Stella & Rose's Books

KING OF THE SKY
Written by Nicola Davies. Illustrated by Laura Carlin.
Stock no. 1824964
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Starting a new life in a new country, a young boy feels lost and along - till he meets an old man who keeps racing pigeons. Together they pin their dreams on a race across Euorpe and the special bird they hope can win it: King of the Sky. A moving story about the meaning of home. Large oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406348613. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly grubby.

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THE YOUNG LION HUNTER
Written by Zane Grey.
Stock no. 1324472
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial pale green boards. 8 b/w plates. 277 pages. Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Joints and hinges cracked. Some foxing and browning to contents.

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A CHILD'S DAY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Carine Cadby; Will Cadby.
Stock no. 1323710
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

A book of rhymes. B;ue cloth with dark blue titles and pictorial onlay to front. 56 numbered pages. Lovely b/w tipped-in photography plates of a young girl in different poses. Printed on grey paper. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly darkened. Rear cover is partly discoloured with a few small pink marks. Small mark to pictorial onlay. Front cover is slightly warped. Some light foxing to the plates and light browning to the endpapers.

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THE BLACK PANTHERS
Written by Shames Stephen; Bobby Seale; Charles E. Jones. Illustrated by Stephen Shames.
Stock no. 1824248
Published by Aperture. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Campus uprisings, urban rebellions, and the Vietnam War rocked the nation when the Black Panther Party arose during the last 1960s. Stephen Shames's exceptional photographs - ranging from the affectionate private moments to intense demonstrations - span the places where the Panthers made their greatest impact. Powerful and poignant images of the most courageous group of young black people ever organized in America. Matt white pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781597110242. A lovely copy with some light scuffing to boards.

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ALMANACK FOR 1885
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323497
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1885. Very good condition.

Dark cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Enchanting illustrations throughout, mostly of young ladies in typical Greenaway dress. 4 x 3". Minimal rubbing to cover edges. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

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ALMANACK FOR 1885
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323489
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1885. Very good condition.

Dark cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Enchanting illustrations throughout, mostly of young ladies in typical Greenaway dress. 4 x 3". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light wear to cover edges. Foxing to contents.

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SEVEN ROADS TO HAPPINESS
Written by Desmond Marwood. Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 1824102
Published by Young World Productions. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The tale of a boy-Prince's search for Happiness, which he finds and restores to his father's bewitched kingdom with the help of a rather unusual caterpillar named Claudius. Large format. Beige boards with red titles and vignette. Colour illustrations. Boards clean. Minor mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is dampstained across bottom edge (barely visible to front), and is lightly creased and scuffed.

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A CHILD'S DAY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Carine Cadby; Will Cadby.
Stock no. 1824070
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1920. Almost very good condition.

A book of rhymes. Beige boards with brown titles and decorative frame to pictorial onlay. 56 numbered pages. Lovely b/w tipped-in plates of a young girl in different poses. Printed on burnt orange coloured paper. Spine split at front and rear edge. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Minor discolouring to lower edge of prelims. One or two plates have minor corner creases.

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RAGS, M.D.
Written by Lewis Dutton. Illustrated by Edgar Norfield.
Stock no. 1323392
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1933. Good condition.

The charming story of two young dogs and their irrepressible spirits! B/w illustrations throughout with 2 delightful full page colour plates. Illustrated end papers. Peach boards with red title strip. 95 pages. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Spine bumped. Corners worn. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and ink spots to endpapers. Foxing to contents.

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HOW TO RECOGNISE GARDEN FLOWERS
Written by . Illustrated by Will H. Stevens.
Stock no. 1323271
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Young Naturalist series. 101 of the most popular garden flowers in colour. Beige boards with brown cloth spine. 31 numbered pages, colour illustrations. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, slightly edge rubbed and grubby.

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READING AND RIGHTING
Written by Robert Leeson.
Stock no. 1323224
Published by Collins. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. The past, present and future of fiction for the young. ISBN: 0001844156. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Covers a little edge rubbed and unevenly browned.

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BROTHERS TO THE DEATH
Written by Darren Shan.
Stock no. 2140370
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with silver title to spine. The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Book Four. The Epic New Saga Concludes. ISBN: 9780007315949. SIGNED by author to title page. Some light page browning.

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