Stella & Rose's Books

A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2105946
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1908. Fair condition.

Red cloth, red lettering in gilt oval on front and circle on spine. Front cover shows artist being watched by girl, spine shows lady with girl. Colour frontis plate. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some light fraying/chipping to cloth at corners. Front joint has been repaired - lots of tape residue marks. Rear joint is repaired with tape. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some plates are taped in with magic tape. Foxing.

A PRINCESS COMES TO OUR TOWN
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Gertrude Lindsay.
Stock no. 1305709
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Orange cloth, gilt titles. 12 plates. 119 pages plus 8 page publication list to rear. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight darkening to cover edges and covers grubby with spots to rear cover. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked. Contents clean.

PRINCESS NATALIE'S ADVENTURE
Written by Ierne L. Plunket.
Stock no. 1206252
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, blue titles and decorations. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 175 pages. Free endpapers lightly browned. Wrapper a little grubby.

WINGED PRINCESS
Written by Anne Kennington. Illustrated by C. Conway Gordon.
Stock no. 1102851
Published by Nicholson & Watson. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown pictorial boards. Brown and white text illustrations. 40 pages. SIGNED by author, with dedication. A few marks to covers. Wrapper has a few marks and is edge-chipped.

THE ELIZABETH GIFT BOOK
Written by Ida May.
Stock no. 585249
Published by Albert E. Marriott. Circa 1931. Good condition.

Blue cloth, yellow titles. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos of the very young Princess Elizabeth and two-tone illustrations for the children's stories. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine split and chipped at top and tail. Corners worn. Contents very good.

THE RUPERT PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 430996
Published by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards, front shows Rupert hiking and gnome on a hare. Colour illustrations. First story is "Rupert and the Enchanted Princess". Spine is faded and worn. Corners are bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Front joint is cracked. A few small page margin tears. Crossed out name and name in ink to belongs to box. Ageing tape repair to title page. A working copy only.

THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 431000
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Good condition.

Pale green boards with red cloth spine. Front cover shows Rupert helping a boy from a hole in the ground. A Story and Picture Book with 120 cut-outs in colour. The cut-outs are Tourtel pictures taken from the stories. Numerous other b/w illustrations. (This is a 1950's reprint of the original which was published with 200 cut-outs and five stories). Contains: Rupert In Trouble Again; Rupert and the Old Man of the Sea; Rupert and the Wilful Princess; Rupert Goes Hiking. Spine is bumped and damaged - looks like it has been re-glued; also has some fraying to cloth. Some scuff marks and a few ink marks to covers. Corners and cover edges are very worn, with some bumping. Half of 1 of 1st pages with cut-outs on has been torn off. Top corner of 1 page is torn off, with a bit of loss to picture and a little to text. A working copy.

HOPE AND THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Written by Dorothy Cottell. Illustrated by M.H. Cottell.
Stock no. 732289
1st 1914. Very good condition.

Brown paper boards with gilt title and illustration to front board. Beige decorated endpapers. 18 pages. 2 full-page b/w illustrations. SIGNED by author with inscription to front fly-leaf. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A couple of hinges pulled. Some light fingering to page margins else a nice, clean copy.

PRINCE RABBIT AND THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT LAUGH
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Mary Shepard.
Stock no. 325571
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st thus 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

First story is about a clever rabbit who wished to become heir to the throne... Second story is about a lovely princess who never laughed. Pictorial boards. 10 x 8". Colour and b/w illustrations. Boards a little edge worn. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper price-cut and edge worn with one closed tear to rear.

THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 625291
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale green boards with red cloth spine. Front cover shows Rupert helping a boy from a hole in the ground. A Story and Picture Book with 120 cut-outs in colour. The cut-outs are Tourtel pictures taken from the stories. Numerous other b/w illustrations. (This is a 1950's reprint of the original which was published with 200 cut-outs and five stories). Contains: Rupert In Trouble Again; Rupert and the Old Man of the Sea; Rupert and the Wilful Princess; Rupert Goes Hiking. Corners slightly rubbed. First 5 pages of cut-outs removed. Last two pages have tear to lower margin with slight loss from last page and rear pastedown. Name in belongs to box. Covers and contents bright and clean. Protected by original pictorial wrapper which is torn with loss at base of spine, slight loss at top of spine and corners, with a few repaired tears.

THE WHITE KING'S DAUGHTER
Written by Emma Marshall.
Stock no. 713440
Published by Seeley and Co. Limited. 5th 1904. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Story of the Princess Elizabeth. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w frontis. Spine bumped, corners very slightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxspots to outer page edges. A bright copy.

CAPTURING THE GOLDEN BIRD
Written by Jean Chapman. Illustrated by Sandra Laroche.
Stock no. 714601
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Hans Christian Andersen. Blue boards, gilt titles to spine. B/w silhouette illustrations. ISBN: 034041930X. Lower edges and corners rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge creased.