Stella & Rose's Books

MARTIN PIPPIN IN THE APPLE-ORCHARD
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1828990
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. 1924. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, red titles. Not illustrated. xviii and 369 pages plus 'The Spring-Green Lady' music score to rear. Fifth impression. Spine slightly faded with wear to top & tail. Corners lightly worn, small patch of bleached cloth to top front edge. Endpapers and text block browned. Contents clean.

Buy now for £16.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

KATE CRACKERNUTS
Written by K.M. Briggs.
Stock no. 1828989
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. The story of Kate 'Crackernuts' is moving and dramatic - steeped in the folklore and politics of 17th century Scotland, amid witch hunts and religious argument, inter-family disputes and the wars between Royalists and Parliamentarians. The story of the timeless struggle of personal convictions of truth against powerful forces of opposition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 223 pages. ISBN: 0722655576. Browning and foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly browned to spine. Musty odour present.

Buy now for £30.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE GOLDEN BIRD (PROOF)
Written by Edith Brill. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1828988
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is a rough and uncorrected proof. Polish folk tales. This book grew out of stories told to the author as a child by her Polish father. Orange cardwraps. 8 striking full-colour plates plus silhouette illustrations. 151 pages. ISBN: 0460057510. Minor damp stain to top rear corner. Text block browned with some foxing/marks. Tiny damp stain to top corner tip of contents. Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, torn to top rear corner (small), front flap is staple to front panel at top edge, a few damp stains to verso (not visible to front).

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

RAILWAYS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by John R. Day.
Stock no. 1828987
Published by Arthur Barker Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the building of the railways of Southern Africa. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Endpapers are maps. 143 pages including index. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut orange pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, grubby to rear panel and lightly faded to spine.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

PERRAULT'S COMPLETE FAIRY TALES
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1828986
Published by Longman Young Books. 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Translated from the French by A.E. Johnson and others. Contains 14 tales. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0582152682. Third impression. A nice, clean copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge, lightly faded to spine and just a little grubby to white rear panel.

Buy now for £17.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

NATURAL HISTORY: MOLLUSCA
Written by P.H. Gosse.
Stock no. 1828984
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1854. Almost very good condition.

Gosse's Natural History. Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 328 pages including index. Sp[ine browned, boards a little grubby and marked. Wear to top & tail of spine. Tiny nick to vertical edge of rear board. Text block browned. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Name & address ink-stamped to half-title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks and stains to contents.

Buy now for £35.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN ENGLAND
Written by David Knowles.
Stock no. 1828983
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book deals with monks and friars in all their activities from 1216 to about 1340. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt title and vignette to front. xvi and 348 pages including index. Reprint. Boards a little grubby and mottled. Edge of boarfds lightly rubbede. Corners bumped. Text block browned. A few minor foxspots. Price-cut yellow dustwrapper is browned, heavily so to spine, slight loss to top & tail of spine, a few marks. Strong musty odour present but contents otherwise clean.

Buy now for £15.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE LITTLE WHITE BEAR
Written by Enid Marx. Illustrated by Enid Marx.
Stock no. 1328698
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1945. Good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Each page is illustrated in colour with text over printed (not all pages have text). Covers slightly grubby. Small name in ink to top corner of front cover and also to front free-endpaper. First couple of pages are almost detached. Last couple of pages have small brown tape reinforcements to the margin.

Buy now for £120.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE VEGETABLE THIEVES
Written by Inga Moore. Illustrated by Inga Moore.
Stock no. 1328697
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Des and Letty (two mice) gain a family! ISBN: 0862640474. Some slight browning to top half of rear cover.

Buy now for £10.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

NATURE & THE DESIGNER
Written by T.J. Corbin.
Stock no. 1328696
Published by Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A practical study of the use of natural objects in the design of fabrics, embroidery, wood engraving and other crafts. Pink boards with red title, dark pink cloth spine with silver title. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations and photos throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some light fading to cover edges. Foxing else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is grubby, foxed and edge chipped with slight loss.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

MY KITTEN BOOK
Written by Sheena Morey. Illustrated by Kippy.
Stock no. 1328695
Published by Childhood Publications Limited. Very good condition.

Black pictorial boards. Cute colour pictures printed on black paper. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean.

Buy now for £16.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

TIMOTHY
Written by Elizabeth Ramal. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1328694
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, blue titles and vignette. Illustrated endpapers. Lovely colour and b/w lithograph illustrations throughout. 47 pages. 8.5 x 6.25". Spine and corners bumped, some fading to spine. Wrapper is well worn and a bit grubby, most of wrapper spine is missing, what remains is very fragile.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List