Stella & Rose's Books

THE TALE OF BABI MONKEY
Written by Valerie Magill. Illustrated by C.H.G. Moorhouse.
Stock no. 1321782
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

White boards with picture to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers slightly browned and foxed, some wear and slight loss of backing paper to spine. Musty smell to contents. Finger creases to contents. Crease to top corner of last couple of pages. Where the edge of the title-page is bound at the back of the book there is a small piece missing to the bottom.

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MOTHER GOOSE OR THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1321776
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

An early edition. Small format, green cloth spine with black title and cream pictorial boards. 52 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Cover edges rubbed with a dent and small patch of wear to lower edges. Covers slightly browned. Endpapers lightly browned. One hinge cracked.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S PANCAKE DAY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1321774
Published by Collins. 1st 1967. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Hare finds an old frying pan in the hedge and Grey Rabbit puts it to good use. Green pictorial boards. Enchanting colour illustrations. 7 x 5.5". 63 numbered pages. ISBN: 0001941267. The contents have been bound into the book upside down. Spine bumped. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Frontis removed. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and light foxing. Original price-cut, 'new' price sticker and further 'new' pencil price to front flap.

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LESSONS IN LINE FOR LITTLE LEARNERS
Written by A.H.S.; Geoffrey Ryley. Illustrated by Evelyn Beale.
Stock no. 1321771
Published by Elliot Stock. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth with vignettes to front. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by the composer to verso of front free-endpaper (** Hastings withe the Composer's kind regards). Spine and corners bumped. Small worn patch to lower edge of front cover. Small, light stain to rear cover. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing.

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LE RENARD NIGAUD ET LA POULE AVISEE
No author listed. Illustrated by B. Le Fanu; G. Cochet.
Stock no. 1321767
Published by Larousse. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board and title-page illustration by Le Fanu. Colour illustrations throughout by Cochet. Text is in French. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed and lightly scratched. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Edge of front free-endpaper is slightly ragged (binding error?).

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PET MARJORIE
Written by John Brown. Illustrated by H.C. Preston MacGoun.
Stock no. 1321765
Published by T.N. Foulis. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Story of Child Life Fifty Years Ago. Small format. Blue cloth, dark blue titles and oval pictorial onlay to front cover, gilt title to spine. Illustrations have been reproduced from water-colour drawings by H.C Preston Macgoun. 101 pages, edges untrimmed. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Evidence of pencil marks erased from front endpapers. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge rubbed.

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WIDDY-WIDDY-WURKEY
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Valery Carrick.
Stock no. 1321764
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Nursery Rhymes from many lands. Beige decorated cloth. B/w illustrations. Translated by Rose Fyleman Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some evidence of pencil marks erased from front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and foxed.

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DAN GURNEY: THE ULTIMATE RACER
Written by Karl Ludvigsen.
Stock no. 1822626
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A stunning tour de force opens this new biography of Dan Gurney as Karl Ludvigsen chronicles one of the most dramatic periods of the American racer's career - the 60 days in May and June of 1967 in which he qualified on the front row at Indy and won at both Le Mans and Spa. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. ISBN: 1859606555. Some light crinkling to some pages through fingering (not grubby). White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and slightly grubby.

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JAGUAR A TRADITION OF SPORTS CARS
Written by Bernard Viart; Michel Cognet.
Stock no. 1822624
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0854294562. Light mottling to boards and verso of dustwrapper. Light pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and rubbed at corners. Musty odour present.

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THE VOYAGE OF ARGO THE ARGONAUTICA
Written by Apollonius Of Rhodes; E.V. Rieu; Lawrence Norfolk. Illustrated by Daniel Egneus.
Stock no. 1321751
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Translated by Rieu with an introduction by Norfolk. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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ECURIE ECOSSE
Written by Graham Gauld.
Stock no. 1822622
Published by Graham Gauld. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

A social history of motor racing from the 50's to the 90's. Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. vi and 210 pages. ISBN: 1951948806. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page, ink from signature imprinted on facing inside front cover. Text block slightly grubby. Rear cover a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE ASTON MARTIN: A COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ROAD TESTS 1948-1959
Written by Adrian M. Feather.
Stock no. 1822619
Published by Adrian M. Feather. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third book in the series, contains road tests of Aston Martins from the 1948 2 litre prototype to the 3 litre DB Mk III, the ultimate expression of the DB2 theme. Limited to 1000 copies. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to front. B/w photos. 80 pages. This is copy 537 of 1000. Lower corners lightly bumped. Boards & verso of dustwrapper lightly mottled. Contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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