Stella & Rose's Books

DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Eric Winter.
Stock no. 1330324
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Yellow pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721400825. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is slightly grubby and has a mark to centre at spine edge. Tally 160, this is the last title listed.

WINTER WOOD
Written by Steve Augarde.
Stock no. 1330117
Published by David Fickling Books. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Final part of the trilogy about the Various. Life is changing for Midge, her discovery of the hidden tribes is like a dream to her now, their existence all but forgotten. But the voice that calls out to her in the winter darkness is real enough. Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 504 pages. ISBN: 9780385605632. Spine very slightly bumped. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover, bigger dent to top edge of front cover. Light fingering to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed.

PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Eric Winter.
Stock no. 1330093
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721400868. Tally 320, printed price 15p. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light fingering and some light corner creases else contents clean.

RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Eric Winter.
Stock no. 1330091
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1970. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402186. Tally 280, printed price 15p. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing to spine. Foxspots to endpapers and prelims else contents clean.

THE UNIVERSAL TANK: BRITISH ARMOUR IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR PART 2
Written by David Fletcher.
Stock no. 1829985
Published by HMSO. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Picking up from where The Great Tank Scandal left off, in the winter of 1942/43, The Universal Tank carries the story of British and Commonwealth Armoured Fighting Vehicles forward to 1945. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. vi and 125 pages including index. ISBN: 011290534X. A lovely copy.

WINTER
Written by C.J. Kaberry. Illustrated by E.C. Croxson.
Stock no. 1329058
Published by Oxford University Press. Very good condition.

Very small format (6.75 x 11cm). Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. Staple rusty.

RABBIT
Written by Alison Catley. Illustrated by Alison Catley.
Stock no. 1329004
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Spring, summer, autumn, winter - in exquisite tempera paintings. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0091744083. Old price label to rear panel of wrapper else a fine copy.

CANADIAN RAILWAYS IN PICTURES
Written by Robert F. Legget.
Stock no. 1828521
Published by Douglas, David & Charles. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Few countries int eh world have a history of railroading to match Canada's for daring, imagination and engineering achievement. A collection of photographs showing how bridges, tunnels and water crossings link overland track, how rail services the cities as it once contributed to their growth, how Canadians - pioneers in snowplough equipment - have dealt with the merciless winter conditions. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0889140529. Light fading to lower edge of boards. Minor foxing to text block and a few minor spots to endpapers. Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2021
Written by Mara Alperin; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; John Harrold; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1328244
Published by Farshore; Harper Collins. 1st 2021. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert standing on an anchor in a winter scene. First story is Rupert and the Housemouse from the 1973 annual. ISBN: 9780755501069.

BIG WATER CARP
Written by Jim Gibbinson.
Stock no. 1827912
Published by Beekay Publishers. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author is one of the early pioneers of long-range fishing and winter fishing, known primarily as a carp fisher but has had success with other species too. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0947674160. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Spine slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned. Front endpaper has a few pale grubby marks. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, and a little scuffed.

THE COMPLETE CARP ANGLER
Written by Andy Little; Jan Wenczka; Chris Ball.
Stock no. 1327501
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A practical book with some general chapters on tackle, rigs and baits, and other more specialist chapters on the likes of winter fishing, conservation and continental carping. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages. B/w photos throughout, some colour photos to the centre of the book. ISBN: 1852236906. Spine and corners bumped. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

THE IRON TONIC
Written by Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1325817
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Or A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley. Oblong format, 5 x 8.5". Pictorial mustard boards with black titles. B/w illustrations. Minimal text. ISBN: 0747556458. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.