Stella & Rose's Books

ST. NICHOLAS VOL XXXIX PART 1 NOVEMBER 1911 TO APRIL 1912
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827386
Published by The Century Co.; Frederick Warne & Co.. 1912. Good condition.

An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks. Red cloth covers with black and gilt decoration. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and browned. Split in cloth at front edge of spine plus smaller splits at top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. Rear joint broken. Front joint beginning to crack. Some hinges cracked. Browning to endpapers and some pages. Foxing and some grubby marks. Small tears to edges of a few pages.

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THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL
Written by Donald Caskie.
Stock no. 1326473
Published by Collins. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Abridged for young readers. Red boards, silver title to spine. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears at corners and a tiny patch of surface paper damage to top corner of front panel (a small label has been removed).

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THE MUDDLEHEADED WOMBAT
Written by Ruth Park. Illustrated by Noela Young.
Stock no. 1326465
Published by Angus & Robertson; Harpercollins Publishers Australia. 1st thus 2010. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of Australia's most adored children's book characters, four stories combined in one volume: The Muddleheaded Wombat, The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday, The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops and The Muddleheaded Wombat at School. Also includes a section on the life of the author and also the artist. A large, heavy volume. Blue pictorial boards. Wonderful line drawings throughout, colour pictorial endpapers and title-page. ISBN: 9780732284367. Book is fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges and slightly faded to spine.

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CHILD OF FIRE
Written by Elizabeth Webster.
Stock no. 1326456
Published by Judy Piatkus (publishers) Limited. 1st thus 1983. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The story of a Vietnamese boat-child and her family. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Originally serialised in My Weekly magazine under the title Bright Phoenix. ISBN: 0861882849. Textblock is just slightly browned and lightly foxed else a fine copy.

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JOHNNIE ALONE
Written by Elizabeth Webster.
Stock no. 1326455
Published by Piatkus. 1st thus 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A moving, sensitive story about a boy in search of his father. First published as a serial in My Weekly in 1982. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 273 pages. ISBN: 0861884124. Minimal bumping to spine. Some slight fading to wrapper spine.

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THE MOUSE WITH THE DAISY HAT
Written by Ruth Hurlimann. Illustrated by Ruth Hurlimann.
Stock no. 1826822
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Miss Selina Town Mouse was very proud of her new daisy hat and took it for a trip into the country... Matt pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0582151473. Boards lightly browned and rubbed at corners. Light browning to contents, some fingering creases, one double page spread has a small piece of surface paper damage to gutter. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily edge-worn, creased, split to spine which is repaired to verso, a few small edge-tears, a few foxspots and lightly browned & grubby.

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TALES FROM FAIRYLAND
Written by Rosa Annesley.
Stock no. 1325921
Published by Charles Taylor. 1st 1893. Good condition.

A collection of stories. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles, illustration to front cover is of a sunset with a young boy flying on a bat over a pond with a frog sat on a toadstool. B/w illustrations. Floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly darkened. Name and address in ink (neat) to verso of front free-endpaper. Contents are well browned with a few small, light marks to margins.

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SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1910
Written by M. Bainbridge; Queenie Scott-Hopper; Percy J. Barrow; Flora Waddington; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by G.E. Robertson; A. Bauerle; et al..
Stock no. 1325877
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1910. Almost very good condition.

Copyright date is 1910. Red cloth spine with black title and decoration. Front board shows a boy and girl leaving church (girl has red and white striped socks on!). Colour plates showing scenes from the life of David. Packed full of b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Tape repairs/reinforcements to edges of covers (tape folded over onto pastedowns inside). Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Old tape mark to front free-endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins. Light foxing to textblock and some page browning. Not as bad as it sounds!

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AN INDIAN BOYHOOD
Written by Noel Sircar. Illustrated by Olga Lehmann.
Stock no. 1325822
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. A lovely account of a young boy's experiences growing up in Indian. Bold b/w illustrations. The author paints a vivid picture of life in India, as well as demonstrating the universal nature of "growing up." Small, light mark to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss, a bit grubby and marked to rear panel.

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CHILD OF FIRE
Written by Elizabeth Webster.
Stock no. 1826322
Published by Judy Piatkus (publishers) Limited. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of a Vietnamese boat-child and her family. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Originally serialised in My Weekly magazine under the title Bright Phoenix. ISBN: 0861882849. Text block browned, page browning throughout. A few pale foxspots to margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - SNAKE BITE
Written by Andrew Lane. Illustrated by Kev Walker; Sam Hadley.
Stock no. 1325753
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Kidnapped and taken to China, Sherlock is plunged into mystery... Black boards, metallic green title to spine. 311 pages. ISBN: 9780230758865. Top corners of book and dustwrapper are bumped else a fine copy.

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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - FIRE STORM
Written by Andrew Lane. Illustrated by Kev Walker; Sam Hadley.
Stock no. 1325752
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Sherlock Holmes is at a loss. His friend and her father have disappeared. Their house is empty, as if nobody has ever lived there... Black boards, gilt title to spine. 344 pages. ISBN: 9780230758506. SIGNED (and dated) by the author to title-page. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at top of spine.

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