Stella & Rose's Books

RED RIDING HOOD ALSO GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
Written by Gilda Lund. Illustrated by J.H. Wingfield.
Stock no. 1331036
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1966. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 413. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072140197X. Covers edge worn, base of spine split. Initials to front pastedown. Some light finger creases but contents clean. Tally 180 to rear cover.

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.

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.

THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1325994
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1933. Good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Large format. Front cover shows two children, one asleep by a sundial. Covers are edge worn and scuffed. Rear cover is grubby. Spine is bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Beauty and the Beast plate has ragged edges and a tape repair on verso. There is colouring to the small b/w illustration on the title-page. Foxing, fingering and some margin tears to contents.

THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1324229
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Almost very good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Front cover shows Goldilocks with three teddy bears. 159 numbered pages. 11.5" x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small splash mark to rear cover. Small ink stamp initials to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents and a few other small margin marks. One hinge cracked.

THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 2139762
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine and vignettes to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 390 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. Catalogue to rear of book is dated August 1889. Spine is bumped with wear and faded. Corners are bumped. Front hinge next to frontis page is cracked, with browning glue marks showing. Frontis is edge-creased with a few nicks and some foxing. Tissue guard to frontis is heavily foxed. A couple of hinges are pulled. Foxing to varying degrees to pages throughout book.

LITTLE TOTS' RECORDS: SONGS, GAMES, STORIES FOR KIDDIES No. 4 THE "STORY HOUR" BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2139055
Almost very good condition.

Slightly oblong format; cardwraps, tied together with string through hols in spine. 3 sleeves which contain 3 records. Contains: Little Red Riding Hood; The Frog Prince; Cinderella; The Three Bears: Jack and the Beanstalk; Tom Thumb. Records are all sold UNCHECKED. Splits to top and tail of spine joins. Damp marking along cover edges; creasing and some tear to corners. Browning.

LITTLE FOLKS' FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Constance Haslewood.
Stock no. 2138762
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Colour illustrations. First story is 'Puss In Boots'. Also includes: Little Red Riding Hood; Cinderella; Jack and the Beanstalk; Dick Whittington; Little Snowdrop; Tom Thumb. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping to bottom corner of front cover. Rear cover is badly damp stained, with some pencil scribbling. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Contents are still generally very good.

FAVOURITE NURSERY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1320429
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Illustrated boards, cloth spine. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations depicting well known nursery tales. First story - Dick Wittingham, last story - The Little Match Girl. Unpaginated. 10.25 x 8". SPine and corners bumped and worn. Stain to rear cover. Some foxing to page margins.

THE GOLDEN BUDGET OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131356
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine showing Puss in Boots. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. Wear to cover edges and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Colouring to some b/w illustrations internally.

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Written by Kathleen Lines. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2131035
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book of Nursery Stories. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.