowmar.
Stock no. 2124963
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 413. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Top 1-2" of spine are split (both sides), with some creasing. Smaller split to base of spine. Light damp mark to bottom of rear cover. A bit of surface paper damage to front endpaper/pastedown, where something was once stuck. Couple of closed margin tears to endpapers. A few margin marks. Illustrations are in excellent condition. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips, with some substantial loss to edges.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
No author listed. Illustrated by Doris White.
Stock no. 2124132
Published by Waddy Productions. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour illustrations. The 'Old Time' Nursery Tales Series. Chipping with splits to top and tail of spine. Corner creasing. Splash mark down spine.

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Written by Kathleen Lines. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2123607
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book of Nursery Stories. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping to corners. Endpapers have some grubby finger marks. Foxing to outer page edges. Odd margin mark. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks.

THE EVERGREEN TALES; OR TALES FOR THE AGELESS
Written by J.C. Mardrus; Hans Christian Andersen; Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone; Sylvain Sauvage; Everett Gee Jackson.
Stock no. 1316424
Published by The Limited Editions Club. 1949. Very good condition.

Three volumes in slipcase: Ali Baba; The Ugly Duckling; The Sleeping Beauty. Large volumes (12.25 x 8"). Each volume is cloth bound with colour illustrations. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Copy no. 853. Ali Baba is SIGNED by Ardizzone and Ugly Duckling is SIGNED by Jackson, Hersholt and Schwartz. Each volume is slightly bumped and rubbed to spine, Ali Baba has a small nick to centre of spine. There are some light fingermarks to page margins but generally the contents are clean. The slipcase is worn and the spine of the slipcase is browned.

THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1404468
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with beautiful gilt illustration to front cover and highly decorated spine. 12 superb colour plates plus 16 black-and-red plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. Large format. All edges gilt. Spine bumped and cloth faded but gilt remains fairly bright. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Couple of little bumps to board edges. Some marks to covers. Both joints are cracked showing webbing beneath but binding remains firm. Dated inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to endpapers and some pages otherwise contents are clean. Plates are all present and in very good condition.

THE NURSERY SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Irene Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2115129
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Small format. 6 colour plates plus cover by Dulac. B/w drawings (illustrator not named). 5.5 x 5.4". Colour pictorial boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Edge wear. Foxing to outer page edges. All plates present.

THE FIRELIGHT BOOK OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1312639
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 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. Spine and corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents bright and 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.

ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON & THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by S. Lyle Cummins. Illustrated by G.L. Stampa.
Stock no. 1402363
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Grey boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 2 plays for children. Spine and corners bumped. Couple of marks to boards. Small ink marks to top of textblock. Endpapers are browned. Names written in pencil by Dramatis Personae to first play. First few pages are creased on inner margin. Foxing mainly to page edges. Some pencil marks to text. Biro line next to inner margin on one page.

MORE FAIRY TALES
Written by Marjory Bruce. Illustrated by Nora Fry; Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1309707
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Good condition.

Pictorial front board. Red cloth spine. Four colour plates by Appleton. B/w illustrations by Fry. 120 pages. Large format (10 x 7.5"). Covers are edge worn. Split to rear edge of spine has been repaired with glue. Spine edge of front cover is torn and creased but has been repaired. Heavy pencil writing partially erased to front pastedown. Light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1804001
Published by Sandle's. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial cardwraps. 8 unnumbered pages each with a colour illustration and text below. Staple binding. Covers a little grubby. Contents fine.

THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1301820
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Slightly better than 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. Cover edges worn and faded. Covers are a little bit grubby. Lower 2" of front joint cracked. Lower corner of front free-endpaper is creased. Fingermarks to contents and some light foxing but generally clean. "The Three Bears" plate has been reinserted at some stage (is now slightly shorter than the rest of the pages and has some slight damage at inner margin). Rear free-endpaper has been replaced. A couple of large spots to rear pastedown.