Stella & Rose's Books

B.R. STANDARD LOCOMOTIVES TO SCALE
Written by Ian Beattie.
Stock no. 1828737
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition.

Grey boards. Large, oblong format. B/w photos and line drawings. 59 pages. ISBN: 0851533906. Boards rubbed at edges and grubby. Text block lightly browned and small stain to vertical edge affecting a few page margins. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby marks to contents. A good working copy.

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ALL SORTS OF COMICAL CATS
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1328534
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1902. Good condition.

Cloth spine, cream boards. Pictorial front board with blue title. Blue floral decorated endpapers. Mounted colour frontis of a lion and a monkey (not by Wain). Numerous b/w and two-tone illustrations of cats throughout (by Wain). Nister No. 742. Covers slightly scuffed and worn to spine and corners. Endpapers browned. Front joint is partly cracked. Some page browning and fingering. Some small margin tears and some corner creases. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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BR MAIN LINE DIESELS IN 4MM SCALE (MODEL RAILWAY CONSTRUCTOR PLANBOOK 2)
Written by R.S. Carter.
Stock no. 1828736
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st thus 1984. Almost very good condition.

Spiral bound cardwraps. Oblong format. B/w photos and drawings. 64 pages. ISBN: 0711013411. Lower end of plastic spiral binding is broken, three sprials missing. Book is still holding together well. Top corners lightly creased. A good working copy.

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THE LOUIS WAIN NURSERY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1328533
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1902. Good condition.

Cream paper boards with red title to front, illustration of cat holding a kitten and rocking three kittens in cradle to front. Many b/w illustrations on Wain's anthropomorphic animals especially cats. Boards are edge worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page (dated 1902). Some small margin tears and one page has a large repaired tear (very neat repair). Small patch of surface paper loss to lower edge of one full-page b/w illustration. Light vertical crease to one page. Generally a very decent copy of a scarce book.

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STROUDLEY AND HIS 'TERRIERS'
Written by Thomas Middlemass.
Stock no. 1828735
Published by Pendragon Partnership. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

William Stroudley was one of the most emminent British locomotive designers of the Victorian era. His most celebrated design being the 0-6-0 Terrier Tanks. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 1899816003. A nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a bit grubby.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1954 - THE NEW RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328532
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial laminated boards - Rupert and friends building a snowman. 1st story Rupert and the Friendly Sea-Lion. 123 pages. 10x7 inches. Not published in facsimile form as some of the content was considered politically incorrect. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 1" loss to top of spine. Light browning to spine. Child's pencil name in belongs to box. Price cut. Pale brown marks to pages 6/7. Endpapers lightly browned. Some small margin tears and 1 larger repaired tear to page71. Some very slight colouring to the Draw and Paint pages. Colouring contest has been completed with pencil crayons, entry form not completed.

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A CONSTANT HEART: THE WAR DIARIES OF MAUD RUSSELL 1938-1945
Written by Emily Russell; John Julius Norwich.
Stock no. 1328531
Published by Dovecote Press. Circa 2022. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. Edited by Emily Russell, foreword by J.J.Norwich. 319 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780995546233. 2nd printing. Rubbing to corners. Light mark to base of textblock. Contents clean.

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MORE ABOUT THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE
Written by Christopher Awdry. Illustrated by Clive Spong.
Stock no. 1328530
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Railway series No. 30. Colour illustrations. Glazed pictorial boards. Small format. ISBN: 0434927600. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine. Contents fine.

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MAIN LINE ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1328529
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 21. Small oblong format. Dark brown boards, white title and vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Slight foxing to endpapers and textblock.. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a small tear to top edge of rear panel. Printed price on front flap has been crossed out with pink felt-tip pen, 'new' price written in same pink pen.

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DUCK AND THE DIESEL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1328528
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 13. Red boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. Small, oblong format. Books is nice and clean (covers and contents). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and creased with small tears and piece missing to top of spine edge on front panel. Printed price on front flap has been crossed out with pink felt-tip pen, 'new' price written in same pink pen.

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MOUNTAIN ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1328527
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 19. Small oblong format. Blue boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and creased with small tears, printed price on front flap has been crossed out with pink felt-tip pen, 'new' price written in same pink pen.

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FOUR LITTLE ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 1328526
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 10. Small oblong format. Black boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour pictures. Foxing to endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price printed above). Light rubbing to wrapper edges and a couple of small edge tears.

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