Stella & Rose's Books

THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1404468
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with beautiful gilt illustration to front cover and highly decorated spine. 12 superb colour plates plus 16 black-and-red plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. Large format. All edges gilt. Spine bumped and cloth faded but gilt remains fairly bright. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Couple of little bumps to board edges. Some marks to covers. Both joints are cracked showing webbing beneath but binding remains firm. Dated inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to endpapers and some pages otherwise contents are clean. Plates are all present and in very good condition.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Michael Hornby. Illustrated by Kuniro Fukazawa; Jiro Mizuno; Kei Wakana.
Stock no. 1809881
Published by Paul Hamlyn. 1st thus 1968. Slightly better than very good condition.

Includes Puss In Boots; Little Red Riding Hood, Brother and Sister. Orange glazed pictorial boards with yellow titles. Printed on thick card. Colour illustrations. 48 pages.

MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY TALES
Written by A. Pitt-Kethley.
Stock no. 1503263
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Told chiefly in words of one syllable for young children. Cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. 25 illustrations (incl. covers). 15 stories including Cinderella, Blue-Beard, Puss in Boots, Three Bears etc. 94 pages. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges are bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Grubby marks to title page, endpapers and margins. Foxing to front endpaper.

MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Mary Smith.
Stock no. 1502891
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Full page illustrations by Mary Smith. Two colour plates plus b/w and two-tone text illustrations. 76 pages. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Spine grubby. Pen mark to rear endpaper. Light page browning, contents generally clean.

THREE CHEERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1305222
Published by Lewis's Ltd.. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. First story is "The Fairies and the Frying Pan". 6 plates, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn, there is a tiny hole to front edge of spine. Contents are browned and foxed but otherwise clean.

THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1301820
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Slightly better than 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. Cover edges worn and faded. Covers are a little bit grubby. Lower 2" of front joint cracked. Lower corner of front free-endpaper is creased. Fingermarks to contents and some light foxing but generally clean. "The Three Bears" plate has been reinserted at some stage (is now slightly shorter than the rest of the pages and has some slight damage at inner margin). Rear free-endpaper has been replaced. A couple of large spots to rear pastedown.

THE CHUMMY BOOK - SEVENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Dorothy Russell; Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Mabel Lucie Attwell; S.B. Pearse; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1301137
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1919. Good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl giving rabbit a carrot. 320 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and a little grubby. Corners and cover edges worn. Some rubbing to covers. Browning and light foxing to the rear of the plates. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

THE BIG BAD WOLF AND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381789
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

From the Walt Disney Silly Symphony. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 63 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with tape repairs on verso and loss to lower edges.

NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 26TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; M.A. Hoyer; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; et al..
Stock no. 810010
Published by Ernest Nister. 1914 Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Town Crier surrounded by children. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. First story 'When daddy's ship came home' by L.L.Weedon. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some browning and fade marks to top and tail of spine. Foxing internally and to outer page edges. Margin tears to a few pages. A little damp staining to rear endpaper.

A SHOOTING STAR
Written by Wes Magee. Illustrated by Lorraine White.
Stock no. 426481
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Poetry Two. Poems collected by Wes Magee. ISBN: 063190011X. SIGNED by Wes Magee - 'For David, Happy Daze!' on title page. Covers a little unevenly browned.

NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL - 26TH YEAR
Written by Alfred C. Playne; M.A. Hoyer; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; et al..
Stock no. 305513
Published by Ernest Nister. 1914. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Town Crier surrounded by children. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. First story 'When daddy's ship came home' by L.L.Weedon. Spine and corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Front cover still bright and clean, rear cover a little scuffed. Some light page browning and foxing else contents clean, name in pencil on front endpaper.

MY FAVOURITE NURSERY STORIES
Written by Constance Wickham. Illustrated by V.G. Messenger.
Stock no. 661887
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Small square format. Pictorial paperboards. Full-page brightly coloured illustrations. Top and tail of spine worn with very slight loss. Corners rubbed. Name in ink to front pastedown. Pictorial wrapper has been backed with white paper, with loss to spine and edges and no front-flap.