Stella & Rose's Books

THE ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA
Written by Jean C. Archer. Illustrated by Jean C. Archer.
Stock no. 1316133
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Small format. The Dumpy Books For Children Series No. 13. Green cloth with dark green titles and borders. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners just a little bumped and rubbed. Some light browning to spine. Endpapers lightly browned. A couple of hinges are slightly pulled else contents are bright, clean and tight.

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BRITISH AIRCRAFT VOLUME ONE
Written by R.A. Saville-Sneath.
Stock no. 1608591
Published by Penguin. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Oblong format, b/w photos and illustrations. Spine scuffed and worn, with vertical crease; boards scuffed. Some foxing to endpapers. Contents very good.

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THE SURINAM ALBUM
Written by Julie Harvey. Illustrated by Maria Sybylla Merian.
Stock no. 1812675
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition with introductory booklet in custom made clamshell box. 91 watercolour facsimiles from the Maria Sibylla Merian Collection in the British Museum. Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries' great painters of plants and animals. Limited edition of 1000. A sturdy inner panel holds the commentary volume underneath. This is bound in green cloth and printed on high-quality white laid paper. Julie Harvey of the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum has written a fascinating introduction to Merian's work, setting it in context and providing an overview of her life and times. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. Small scuff mark to top of rear board (minor). Else a beautiful copy. Copy No. 16 of 1000. Clam shell case is in fine condition. Contained in original packaging from the Folio Society - polystyrene (reinforced and repaired with brown tape) and cardboard box. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FROM OCEAN LINER TO CRUISE SHIP
Written by Harley Crossley. Illustrated by Harley Crossley.
Stock no. 1608545
Published by Amberley. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. The Marine Art of Harley Crossley. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781848689268.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 19 - RUPERT AND THE SPACE SHIP
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1405713
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Also includes Rupert and the Mischief Makers. 22 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners rubbed. Small split at top and bottom of spine. Rear panel a little grubby. A little fingering otherwise contents clean.

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DUNCTON TALES
Written by William Horwood.
Stock no. 1405712
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1991. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

All is not well in Duncton Wood. Moledom is dangerously complacent about the spread of zealots from Caer Caradoc, continuing perhaps the finest imaginative journey of our time. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. ISBN: 0002236761. Spine, corners and bottom of rear board bumped. Foxing mainly to page edges and prelims. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed. Barcoded price label to rear panel.

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THE MASTER OF MARYKNOLL
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1405710
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

An exciting story following the Buckingham's, set in Ludlow and Hereford. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A little surface paper damage to both pastedowns. Foxing to page edges. Light brown marks to pages 42 & 43. Dustwrapper has been stuck to brown paper. Edge worn and chipped. Mark to bottom of front flap.Wrapper is grubby.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 16TH YEAR
Written by Mrs. George Wemyss; Natalie Joan; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; Agnes Richardson; M.A. Peart; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1506186
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Pale blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy reading book, girl with black cat under her arm and other characters in the background.Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 176 pages. First story is "How We Let Lodgings" by Mrs. G. Wemyss. Angela Brazil story is "A Terrible Handful". Spine bumped and worn with nicks to cloth at ends. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby with a few marks and scratches, small amount of surface paper damage to front cover. A couple of hinges cracked. Ink inscription to verso of front endpaper. Pale stain to edge of title page and small stain to lower margin of frontis. Contents generally clean. All plates present.

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BRITISH BIRDS VOL. LXIV
Written by Stanley Cramp.
Stock no. 1608529
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1971. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles; Colour and b/w photos. White spotting to covers. Contents excellent.

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ONLY HERE FOR THE BEER: GERRY MARSHALL
Written by Jeremy Walton.
Stock no. 1608512
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of a character of the motor racing scene. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854292306. Browning to outer page edges and margins.

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IN SEARCH OF WONDERLAND
Written by Derek McCulloch.
Stock no. 1316117
Published by E.K. Cole Ltd.. circa 1952. Very good condition.

The great story of television. Pictorial paperwraps. 34 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers ever so slightly grubby and foxed. A tiny nick to top of spine, very slight rubbing at cover edges. There is a large diagonal crease (light) to rear cover and the last page is creased. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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THE BIG FAT BUNTER BOOK
Written by Frank Richards; Mike Higgs; Mary Cadogan.
Stock no. 1506178
Published by Hawk Books Limited. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A volume which collects together a variety of different formats in which Bunter appears with particular emphasis on his illustrated appearances in magazines and comic papers. Navy blue cloth, gilt titles and illustration to front cover. 290 pages. 10.5 x 7.5". ISBN: 0948248025. Slight wear to bottom edge of rear cover. Contents clean but edge browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn with nick and creasing to top of spine.

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