Stella & Rose's Books

THE ART AND SPIRIT OF PARIS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Michel Laclotte.
Stock no. 1824367
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two volumes. Edited by Laclotte. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and pictorial onlay to front. Colour photographs throughout. A very heavy set. Large format. ISBN: 9781558597600. Second printing. Spines very lightly faded (hardly noticeable). Creasing to margins of pagew 283-190 volume I else contents fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is bumped at top front corner and has a couple of minor knocks.

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THE TWELFTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Weink; Grace Lodge; Yvonne Perrin; et al..
Stock no. 1824357
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pale blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates and text illustrations. 156 pages. First story is "One Christmas Eve". Boards faintly browned at edges. Name in ink to top of title page. One or two finger marks to contents (minor). Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and creased, some light fading, a few closed edge-tears.

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BUNTER THE SPORTSMAN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1323959
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 214 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Small dents to top edges of covers. Name in blue biro to front free-endpaper. Looks like a free-endpaper at the rear of the book has been removed? Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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U.S.A. THE STORY OF AMERICA
Written by Hazel H. Hallinan. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323951
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1942. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 23. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Printed/lithographed by W.S. Cowell. Front cover is detached and slightly edge chipped. Covers lightly foxed. Light page browning else contents clean.

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MARVELLOUS MODELS AND MODELS TO MAKE
Written by W.J. Bassett-Lowke. Illustrated by Paul B. Mann.
Stock no. 1323949
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Puffin Picture Book No. 19. Staples rusty. Covers slightly grubby and foxed. Some light creasing to inner margins.

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BIRDS OF THE VILLAGE
Written by James Fisher. Illustrated by P.F. Millard.
Stock no. 1323945
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 20. Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour lithographs and b/w drawings. Initials in ink to front cover. Staples rusty. Some foxing. Remains of a label to inside of front cover. Small chip to lower edge of front cover and a tiny nick to same area of first page (no loss there). Some light fingering else a clean copy.

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AUTOCOURSE 1991-1992
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1323944
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1991. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 41st year. Foreword by Nobuhiko Kawamoto, president of Honda Motor Company. ISBN: 0905138872. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and slightly edge rubbed/creased.

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LAURENCE HOUSMAN
Written by Rodney Engen. Illustrated by Laurence Housman.
Stock no. 1323936
Published by Catalpa Press Ltd. 1st 1983. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Artis and the Critic series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 157 pages plus index. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904995046. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is very slightly creased at edges.

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FLORA
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Pamela Bianco.
Stock no. 1323932
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

"This volume grew out of an exhibition of the picture of Pamela Bianco (aged 12) which was held in 1919, they are accompanied by exquisite poems that De La Mare was inspired by them to write". Beautiful colour and b/w pictures. Large format. White boards with grey titles and illustration to front cover. This edition has the small image to page 43. 43 pages. Heavy bumping to spine and corners. Spine bumped and some browning to edges. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY
Written by Philip James; C. Geoffrey Holme.
Stock no. 1323931
Published by The Studio Ltd.. 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Studio Special Autumn Number. Large format. Green cloth, blue titles. 128 pages. Full of b/w photos and some colour illustrations. Spine bumped. Slight browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby and chipped with some loss.

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THE SCHOOL GIRL'S ANNUAL
Written by Flora Klickmann. Illustrated by Maude Angell; Louis Wain; Persis Kirmse; G.L. Stampa; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1323930
Circa 1922. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl and horse's head. Title on front cover reads School Girl's Stories. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Includes two articles and b/w illustrations by Louis Wain. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Damp stain to base of spine and affecting lower inner corners of covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear free-endpaper. Some light browning and foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with damp staining to lower edges and some other marks, loss at edges.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1323923
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Spine and corners bumped. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is very edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine. Last title listed on rear panel of wrapper is Biggles Flies to Work.

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