Stella & Rose's Books

AMELIARANNE AND THE GREEN UMBRELLA
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1328856
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1927. Good condition.

The First Ameliaranne book. Brown boards with pictorial onlay showing Ameliaranne standing underneath her green umbrella. Colour illustrations throughout. 7.5" x 5.5" approx. in size. Spine worn and chipped with loss of paper covering. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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JIMMY
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1328854
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth covers. Title to front and spine, vignette of Jimmy also to spine. 272 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Slight darkening to cover edges. Pencil erasure patch to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and prelims.

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CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1328853
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and is faded to spine.

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LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Queen Victoria; Arthur Helps; Delia Millar.
Stock no. 1829106
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Published in honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. From Queen Victoria's journal, 1848 to 1861. Introduced by Delia Millar. Red buckram cloth covered boards with extensive gilt and black decorations. Bevelled boards. B/w and colour illustrations. Limited edition of 1850 numbered copies. Large format. All edges gilt. Light vertical crease to free front endpaper, tip of lower corner of contents lightly creased (likely to have been dropped at some point but boards not affected). Else a lovely copy. This is copy 1198. Contained in publisher's red cloth solander case which is lightly speckled.

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ETHEL'S BOOK; OR, TALES OF THE ANGELS
Written by Frederick William Faber.
Stock no. 1328850
Published by Thomas Richardson And Son. 1858. Good condition.

Green embossed cloth. Gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 147 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed and slightly darkened. Initials(?) in ink to front free-endpaper. Rear free-endpaper and fly-leaf missing. Foxing and grubby fingering to contents.

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THE BOY AND THE DONKEY
Written by Diana Pullein-Thompson. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328849
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Duggie is left to look after Tammy the small grey donkey... Blue boards, silver title to spine. 191 numbered pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly marked. Foxing to endpapers. Light page browning throughout. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and slightly chipped, grubby to rear panel.

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THE WEATHERCOCK AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1328846
Published by University of London Press. 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 12 stories. 128 pages Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Light finger creases to some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge chipped, slightly grubby with minimal loss to spine.

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"TUT-TUT"... RICHARD II
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1328842
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Oblong format, cardwraps with green string tie. 9 wonderul colour illustrations plus 1 double-spread at centre. Covers slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby with small marks to rear cover. Name and date in ink to top corner of title-page. There is a light stain affecting the margins of the rear half of the book (8 pages).

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PRETTY POLLY
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by David Parkins.
Stock no. 1328838
Published by Viking. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Abigail's family think she's mad to try teaching a hen to talk!... ISBN: 0670836877. Slight foxing to top of textblock else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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FOLLOW THE FOOTPRINTS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328835
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Author's first book. An adventure story of two children, who embark on a hunt for ancient treasure from their new home in Cumberland. Cream cloth. B/w text illustrations. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Mark to top of spine and covers (small) and small mark to top edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock and some pages. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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TESSIE GROWING UP
Written by Priscilla M. Warner. Illustrated by Priscilla M. Warner.
Stock no. 1328834
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tessie saves a caravan from destruction and it helps her to travel a considerable distance along the difficult road of growing up, and establishes her more firmly than ever in her resolve to be an artist. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 189 pages. B/w text illustrations. Red illustrations to endpapers. Spine rubbing to spine. Pale foxing to text block. White pictorial wrapper is slightly rubbed at spine and corners and is very slightly browned to spine with a small (very light) damp stain to centre.

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THE GREAT GALE
Written by Hester Burton. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328832
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Children's Library No. 12. The story of the floods that swept the Norfolk coats in 1953. Red boards, silver title to spine. 207 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192770527. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in ink and a crease to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut with a couple of small, light marks to rear panel.

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