Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

374 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 WAY OF A COUNTRYMAN
Written by Ian Niall. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1329068
Published by Country Life. 1st 1965. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Recollections of shooting and fishing. B/w illustrations. Yellow cloth, gilt title to spine. 144 pages. Covers spotted. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some spotting to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with some loss.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH
Written by Henry Tegner. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329038
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green Boards with gilt title to spine. Full page b/w wood engraving illustrations plus chapter headers and footers. 149 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Minimal bumping to spine. Endpapers partly browned. Top edge of textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn, rear panel is grubby.

Buy now for £34.00 Add to Wish List

OUR NEIGHBORS
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson.
Stock no. 1829247
Published by James Henderson. 1st 1905. Poor condition.

The tenth book in the regular series of Mr. Gibson's published drawings. Mr. Gibson's best cartoons from Life Publishing Company 1904 & 1905, and Collier's Weekly 1904 & 1905. Very large oblong format. White cloth spine, white paper boards with illustration by the artist to front. Boards have bevelled edges. B/w cartoons throughout. Unpaginated. Boards marked and stained. Spine browned, cloth fraying to rear edge. Edges of boards worn with surface paper loss. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint pulled wide exposing webbing between front endpaper and half-title page, also rear hinge pulled with some surface paper damage to gutter. Binding is generally tight. Endpapers are grubby and marked. A few marks to contents. Some page edges worn.

Buy now for £48.00 Add to Wish List

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1829222
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A re-issue of the 1931 edition. The text is from the 1676 edition, the fifth and last to be revised by the author, but the spelling is modernised since it is meant primarily to be read rather than admired as a 'period piece'. Green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front and spine. Green pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 223 pages. ISBN: 0245528687. A lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn across the top front panel, faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

ENGLAND
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1329017
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Navy blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224031619. Slight bumping to spine. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and spine edges and is slightly edge crease. Small stain to edge of front panel.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

BIRD, BEAST AND FLOWER
Written by Ian Parsons. Illustrated by Marie Angel.
Stock no. 1329014
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The world of nature as seen by a group of poets and through the eyes of an outstandingly gift artist. Blue boards, gilt titles. Watercolours by Angel. Poems chosen by Parsons. ISBN: 0701124113. Minimal bumping to spine.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

MORNING FLIGHT A BOOK OF WILDFOWL
Written by Peter Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329009
Published by Country Life Limited. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. 9 x 11.5". 138 pages. Written with charm and vigour. Exquisite colour plates. B/w illustrations. 11th impression. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Front endpapers have been professionally replaced. Foxing to textblock, rear endpapers and some page margins. Some pale page edge browning, generally contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, has large tear (repaired) and crease to rear panel and is a bit grubby.

Buy now for £20.00 Add to Wish List

THE OLD STAG AND OTHER HUNTING STORIES
Written by Henry Williamson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328954
Published by Putnam & Company. 1946. Very good condition.

Illustrated edition. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 286 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A couple of small, light marks to front cover. Page edge browning else contents clean.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

SEALSKIN TROUSERS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Eric Linklater. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1328953
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"Five stories written under a northern light that makes a little magic comfortably at home in a calm and lucid narration of uncommon events". Illustrated by wood-engravings delightfully in keeping with the temper of the stories. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 127 pages. 8 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Browning to endpapers and page edges. Light damp staining to page edges causing paper wrinkling. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, slightly edge chipped adn browned to spine.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

A STREAM IN YOUR GARDEN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1328940
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'How the amateur may install running water in rock gardens and the construction of pools'. Beige cloth, dark blue title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 104 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Some light foxing to textblock and light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine.

Buy now for £25.00 Add to Wish List

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1328895
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. Circa 1919. Very good condition.

3rd issue of the first edition. Large format. Beige cloth spine with green title, green boards. 12 tipped-in colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 185 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Creases to lower corners of a couple of pages (55-58). Light foxing and some grubby fingermarks to contents. Plates are fine.

Buy now for £140.00 Add to Wish List

THE LEAVES RETURN
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328886
Published by Country Life. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A taste of the Devonshire countryside, beautifully illustrated by Tunnicliffe's wood engravings. Green cloth, white titles. 110 pages. 9.75 x 7.25". Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Endpapers are foxed and partially browned. Heavy foxing to top edge of textblock, affecting the margins ever so slightly. Dustwrapper is browned and foxed on verso, is slightly grubby and has a small chip at top of spine.

Buy now for £38.00 Add to Wish List