Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

9,339 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.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS THEIR BEST-KNOWN TALES
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin; Nora A. Smith; Mark Helprin. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.
Stock no. 2134587
Published by Quality Paperback Book Club. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour plates. Introduction by Helprin.

Buy now for £14.00 Add to Wish List

WINTER JOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall; E. Lance; et al..
Stock no. 1320793
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A mix of stories and verses. Cloth spine, pictorial boards, front cover shows two children on a sledge on ice. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Corners worn. A few light scratches to rear cover. Joints just starting to crack. Foxing to endpapers and text block, last text page is browned. Just an odd fingermark to contents and looks like small staple(?) indentations to margins of first pages.

Buy now for £38.00 Add to Wish List

THE MYSTERY OF THE SPITEFUL LETTERS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1320749
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1954. Almost very good condition.

The fourth story of the Five Find-Outers (and dog). Red boards, black titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. SPine bumped and slightly faded. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxing to textblock. Small ink blot to front pastedown.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

THE MYSTERY OF THE STRANGE BUNDLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Treyer Evans.
Stock no. 1320725
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Being the Tenth Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Why did a man rush out of his house in the middle of the night, in his dressing-gown and slippers, carrying a bundle? Yellow boards, green titles and magnifying glass vignette. B/w illustrations. 179 pages. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Covers slightly grubby. Some page corners creased.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

ALISON'S SPY ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1320711
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth. 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine sunned and covers lightly marked. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

Buy now for £28.00 Add to Wish List

ALISON'S ISLAND ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1320709
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1954. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 253 pages. Spine slightly bumped, light rubbing to spine and corners. Book leans to one side a little. Foxing to textblock. Small brown mark to top margins of some pages.

Buy now for £20.00 Add to Wish List

BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1320704
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue boards, black title to spine. 183 pages. Spine bumped. Pages browned. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Rear panel lists 10 Biggles titles, the last being The Boy Biggles.

Buy now for £14.00 Add to Wish List

LITTLE FOLK'S BEDTIME BOOK
Written by Betty Coombs; et al. Illustrated by Fel.
Stock no. 2134470
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. First story is 'What Shall I do?' by Coombs. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

IDEAL BOOK FOR TINIES
Written by Doris M. Lee; Dorothy M. Sheppard; C.M. Drury; Christine E. Bradley; et al.
Stock no. 2134469
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. First story is 'Bobbity Elf's New Suit' by Lee. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

JEAN'S GOLDEN TERM
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Frank Wiles.
Stock no. 2134450
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth with yellow borders to top and bottom. Titles in blue. 4 b/w plates. A few small marks to covers. Award plate to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with some loss to spine; also has grubby marks.

Buy now for £85.00 Add to Wish List

AN EXCITING TERM
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley.
Stock no. 2134449
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth, blue titles and vignette of girl to spine. Four b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine is browned. Award plate to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and chipped, with some grubby marks, but virtually no loss.

Buy now for £78.00 Add to Wish List

RUPERT ANNUAL 1967
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2134447
Published by Daily Express. 1967. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert on snow-covered hill pulling a dog on a sledge. 1st story Rupert and the Lost List. Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some chipping to laminate on spine. , which is also browned. Gold name label stuck to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Magic Paintings are DONE. Page edge browning. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!

Buy now for £56.00 Add to Wish List