Stella & Rose's Books

RUPERT ANNUAL 1957
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1322287
Published by Daily Express. 1957. Very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert in air balloon with springs. 1st story is Rupert & the Crackerjack. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Light rubbing to top corners, rear top corner has a small bump. Boards very lightly scuffed. Name in belongs to box and inscription in ink to top of title page. NOT price-cut. Colouring contest and puzzles clean. A few margin marks (light).

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THE BORROWERS ALOFT
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Diana Stanley.
Stock no. 1322282
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, orange title to spine and vignette to front. The Borrowers Fourth Adventure. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 154 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and grubby to rear panel.

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A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES
Written by E.J. Lowe.
Stock no. 1823253
Published by Groombridge & Sons. 1st 1868. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind design to spine & boards. 74 colour plates. Cloth boards lightly bubbled, a few stains, lightly browned, rubbed at edges. Board corners bumped and worn. Text block browned. Front endpapers grubby and creased. Name in ink to front fly. Rear endpapers also grubby & creased, small chip to vertical edge, rear joint cracked. Hinges are pulled but binding is tight. All 74 plates present. Light foxing and browning to contents.

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THE LITTLEST ONE
Written by Marion St. John Webb; Ralph Dunstan. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1322270
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine with black title. Grey paper boards, large pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates by tarrant, b/w text illustrations by Nixon. Music by Dunstan. 116 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few marks to covers. Small mark to front free-endpaper and a few light fingermarks to page margins.

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ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH: A PIONEER OF WORLD DIESEL TRACTION
Written by Brian Webb.
Stock no. 2136360
Published by Lightmoor Press; The Railway Correspondence And Travel Society. 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Armstrong Whitworth's involvement in the development of diesel traction on the banks of the River Tyne from the beginning of the 20th century until 1937 when the company ceased production of diesel railway motive power. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 184 pages. ISBN: 9781899889457. Small knocks to spine and corners. Slight fading to spine.

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SECRET US PROPOSALS OF THE COLD WAR
Written by Jim Keeshen.
Stock no. 2136357
Published by Crecy Publishing Limited. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Radical concepts in military aircraft. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos, b/w diagrams. 176 pages. ISBN: 9780859791618. A few light knocks along cover edges. Contents are fine!

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ROSIE'S MAGIC HORSE
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2136346
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781406339826.

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ANDY PANDY'S COUNTING AND RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Norman Satchell.
Stock no. 2136335
Published by Purnell. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Learn to count to ten! Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some stitching has started to come loose. Browning and foxing to pages - musty odour.

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A HISTORY OF ST CATHARINE'S COLLEGE ONCE CATHARINE HALL CAMBRIDGE
Written by W.H.S. Jones.
Stock no. 2136328
Published by Cambridge University Press. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Some fading to spine, especially top and tail. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped with loss; spine heavily browned and edges.

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DATCHET PAST
Written by Janet Kennish.
Stock no. 2136327
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1860771033.

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NATURALIZED ANIMALS: THE ECOLOGY OF SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED SPECIES
Written by Christopher Lever. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 2136324
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1ST 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poyser Natural History Series. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856610879. Small knocks along cover edges, with some uneven fading to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and marks.

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THE IRISH GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR: THE FIRST BATTALION
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 2136315
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited and compiled from the diaries and papers by Rudyard Kipling. B/w photos. ISBN: 1873376723. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of small nicks; faded to spine.

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