Stella & Rose's Books

PENELOPE THE FAIRY
Written by Jill King. Illustrated by Janet Kucharnik.
Stock no. 1316149
Published by Vantage Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An imaginative fantasy story. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 31 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0533103622. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription (to David & Audrey) to front free-endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. White pictorial wrapper is very slightly browned.

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AIR LAND AND SEA IN POP-UP ACTION PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316148
Published by Purnell & Sons, Ltd.. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 4 bright pop-ups. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. There is some slight lifting of the laminate at spine edges. Contents are clean and pop-ups in excellent working order.

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ANIMATED PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316147
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial boards. Inside both covers there is a colour illustration with movable parts. One other colour illustration and two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers are edge rubbed/worn. Old biro price to top of rear cover by spine. Name in blue biro to top of title-page. Staples are rusty causing some slight staining at inner margins of pages. Some light fingering to contents else clean. Movable parts are in good working condition.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1999
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold; Gina Hart.
Stock no. 1608611
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1999. Fine condition.

No. 64. Front cover shows Rupert flying through the air with the aid of winged shoes. ISBN: 1902836006. NOT price-cut or inscribed.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1989
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1608610
Published by Daily Express. 1989. Nearly fine condition.

No. 54. Tall format glazed boards - Rupert & chums with snowman. 1st story Rupert and the Boomerarrow. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850791871. NOT price-cut or inscribed.

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BABY'S DIARY
No author listed. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1812684
Published by Augener Ltd.. Circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

A Baby Progress book. Large format. Pink cloth boards, circular pictorial onlay to front, gilt titles. Boards grubby and marked, corners bumped and worn. Browning to endpapers. Baby progress partly completed in contemporary handwriting. Last few blank pages clean.

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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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