Stella & Rose's Books

TEDDY BEARS ON PAPER
Written by Susan Brown Nicholson.
Stock no. 1312068
Published by Taylor Publishing Company. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

A carefully researched text and price guide about teddy bear graphics on antique paper items. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0917205030. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine.

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POPPETY'S BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Inez Topham; Harry Woolley; et al..
Stock no. 1312066
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. An anthology of mainly verse, one short story. 15 pages. Paper covering of backstrip is mostly chipped off. Small patch of surface paper damage and a small crayon mark to front cover. Prize plate and name in ink to top margin inside front cover (which is a colour plate). Some yellow crayon to one illustration. Small biro mark to first text page. Surface paper torn from top corner of inside rear cover (also a colour plate).

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FULL CRY
Written by J. Ivester Lloyd. Illustrated by T. Ivester Lloyd.
Stock no. 1312020
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

A collection of hunting sketches. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 148 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to spine. Some writing and b/w illustration (taken from blurb of missing wrapper?) pasted on to front pastedown. Year written in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, some foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
Written by Richard Rostron. Illustrated by Frank Lieberman.
Stock no. 1312018
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Black cloth, yellow title to spine and vignette to front cover. Yellow and black pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. Story based on the verse by Goethe. Spine and corners bumped, some fading to top of spine. Light fingering to page edges. Dustwrapper is very worn and torn with substantial loss to spine and to top of rear panel. What remains of wrapper is in two pieces (split at rear spine fold).

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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1402396
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

A trip to Brazil was an unexpected pleasure in the summer holidays. However when they got there they discovered that their host, Brian Mauleverer had disappeared. Peach boards. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some marks to back cover. Covers generally grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and text block.

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BILLY-BOB TALES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by May Smith.
Stock no. 1311995
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pink cloth, blue titles. Full page b/w illustrations. 148 pages. Spine bumped and lightly browned at base. Small 'splash' mark to rear cover. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean. Contained in an original, extremely scarce dustwrapper which is slightly grubby/foxed, lightly faded to spine and has a very small tear to top edge of rear panel. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
Written by A.E. Bonser; Sidney Woolf; E.S. Bucheim. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2113416
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories and illustrations which originally appeared in "Little Folks" between 1896 and 1902, during which period most of the numbers of the magazine contained some of Rackham's drawings. Large format. 36 tinted line-drawn plates and text illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine; brick red titles and vignette to front cover. 144 pages. One of the more unusual Rackham items. 2nd issue. Small splits and chips to top and tail of spine; some fraying to cloth. Corners are bumped and worn. Marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Some grubby margin marks. B/w line drawing to title page has been coloured with water colours.

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
Written by R. Barham. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2113415
Published by William Heinemann. 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1897 by J.M. Dent and then enlarged and revised in 1907. First reprinted by Heinnemann in 1909. 24 tipped-in colour plates and 12 full-page tinted illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt title, brown decorations to spine and front cover. 549pp. Cr 4to. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Front joint next to half-title page is cracked. Some foxing. Creasing to tissue-guard of frontis. A few hinges are pulled - binding starting to become a little weak in a couple of places. Foxing to outer page edges. All plates present. Original wrapper is edge-creased, with some grubby marks; a couple of small pieces of loss to corners.

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PLANTATION FORESTRY IN THE TROPICS
Written by Julian Evans.
Stock no. 2113408
Published by Clarendon Press. 2nd 1992. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Second edition. Card wraps. B/w charts and photos. ISBN: 0198542577. Some creasing and wear to covers.

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ALMSHOUSES
Written by Brian Bailey.
Stock no. 2113397
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A fascinating insight into these ancient, charitable institutions which form a significant part of our national heritage. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0709032927. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and a little faded to spine.

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ADHESIVES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Written by G.C. Mays; A.R. Hutchinson.
Stock no. 2113396
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

A complete and clear introduction to the use of adhesives to form load-bearing joints in bridges, civil engineering and building structures. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and tables. 333 pages (including index). ISBN: 052132677X. Spine is bumped and faded. Corners are bumped. Contents are excellent.

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LE BEBE SCHTROUMPF
Written by Peyo. Illustrated by Peyo.
Stock no. 2113386
Published by Dupuis. 1984. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Text in French. Title translates as 'The Baby Smurf'. Also: Le Schrroumpf Bricoleur; La Peinture Schtroumpf; Une Fete Schtroumpfante. Colour cartoon style strips. ISBN: 2800111488. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers.

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