Stella & Rose's Books

A BOOK OF PICTORIAL PERSPECTIVE
Written by Gwen White. Illustrated by Gwen White.
Stock no. 1329226
Published by John Murray (publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

The book has been designed to show exactly what perspective is, and how it can be accomplished. Illustrations throughout. 77 pages. Oblong format, 8.5 x 10.5". Red boards, white titles. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Fading to spine and corners. Name and address in ink to title-page. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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THE "NIGHTINGALE" SCANDAL
Written by Stanley Thomas. Illustrated by John Dyke.
Stock no. 1829390
Published by Gazette Printing Service. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Lundy & North Devon in the 18th century. An account of the career of a merchant of the 18th century; a man no better and, perhaps, no worse than his contemporaries, who traded from a small port in Devonshire, but whose name became known throughout the land, Thomas Benson. Pictorial cardwrap booklet with staple binding. A few b/w drawings. 75 pages. Edges lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded to rear. Staples are rusting with some bleeding but still firm. Tiny foxspots to text block.

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THE ILLUSTRATED POEMS OF JOHN BETJEMAN
Written by John Betjeman. Illustrated by David Gentleman.
Stock no. 1329225
Published by John Murray. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 143 numbered pages. Watercolours by Gentleman. ISBN: 0719552486. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty/foxed. Dustwrapper is price-cut and faded to spine.

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BEN NICHOLSON
Written by Jeremy Lewison. Illustrated by Ben Nicholson.
Stock no. 1829389
Published by Tate Gallery. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

This catalogue, published to accompany the major exhibition of Nicholson's work held at the Tate Gallery 1993-1994, sheds new light on Nicholson's achievements and his life. All the works in the exhibition are described and analysed and there are ten essays on different aspects of Nicholson's art. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 277 pages. ISBN: 1854371304. Lower front edge and top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's pictorial slipcase which has a few marks.

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S.R. BADMIN AND THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE
Written by Chris Beetles. Illustrated by S.R. Badmin.
Stock no. 1329221
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Brown boards. A compilation of the beautiful paintings of S. R. Badmin with accompanying biographical details. ISBN: 0004120205. Some foxing to front endpapers and to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased/rubbed at edges.

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THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
Written by Rudolf Tesnohlidek. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1329220
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1986. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of Sharp-Ears the fox, heroine of this classic Czech novel. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Attractive colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370306031. Some light foxing to endpapers and to textblock else covers and contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn at edges and faded to spine.

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CAT'S COMPANY
Written by Michael Joseph. Illustrated by B.F. Dolbin.
Stock no. 1329219
Published by Geoffrey Bles. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

10 x 7.5". Blue cloth. Gilt titles. Delicate b/w sketches by celebrated continental artist, Dolbin. Pages untrimmed. A celebration of cat stories. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to page edges and to prelims. Some light fingermarks.

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ILYA KABAKOV
Written by Boris Groys; David A. Ross; Iwona Blazwick. Illustrated by Ilya Kabakov.
Stock no. 1829388
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ilya Kabakov is the most prominent contemporary Russian artist. Boris Groy, an art critic and philosopher, surveys the artist's long career and analyzes its philosophical and formal dimensions in terms of art history as well as the artist's own biography. David A. Ross discusses the artist's practice and its bridging of Eastern and Western contemporary art by means of an interview with the artist. Large format. White cardwraps with black titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0714837970. Text block slightly grubby, cover edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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MOUSEWING
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Martin Baynton.
Stock no. 1329218
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

William Mayne's Animal Library. Glazed pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 9.25 x 7.75". ISBN: 0744507294. Slight foxing to top edge of textblock.

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LAMB SHENKIN
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale.
Stock no. 1329217
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

William Mayne's Animal Library. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744507286. Spine faded. Foxing to top edge of textblock.

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LEAPFROG
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Barbara Firth.
Stock no. 1329216
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial laminated boards. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 074450726X. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Slight fading to spine.

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BARNABAS WALKS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Barbara Firth.
Stock no. 1329215
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

The story of Barnabas the Guinea Pig. Glazed pictorial boards. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 074450533X. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Slight fading to spine.

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