Stella & Rose's Books

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.

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YOUNG JACK
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 584013
Published by Oxford University Press. 1930. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and blind vignettes. Colour frontis plus 4 b/w illustrations. A Story of Road and Moor. Book: book plate to front endpaper. A few light foxspots to endpapers. A fine bright copy in pictorial wrapper which is edge-chipped with large closed tear to front.

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THE YOUNG CICERO
Written by James Barbary. Illustrated by Shirley Farrow.
Stock no. 734288
Published by Max Parrish. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Famous Childhoods series. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Minimal bumping to corners. Two names in ink to front endpapers covered with white typing fluid. Dustwrapper is edge torn and creased with minimal loss at corners.

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WHISKERS AT THE ZOO
Written by E.H.W. Wingfield King.
Stock no. 625940
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1924. Good condition.

As Told by Uncle Teddie. A little girl takes her kitten to the zoo where he has a strange adventure. Small format. Blue cloth, black title to spine & vignette of young girl & boy reading in a wreath. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Covers marked. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. First gathering pulled exposing binding. Else contents clean.

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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 577484
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Green cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. REDUCED FROM £420. A few light marks to covers. Top and tail of spine lightly rubbed. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout. A must for the Wain completist.

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GOING TO EGYPT
Written by Helen Dunmore.
Stock no. 426618
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colette dreams of going to exotic places - but the only holiday she's going on this year is to Weston with her dad! ISBN: 1856811034. Top of spine lightly bumped. Some light browning to pages. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut with a few tiny chips to edges and some edge-creasing.

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YOUNG WRITERS, YOUNG READERS
Written by Boris Ford.
Stock no. 426554
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, white title and green decoration. Revised edition. An Anthology of Children's Reading and Writing. ISBN: 0090550811. A little marking to outer page edges at base of spine. Wrapper is a little browned to spine, with a few light marks.

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WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by R.J. Lloyd.
Stock no. 426501
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Farmyard Fable for the Young. Large oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0571131557. SIGNED by author - "For Jenny, David's Wife. Greetings from Ted Hughes 15th November 84" on front endpaper. Very small amount of red marking to one corner of outer page edges. Wrapper is a little creased to edges.

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PIG
Written by Paul Geraghty.
Stock no. 426388
Published by Hutchinson. 1st thus 1991. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. When Michael's family has to move from the farm in the wild hills of Natel to the city of Cape Town, he leaves behind a lifelong Zulu friend and the old farm school to face a sinister and unwelcoming gang at his new school. ISBN: 0091763940. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page.

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THE STAR TRAP
Written by Marjorie Darke. Illustrated by Michael Jackson.
Stock no. 426392
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon boards, gilt title to spine. Frances Redmayne runs away from Mrs. Harpers Seminary for Young Ladies to seek success as an actress... ISBN: 0582162629. SIGNED by author on title page. JAB in pen on front endpaper. Pages 17-24 have not been cut properly when published - so these page edges stick out above the rest and are now creased. Some light foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and a little chipped and creased to edges.

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A DISTURBING INFLUENCE
Written by Patricia Miles.
Stock no. 426394
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. Andrew Gifford is 16 and bright beyond his years. A mathematician by direction - but what by inclination?... ISBN: 0241100224. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Name in pen on front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut and faded to spine.

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF JENNIFER HOWARD
Written by Anthony Masters.
Stock no. 426267
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When Jennifer's brother dies of Aids, her world is overturned. She can only see one way out...then she meets the Gleaners... Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0416187528. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Three small indentation marks to front cover, with corresponding ones on wrapper.

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