Stella & Rose's Books

MURDER BY AIR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 813618
Published by Newnes. Circa 1937. Very good condition.

Brick red cloth with title to spine. The third book in the Steeley Series. 252 pages. Spine faded. Covers lightly marked.

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WINGS OF ROMANCE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 813619
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

A Steeley Adventure. Orange cloth, black title to spine. 220 pages. Covers slightly faded and marked. Corners bumped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Outer page edges a little foxed.

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COLLECTIONS FOR THE HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by Tredway Nash.
Stock no. 813546
Published by John White. 1799. Almost very good condition.

Second edition with additions. Two volumes. Very large format. 18 x 11 inches. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers and edges. Plates and pedigrees checked against book index and Upcott page 1330. Variations: Vol II - the book index calls for Kyre plate. This is a repeat of the one in Vol I (Upcott) but is not duplicated. Vol I has b/w frontis not in book index or Upcott. Vol I has illustrated title page with Bevere Elm (not listed) as well as Bevereye (listed). Vol I: 39 b/w plates + frontis + large folding map + text illustrations. Vol II: Illustrated title page + 37 b/w plates + plan of Worcester as frontis + text illustrations. Vol I: xcii + 609 pages + 1 page list of plates and pedigrees. Vol II: 484 + clxviii + dedication page to Lord Sandys + 13 pages Domesday facsimile + 104 pages. Rebacked with modern leather spine. Gilt decorations to spines. Red and black leather title labels with gilt titles to spines. Original covers scuffed and slightly worn at edges and corners. Slight damage to front endpapers where a bookplate has been removed and replaced by a slightly smaller one. Last two pages of Vol II detached. Contents very clean and bright. A handsome set.

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EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX
No author listed.
Stock no. 813549
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme And Brown. 1st 1822. Good condition.

Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations; Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Other Interesting Objects of Curiosity. Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller & Tourist. Small format. 6.5 x 4 inches. Brown leather spine and corners. Red title label to spine. Brown boards. 43 b/w plates. Title page states 50 plates but 43 present. Boards a little unevenly faded.

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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER AND OTHER TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 440800
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Adds 40 more stories to the 60 which Rackham already illustrated several years earlier. The violence and grotesqueries have been toned down conveying instead a wealth of humour and charm throughout. 12 beautiful tipped-in colour plates plus 43 b/w drawings. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. Pictorial endpapers and title page. 250 pages. Top corner/edge of front cover had semi-circular piece missing (depth 8mm, width of 22mm). Covers a little marked. Bumping to corners. Browning to endpapers. Some page edges uncut. Frontis has light corner creases. All plates present.

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THOSE OTHER ANIMALS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Harrison Weir.
Stock no. 440808
Published by Henry And Co.. 1st 1891. Fair condition.

Part of 'The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour' series. Green boards with gilt titles and white vignette to front cover. 217 pages + adverts to rear. Corners and spine bumped. Covers marked. Half-title page missing. A few pages have closed tears; some repaired with tape.

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MICKEY MOUSE STORY BOOK
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381780
Published by David McKay Company. 1st 1931. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations from the cartoon films. 62 pages. If you flick through the pages Mickey and Minnie both dance at the bottom corners. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Front cover almost detached.. Some light vertical creases to rear cover. A couple of small, light marks to page margins else contents clean.

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THE BIG BAD WOLF AND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381789
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

From the Walt Disney Silly Symphony. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 63 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with tape repairs on verso and loss to lower edges.

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THREE LITTLE PIGS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381790
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From the Walt Disney Silly Symphony. Large format. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is edge browned and chipped with some loss to top edges and top of spine and tape repairs on verso.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381797
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st thus 1936. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards and spine. 125 pages. Colour frontis, two-tone text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, cover edges lightly rubbed. Covers bright and clean. Large inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing and page browning throughout else contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is badly worn and torn with old tape repairs on verso, grubby, substantial loss to spine and top of rear panel and slight loss to corners.

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SKY HIGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 811890
Published by Newnes. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. 251 pages. The First in the Steeley Series, a young adventurer of the skies. REDUCED FROM £800. Two inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Contained in 2nd impression wrapper (only difference from 1st is rear panel book titles). Wrapper has 2cm loss to base of spine and 3 to 7mm loss from top of spine, loss has been diguised by photocopy loosely laid underneath. Front flap has had price-cut - 2cm diameter hole. Rare to find any copy in a dustwrapper.

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US
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 811763
Published by Humphrey Milford. 1st 1922. Slightly better than good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale yellow cloth boards with black vignette of 'US' to front. Six colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 44 pages. 'A Story in Seven Breaths'. The story of Smut, a little black puppy of the Scotch terrier breed and his six-year old mistress. Covers a little grubby. Joints pulled exposing webbing. First three pages starting to detach from top half. Front hinge also pulled. Contents nice and bright. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with some loss and has a few marks to rear.

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