Stella & Rose's Books

THE ADVENTURES OF SQUIRREL FLUFFYTALE
Written by Dolores McKenna.
Stock no. 1402406
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1951. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of Brownie Squirrel's journey to a party. Green boards with gilt title. Black & white pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 37 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped. Browning to endpapers. Pencil erased from top of verso of front endpaper. Colour plates all present but not in right order. They may have been reinserted into book. One plate has ragged edges and is a little detached from the book and has a couple of shiny marks (?glue).Pictorial dustwrapper is edgeworn and torn with a little loss. Front panel is creased. Wrapper is grubby.

THE DOGS PARTY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1501747
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Dean's Mother Goose Series No.2. Pictorial paperwraps, rear cover is advert. Colour and b/w illustrations. 10 pages with text and illustration on each page. Small splits to top and bottom of spine. Covers a bit grubby with name written to top corner of front cover and splash mark to bottom corner of rear cover. Staple rusty. Grubby fingermarks to a couple of pages.

IRENE'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
Written by Richard Hunter. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb.
Stock no. 1311179
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

The Dumpy Books For Children series no. 33. Small format (5 x 3"). Green cloth with darker green lines and titles. Colour illustrations. 103 pages, printed on one side of the paper only. Spine and corners bumped. A few pale marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Hinges cracked. Name and address in ink to rear endpaper and small booksellers sticker to pastedown. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY OF MOSSY MOUSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Doris Whibley.
Stock no. 1310443
Published by McCorquodale & Co.. Very good condition.

An All-Picture Series of Children's Books. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Lovely colour illustrations every page. Covers are a bit grubby. A few ink spots to covers. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

THE BIG BOOK FOR TINIES
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 1806827
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial boards. Front shows little girl with a dog. First story is "The Party". Edges rubbed. Front joint between front endpaper and frontispiece is starting to pull. Contents clean.

WILFRED'S ANNUAL 1935
No author listed. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman; et al..
Stock no. 819216
Published by Daily Mirror. 1935. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Blue pictorial front board shows Wilfred's underground birthday party. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine and covers unusually clean and bright due to presence of glassine wrapper which is edge-worn and torn with slight loss and also repaired with tape. Joints starting to crack and have been neatly repaired with glue. Foxing to text block and page browning. A super copy.

TOM MERRY'S PARTY
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 817810
Published by Howard Baker. 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Gem No. 9. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703001744. Wrapper has crease to front flap, small tear to base of spine and some light wear to edges.

THE TEDDY BEAR'S PARTY
No author listed.
Stock no. 595635
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Very good condition.

No. 3010. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. A thin book. Wear to spine and cover corners. A few grubby marks internally. Colour pictures are still bright.

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.

BLINKY BILL AND THE RABBIT'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Walter Stackpool.
Stock no. 658439
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Delightful colour illustrations. ISBN: 0207121044.

CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE DESIGN OF OPEN WATERCOURSES AND ANCILLARY STRUCTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 681540
Published by H. Veenman & Zonen Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

International Institute for Land Reclamation adn Improvement Bulletin 7. Drawn up by a working party on open watercourses constituted by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Engineers and the Royal Netherlands Society of Agricultural Science. Card wraps. B/w diagrams (some fold-out). Name in ink to first few pages and to the fold-out diagrams. Covers a little browned with name in ink to front cover and creases to lower corners. Top of spine knocked.

DOROTHY Q
Written by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Illustrated by Howard Pyle.
Stock no. 712241
Published by Gay and Bird. Very good condition.

Together with A Ballad Of The Boston Tea Party and Grandmother's Story Of Bunker Hill Battle. Black cloth, silver titles and vignettes. B/w illustrations. Top edge silver. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing and fingering to prelims. A nice copy.