Stella & Rose's Books

THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1830605
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beautiful red cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & tails. 185 pages, top edge red. Seventh printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light fading to open edges and a little scuffing.

THE FABER BOOK OF FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
Written by Stephen Corrin; Sara Corrin. Illustrated by Juan Wijngaard.
Stock no. 1330401
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

26 of the best-loved fairy tales. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Decorations to chapter headings. 15 full-page colour illustrations. 243 pages. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0571148549. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut. There is a label to the front flap which has caused a light brown patch to facing endpaper.

THE ROALD DAHL TREASURY
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; Raymond Briggs; Babette Cole; et al..
Stock no. 1330399
Published by Jonathan Cape. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Complete stories, extracts, rhymes and memoirs in four themed sections: Animals; Magic; Family, Friends and Foes; and Matters of Importance. Red boards with white title to spine. 444 pages. Cream endpapers. Packed full of colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780224046916. 21st printing. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Small mark to lower edge of textblock, top edge slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

THE NURSERY CINDERELLA
Written by Irene Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1328543
Published by The Brockhampton Book Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. 5.5 x 4.5". Colour pictorial paperwraps. 6 colour plates by Dulac. B/w drawings (artist not known). Slight rubbing to cover edges and a couple of tiny chips with loss. Name in ink to top of title-page else contents clean.

WALT DISNEY'S WONDER BOOK
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1328392
Published by The Sunshine Press. Very good condition.

Fun, Stories, Puzzles and Rhymes. Red cloth spine, blue pictorial glazed boards show Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Chip & Dale on a planet in space. 1st story is Spaceman Duck. Spine and corners bumped with wear. Sum puzzle completed in pencil. Some foxing else contents clean.

ELLA AT THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1328181
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 188 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to covers. Spine foxed/browned. Front joint is just starting to crack. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and browned to spine.

EDMUND DULAC'S PICTURE BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1326349
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1915. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Yellow cloth covers with green titles and vignettes. 19 tipped-in colour plates and a b/w photographic plate of Dulac. 134 pages. 11" x 8.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning to endpapers and grey mounts for plates. Foxing to contents. Tiny corner crease to plate opposite page 16. Small repaired tear to plate opposite page 41. Scarce dustwrapper is in several pieces (torn at spine) and has sections of loss to edges. Wrapper is browned.

FEE FI FO FUM
Written by Osbert Sitwell.
Stock no. 1326295
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of fairy stories retold from a somewhat different angle, not so much for children as for their mothers and fathers... Red cloth. 230 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and rubbed at edges. Tiny hole to centre of spine.

CINDERELLA
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1326255
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1964. Very good condition.

The immortal story from Perrault retold. Blue and white decorated covers. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

FAVORITE TALES FROM GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm; Nancy Garden. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer.
Stock no. 1325901
Published by Four Winds Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth spine with gilt title, beige boards. Orange endpapers. 224 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0590077910. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss, small red mark to top edge of front panel.

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!

CINDERELLA
Written by C.S. Evans. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1323393
Published by Chancellor Press. 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Turquoise boards, white title to spine & black vignette to front. Colour frontis and one double page colour spread plus black silhouette drawings throughout. ISBN: 1851520554. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.