Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

135 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.

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503816
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Two. Green and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 160 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton, edited by Bradham. Covers very worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Small splits and some fraying to ends of spine. School stamp to front endpaper and another to frontis. Contents have lots of grubby fingermarks to lower margins plus some other marks.

Buy now for £12.50 Add to Wish List

MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY TALES
Written by A. Pitt-Kethley.
Stock no. 1503263
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Told chiefly in words of one syllable for young children. Cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. 25 illustrations (incl. covers). 15 stories including Cinderella, Blue-Beard, Puss in Boots, Three Bears etc. 94 pages. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges are bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Grubby marks to title page, endpapers and margins. Foxing to front endpaper.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

PRETTY TOY PICTURES
Written by L.L. Weedon.
Stock no. 1313586
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Almost very good condition.

A Colour Book of Favourite Objects. Oblong format. Pictorial front board. Thick board pages with colour illustrations showing every day objects with words beside them and short rhymes as well. Covers edge rubbed, wear to corners with minimal loss to lower corner tip of first page as well (no loss of text or illustrations). Some grubby fingermarks and foxspots and name in ink inside front cover. Pale page browning to contents. A nice copy overall of a scarce book.

Buy now for £140.00 Add to Wish List

IVAN THE PEARL-FISHER
Written by Marie Bayne.
Stock no. 1712317
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Grade B. Oliver and Boyd's Pleasure Readers. Subtitle: Or The Boy whose, dreams came true. B/w illustrations. 46 pages. Corners creased.

Buy now for £8.00 Add to Wish List

THE JANET AND JOHN MANUAL
Written by Rona Munro.
Stock no. 1402802
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A teachers' manual for use with The Janet and John reading course. Cream boards with olive green titles to spine and front board. Colour photos frontis plus 15 pages of b/w photos. 141 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing and a few marks to boards. Remains of label stuck to front pastedown. College library stamp to one page. Foxing mainly to endpapers and page edges. Small piece of label with '25' written to it to top of front endpaper. Pictorial endpaper is edge torn and creased with small areas of loss and some surface paper damage. Small library label to bottom of spine. Foxing and marks (possibly damp). Wrapper is grubby. Small white label stuck to spine on verso.

Buy now for £20.00 Add to Wish List

BROTHER BEARS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1711686
Published by Litor Publishers Ltd.. Good condition.

The story of two cute bears. Colour illustrations. Foil spine missing. Surface damage to rear cover. Name in ink to inside front cover.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

LITTLE FOLK'S SECOND BOOK
Written by Kate Burchell. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 2114439
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1966. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Stories, verses etc. Light wear to cover edges. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Wrapper is browned to spine, with some light edge-wear.

Buy now for £18.00 Add to Wish List

THE DANCING CLASS
Written by Helen Oxenbury. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 2114280
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1983. Almost very good condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Easy-to-read text. ISBN: 0744500362. Spine is browned. Bumping along cover edges and to spine. Grubby marks. Some creasing; a few marks to pages, which are starting to come loose in a couple of places.

Buy now for £8.00 Add to Wish List

STORY TIME
Written by A.E. Tansley; R.H. Nicholls. Illustrated by F. Pash.
Stock no. 2114086
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd.. Circa 1962. Almost very good condition.

Racing To Read Series Book No. 16. Easy-to-read text. Colour illustrations. Some grubby marks; staples have rusted. Ex-lib. (School) - minimal markings - a couple of ink stamps.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

FOX IN SOCKS
Written by Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 2113310
Published by Beginner Books; Random House. 1st USA 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Easy-to-read text. Colour illustrations. American edition. Some light wear to corners and spine. Small inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents are excellent! Wrapper has top corner cut from front flap; edge-creased with a few closed tears and nicks; minimal loss.

Buy now for £190.00 Add to Wish List

THE TALE OF THE BIRDS
No author listed. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham.
Stock no. 2113128
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Ring-O-Roses Series No. 43. Blue pictorial cardwraps. 8 pages. Easy to read text. Colour illustrations to text. Browning to covers; staples have rusted. Couple of marks to rear cover.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

DAD! I CAN'T SLEEP
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1710157
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1994. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Large colour illustrations throughout. Easy to read text. Unpaginated. 9.5 x 8". ISBN: 0862645077.

Buy now for £15.00 Add to Wish List