Stella & Rose's Books

SPIDER IN THE SKY
Written by Anne Rose. Illustrated by Gail Owens.
Stock no. 1328976
Published by Harper & Row. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Based upon the story 'How the Sun Came' from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. Relates how Grandmother Spider brought fire and light to the animals in the long ago. Matt blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0060250739. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Small brown spot affecting inner margins of last few pages. Some light damp staining to inner margins of endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and foxed, tear to top corner of rear panel.

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A BOOK OF THE SEASONS
Written by Eve Garnett. Illustrated by Eve Garnett.
Stock no. 1328975
Published by Frederick Muller Limited. 1969. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

An anthology of seasonal poetry. Brown cloth spine, white pictorial boards. 4 full-page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0584620047. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, foxed to spine.

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PANSIES
Written by Clifton Bingham; Frances Ridley Havergal; et al.
Stock no. 1328973
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1933. Good condition.

White cloth, gilt title and decoration to front cover. Lovely colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. White covers are grubby, ink imprint to front cover. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Staples rusty. A few small brown spots to some page margins.

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FLORIAN'S FARMYARD
Written by Pat Smythe. Illustrated by Keith Money.
Stock no. 1328971
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Florian is one of the smallest Shetland ponies ever bred (only 30" high). This book is about all the interesting characters that the author met among Florian's companions. B/w photos throughout by Money. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper has small tears at corners and the printed price to front flap has been crossed out with pencil.

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TOPSY AND TIM'S CHOCOLATE COOK BOOK
Written by Jean Adamson. Illustrated by Jean Adamson.
Stock no. 1328970
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1983. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Join Topsy and Tim in making their favourite chocolate recipes, including Chocolate crispies, truffle mice and many more. ISBN: 0216913624. Some foxing to contents. Light browning to spine edge of front cover.

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THIS REALM
Written by Diane Elson. Illustrated by Diane Elson.
Stock no. 1328969
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poetry and prose by various authors (Longfellow, Blake, Thackeray, etc). Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437377059. Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and slightly grubby. Spine of wrapper is browned.

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RAPHAEL
Written by Pierluigi De Vecchi. Illustrated by Raphael.
Stock no. 1829203
Published by Abbeville Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

All of Raphael's most important paintings are reproduced in this book, as well as a significant number of his drawings and engravings. A fresh, crictical look at the life and work of an artist who was "touched by grace," according to Vasari. Large, heavy format. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 380 pages including index. ISBN: 0789207702. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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WHILE THE BELLS RING
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Janet Rawlins.
Stock no. 1328967
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. A story about people and the Yorkshire Dales. 96 pages. ISBN: 024189932X. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is browned with damage at base of spine.

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THE RENAISSANCE
Written by Stefano Zuffi.
Stock no. 1829202
Published by Collins. Circa 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large heavy format. Blue cloth boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0007164572. Unable to date as book is still in original shrinkwrap. Shrinkwrap is worn and split open at corners, also split lower edge, is a little grubby and scuffed.

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PICTURE AND PLAY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Millicent Sowerby; Angusine Macgregor; et al..
Stock no. 1328965
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Mrs. Strang's Playbooks series. The Unbreakable Books. A board book with 6 thick board pages, each with large colour illustrations and a couple of sentences below. Pages bound together with 3 pieces of cloth. Slight wear to corners. Name in ink across top margin of rear cover. Some slight grubbiness to rear cover. Some marks to page margins but illustrations still bright.

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OUR DARLINGS' PLAY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; Millicent Sowerby; Angusine Macgregor; et al..
Stock no. 1328964
Very good condition.

Mrs Strang's Play Books series. A board book. Colour illustrations with text below to each page. Light rubbing to spine and corners. Light browning to cover edges. Prize plate to inside front cover (partially covering the first illustration by E. Dorothy Rees). Rear cover is slightly grubby. Contents are bright and clean.

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THE BIRDS/THE FROGS (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Aristophanes; Dudley Fitts; Gilbert Seldes. Illustrated by Marian Parry; John Austen.
Stock no. 1829200
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Two stories in one volume. Introduction by Dudley Fitts and Gilbert Seldes respectively. Wood engravings by John Austen in The Frogs. Collector's Edition. Bound in genuine leather. Dark green leather boards, four raised bands and gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Peach colour moire cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. A lovely copy.

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