Stella & Rose's Books

ISMO
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328811
Published by Collins. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Partly a straight adventure story, partly a study of adolescent psychology and partly a fable of our time. Red/orange mottled boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and rubbed. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' (80p) price printed alongside. Wrapper is well worn, rubbed and creased with tears at top of spine.

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SNAIL AND THE PENNITHORNES NEXT TIME
Written by Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Geoffrey S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1328810
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A sequel to Snail and the Pennithornes. Pale blue boards with white titles to spine and vignette to front. B/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Light browning to cover edges. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge rubbed with minimal loss and some light damp staining to spine.

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MARLFOX
Written by Brian Jacques. Illustrated by Fangorn.
Stock no. 1328809
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of the Redwall series. Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0091768500. Dustwrapper is bumped. Some erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning to contents else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges and is faded to spine.

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LORD BROCKTREE
Written by Brian Jacques. Illustrated by Fangorn.
Stock no. 1328808
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Tale of Redwall. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0091768772.

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MOLE'S CASTLE
Written by Elleston Trevor. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1328807
Published by The Falcon Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Woodland Series. Yellow boards, black title to spine. 4 colour plates plus 2 colour double-spreads which were used as endpapers in the cloth edition. B/w text illustrations. 167 numbered pages. 2nd printing (cheap binding). Endpapers browned. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby at edges. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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THE CASKET AND THE SWORD
Written by Norman Dale. Illustrated by Irv Docktor.
Stock no. 1328806
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1st USA 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Jeremy is recovering from measles when he hears a trumpet call after dark and finds himself playing a part in the quest for the Casket and the Sword. Grey cloth, black titles. 230 pages, fore-edge untrimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to spine edges. Endpapers partially browned with some foxing, foxing also to textblock. White typing fluid covers a name and date to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with minimal loss to spine and corners, foxed on verso.

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KING TODD
Written by Norah Burke. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1328805
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The True Story of a Wild Badger; And the Deer, Foxes and Other Animals in the Forest Where He Lived. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w scraperboard illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock, prelims and last few pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small chips/loss to top edges.

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UNDER THE SEA-WIND
Written by Rachel L. Carson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328804
Published by Staples Press Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The skirmishes and the battles that are fought along the shore. Blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to spine and gilt publisher's motif to front cover. 239 pages. 2 b/w plates plus text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to spine and to textblocl. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with loss, spine browned.

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THE CURSE OF SALAMANDER STREET
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1328803
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sequel to Shadowmancer. Colourful, dramatic, relentless, accessible to children and more frightening for their parents. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780571228737. SIGNED by the author to title-page (dedicated to Johnny(?)). Spine and corners bumped. Pages lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is bright, just a tiny bit rubbed at edges.

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WHEN WENDY GREW UP: AN AFTERTHOUGHT
Written by J.M. Barrie; Sydney Blow. Illustrated by D. Michael Leonard.
Stock no. 1328802
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Foreword by Blow. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 32 pages. 4 full page illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and some pages. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is foxed, faded at edges with a coupe of small edge tears.

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POOR BLOSSOM THE STORY OF A HORSE
Written by Edith Carrington.
Stock no. 1328801
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1896. Almost very good condition.

Animal Life Readers series. Pale green cloth with black titles and picture to front cover. 90 pages. B/w full-page and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine browned. Covers grubby. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown has been partially removed. Inscription in ink and another name/date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some light fingering to page margins.

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THE EDUCATED PIG
Written by Monica Walker. Illustrated by Monica Walker.
Stock no. 1328800
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a little pig whose adventures began when it was found that he could count. Pictorial boards. Colour text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn.

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