Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

76 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322911
Published by Faber & Gwyer. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 397 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Spine bumped with some fading. Light foxing to textblock and prelims else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased, small tear to lower edge of rear panel has been repaired on verso.

Buy now for £48.00 Add to Wish List

THE MAGIC JACKET & OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1322910
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Companion volume to The Old Lion and Other Stories. 146 pages. B/w illustrations. Green cloth with blue title to spine and decoration to front cover. Spine bumped. Some foxing and a few other marks to covers. Light crease to lower corner of front free-endpaper else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and faded to spine.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

TOLD AGAIN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1322909
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Traditional tales told by de La Mare. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 320 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small dent to edge of rear cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers are browned. Some foxing to contents.

Buy now for £35.00 Add to Wish List

THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 2138021
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st thus 1921. Very good condition.

The adventures of three monkeys! Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover; small vignette to front cover. 12 plates (4 b/w and 8 in colour), b/w chapter head and tail pieces. 275 pages. Heavy browning to spine and cover edges. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. All plates present.

Buy now for £40.00 Add to Wish List

ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322207
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A selection of stories and rhymes chosen, arranged and in some part rewritten by Mare. Red decorated cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 420 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, browned to spine with some loss at top of spine.

Buy now for £30.00 Add to Wish List

THE MAGIC JACKET & OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 2130666
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Companion volume to The Old Lion and Other Stories. 146 pages. B/w illustrations. Green cloth with blue title to spine and decoration to front cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine and a couple of edges; some foxing.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

THE STORY OF MOSES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2130045
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1959. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. Ex-lib. with many usual markings - ink numbers to spine, Ink stamps to a number of pages; card-holder and tipped-in date list to front. Foxing to outer page edges; some grubby marks, however, contents are generally very good. Wrapper has ink numbers to spine, which is also faded; some chipping and creasing.

Buy now for £20.00 Add to Wish List

THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 2126734
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1919. Very good condition.

The adventures of three monkeys! Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine front cover, which also has vignette. 8 beautiful colour plates and 4 full page b/w plates. Also b/w chapter head and tail pieces. American edition. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to a few pages and outer page edges. Ragged edges to some pages, where it appears that the pages were at one time uncut.

Buy now for £48.00 Add to Wish List

THIS YEAR: NEXT YEAR
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2123608
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Text surrounded by colour boarder. Small splits to top and tail of spine on both sides, with chipping and some loss. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with a few pieces of loss; some foxing and marks.

Buy now for £110.00 Add to Wish List

PEACOCK PIE: A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1405775
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front. Colour frontis, numerous b/w text and full page illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges darkened. Both joints beginning to crack. Heavy browning to endpapers, tissue guard and title page. Some foxing, worst on prelims and last couple of pages and page edges.

Buy now for £68.00 Add to Wish List

CRUSADERS
Written by Hugh Chesterman; Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Hugh Chesterman.
Stock no. 1315571
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

A book of poems. Blue cloth, black titles and large pictorial onlay to front. 2 tipped-in colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. 78 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers, white mark to base of spine. Inscription in ink (biro) to front endpaper. Contents clean.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

COME HITHER VOLUME II
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Diana Bloomfield.
Stock no. 2118036
Published by Kestrel Books. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of poems. Pale green boards with gilt title to spine. Numerous b/w wood engravings to text. ISBN: 0722654715. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine and edges; some foxing.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List