Stella & Rose's Books

ACE
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Liz Graham-Yooll.
Stock no. 1328868
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ace is a young pig that befriends the farmer so that he can't bear to send him to market wtih the other piglets. 'Who ever heard of a pig that can understand the Queen's English! Can you imagine such a thing, Ace...?' Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0575047259. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly faded to spine.

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THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS
Written by Katherine B. Bamfield. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328866
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers slightly rubbed and very very slightly grubby. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Small, light stain to top margins of pages 3-5.

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NOTTINGHAM TO MANSFIELD: THE MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY ROUTES TO TODAY (MIDLAND MAIN LINES)
Written by Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith.
Stock no. 1829114
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Midland Main Lines series. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos and track plans. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9781910356524. A lovely copy.

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THE SPANISH GALLEON
Written by Tudur Watkins. Illustrated by Jack Matthews.
Stock no. 1328863
Published by Peter Lunn (publishers) Ltd. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unusual adventure story set in the early 19th century and packed with thrills. Yellow cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and some full-page colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Foxing, mainly to textblock but also affecting some pages. Dustwrapper is browned and edge worn with tear to top corner of rear panel.

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EDWARD WESTON: A LEGACY
Written by Susan Danly; Jonathan Spaulding; Jessica Todd Smith; Jennifer A. Watts.
Stock no. 1829112
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Edward Weston was the first photographer ever to receive a Guggenheim fellowship. This book celebrates Huntington Library's extraordinary collection of five hundred Edward Weston photographs, all of them selected and printed for the institution by the artist in the 1940s. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name which ran from June 28-October 5, 2003. Edited and with an introduction by Jennifer A. Watts. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1858942063. Black endpapers have very light scuffing (very minor). Else a beautiful copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed, light fading to top edge of flaps.

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THE CITY CATS
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328862
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exciting follow-up to King of the Vagabonds. Brown boards, silver title to spine. 135 pages. ISBN: 0091763703. Contents are browned and foxed. Erased pencil mark to front free-endpaper. Spine bumped, small indentation to top edge of front cover. Dustwrapper has a small tear to lower corner of front panel.

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PONDER AND WILLIAM AT THE WEEKEND
Written by Barbara Softly. Illustrated by Diana John.
Stock no. 1328860
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0582162572. Spine and corners bumped, some slight fading to spine ends. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn at spine and corners and is faded to spine, minimal loss to top of spine.

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AMELIARANNE KEEPS SHOP
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1328857
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1928. Good condition.

Buff brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine covering chipped with loss. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Some foxing. Grubby fingermarks to pages.

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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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