Stella & Rose's Books

GREAT NORTHERN?
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330362
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss to top of spine and 1" loss to base of spine. Spine of wrapper is llightly browned and has a small patch of surface paper damage (removal of a small label?).

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WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330361
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt vignette of William to spine and gilt lettering to spine/front cover. 248 pages. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Gilt to spine has dulled. Foxing throughout, mainly to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with some loss, grubby to rear panel.

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PRACTICE
Written by John Moat. Illustrated by John Moat.
Stock no. 1830469
Published by Libanus Press. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 300 signed copies of which there are three editions: soft bound, hard-bound, and quarter leather bound in slipcase. This is one of fifty hard-bound with hand-coloured illustrations. The author & artist travels to New Zealand, the birth-place of his mother. Poems and b/w illustrations as well as a few hand-coloured illustrations. Oblong format. Beige cloth spine with white title label, grey paper boards with white title label. Not paginated. ISBN: 0948021322. SIGNED by the author and numbered 38 (of 50) to rear. Gift inscription to half-title page also from the author. A few light foxspots to text block. Boards a little grubby. Contents clean.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson.
Stock no. 1830467
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of the landowner families of the 15th - 19th centuries drawn from county and estate records, and illuminated with revealing glimpses of everyday life - from diary entries, household accounts, marriage contracts, and personal and official correspondence. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 269 pages including index. ISBN: 0862995841. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, laminate is starting to peel away at rear edges.

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FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330359
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 6th 1925. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight grubbiness to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge torn with minimal loss. Vertical crease to spine edge of front panel of wrapper.

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THE DOLL'S HOUSE
Written by Lothar Meggendorfer. Illustrated by Lothar Meggendorfer.
Stock no. 1330357
Published by Kestrel Books. 1982. Very good condition.

A reproduction of the Antique Pop-Up Book. The book unfolds to over four feet, revealing five old-fashioned domestic scenes connected by doors which open and close. Size when closed is 8.5 x 10". ISBN: 0722655347. Fading to cover edges and edges slightly rubbed. Small mark to rear cover.

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THE CHURCH MICE AND THE RING
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1330353
Published by Pan Macmillan Children's Books. 1992. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Another splendid pictorial account of the exploits of Sampson the cat and the church mice. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Super colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0333539036. Reprint in same year as first edition. Dustwrapper is price-cut with slight fading to front panel.

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DAWDLES DUCKLING
Written by Isobel St. Vincent. Illustrated by Helen Haywood.
Stock no. 1330352
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. Circa 1943. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pale blue cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers are slightly edge worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Pale yellow stains to a couple of pages. Small margin tear to one page. Light foxing to endpapers.

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HUMPTY DUMPTY AND BELINDA
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hugh Gee; Sally Gee.
Stock no. 1330351
Published by Collins Colour Camera Books. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Created by Hugh Gee and Sally Gee. With 14 large plates in natural colour photography and 21 line drawings. Large format. Burgundy spine with pictorial boards. Boards are well edge worn, scuffed and scored. Foxing and some fingermarks to contents. Hint of colouring to three pages. Some margin tears. Some slight corner loss to one page.

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TOM MERRY'S ENEMY
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1330350
Published by Howard Baker. 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Gem Volume No. 13. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703002155. Slight bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed and very slightly browned to front panel.

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CARDEW OF ST. JIM'S
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1330349
Published by Howard Baker. 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Gem Volume No 2, comprising Gem issues 824 to 831 inclusive. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 070300008X. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light foxing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge creased.

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THE GREYFRIARS COWBOYS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1330348
Published by Howard Baker. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 32; Magnet issues Nos 1575 to 1582. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Harry Wharton & Co. in Texas; The Schoolboy Range Riders; Ructions on the Ranch; A Prisoner in the Desert; The Raid of the Kicking Cayuse Ranch; The Man with the Hidden Face; The Trail Thief's Secret; The Trail Thief's Last Ride. ISBN: 0703000640. Spine and corners bumped. Light corner crease to top of page edges. Includes a copy of The Greyfriars Gazette No.15 (Spring 1975). Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn.

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