Stella & Rose's Books

STAMPS! A YOUNG PHILATELIST'S GUIDE
Written by Brenda Ralph-Lewis.
Stock no. 318551
Published by Simon & Schuster. 1990. Very good condition.

A great starter for any stamp collector. Photos and illustrations throughout. Contains two of 'the stanley gibbons collection' packages. 95pp. 11.25 x 8.5".

PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 327642
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Contents a little foxed. Otherwise a delightful copy. Dustwrapper price-cut and edge worn. Spine of dustwrapper browned and chipped.

BEST FRIENDS
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 403058
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Blue pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385606060. SIGNED by the author to the title page "To Jenny and David, Special friends! Love Jacquline Wilson xxxx". Spine bumped, else fine.

THE DARE GAME
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 403060
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tracey Beaker is back! Purple pictorial boards. ISBN: 038540901x. SIGNED by AUTHOR and ARTIST to title page! "To my special friends Jenny and David, Love Jacqueline Wilson xxx", "and much love, Nick Sharratt". Slight bumping to spine and minimal rubbing to corners. Contents fine.

YOUNG JOHNNIE BIMBO
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 563988
Published by The Children's Book Club. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mike and Mary Bishop are holidaying in a narrow boat on the Grand Union canal when they become involved with a travelling circus... Brown boards, black titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 183 pages. Pale foxing to endpapers. Pictorial wrapper chipped at corners, faded at spine and has a 1" closed tear to front repaired to verso with tape.

SCHOOLS OF OLD POOLE SOUTH ROAD AND BEFORE 1628-1980
Written by Doreen Elaine Whittaker Young.
Stock no. 570384
Published by Polus Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0907296009. Covers lightly browned.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MILITARY MODELS
Written by Claude Boileau; Huynh-Dinh Khuong; Thomas A. Young.
Stock no. 574201
Published by Airlife. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Aircraft, missiles, science-fiction, vehicles, artillery, figures and warships. Colour photos. A study of 1/72 models in the world. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 1853100196. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. Some highlighting to contents.

DAYS IN THE SUN
Written by Jean Head; Leslie Scrase. Illustrated by David Grice.
Stock no. 619957
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1967. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Eighteen absorbing stories of young people in Southern Nigeria and Southern India. Light orange boards, red title to spine. B/w illustrations, 148 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper, light foxing. price-cut wrapper lightly rubbed at edges.

THE PARTY
Written by David McPhail. Illustrated by David McPhail.
Stock no. 620414
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A young boy and his animal friends gather for a secret celebration with dancing, games, balloons and delicious snacks... Oblong format. Yellow boards, Blue title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0316888605. Spine & corners very lightly rubbed. Contents unread. Remains of large label to front of wrapper, rear of wrapper a little scuffed.

THE FIRST BOOK OF KRAB
Written by Edward Abbott Parry. Illustrated by Archie Macgregor.
Stock no. 620480
Published by David Nutt. 1st 1897. Almost very good condition.

Christmas Stories for Young and Old. Green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 132pp plus book list. 8.5 x 6". Spine & corners rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Light finger marks to margins. Bump to outer page edges..

YOUNG JACK
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 622085
Published by Oxford University Press. 1924. Almost very good condition.

A Story of Road & Moor. Matt pictorial boards. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 160 pages. Edges rubbed & worn. Some surface paper lifting mainly around spine. 0.75" loss of surface paper to top of spine affecting letters in title. Name, address and date stamp to front endpaper. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

ALPHABEARS
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 622123
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A simple rhyming text not only provides an introduction to the alphabet but also a story book for young children and a picture book to enchant readers of all ages. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 041650180X. Top front corner bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper very lightly scuffed.