Stella & Rose's Books

THE THREE BAD DUCKLINGS
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1318024
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. Boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. 8 colour plates plus some b/w text illustrations. Spinea and corners bumped and worn. Browning and foxing to contents, ink stamp of printers to rear pastedown (Bradshaw Central Printing Works).

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THE SOMERSET & DORSET LINE FROM ABOVE: BATH TO EVERCREECH JUNCTION
Written by Kevin Potts.
Stock no. 1818055
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 2013. Fine condition.

Aerial photographs revealing the surviving remains of the Somerset and Dorset Line. This is the first of two volumes. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780711037557.

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STEAM OVER SCRANTON: THE LOCOMOTIVES OF STEAMTOWN
Written by Gordon Chappell.
Stock no. 1818054
Published by United States Department Of The Interior. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. 311 pages. Reprint. Some scuffing to spine edge of rear cover.

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THE HAPPY ANNUAL
Written by Cecil Aldin; John Hassall. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; John Hassall.
Stock no. 1318020
Published by William Heinemann. 1907. Almost very good condition.

Very large format (14 x 10"). Pictorial paperwraps showing Miss Muffet with cobweb and spider. Colour illustrations throughout. SIGNED by Cecil Aldin on small piece of white paper which has been tipped onto the title-page. Cover edges are slightly worn, splits to spine. There is some loss to the top edge of the rear cover. Some light stains and creases to covers. Some light fingermarks to page margins and some light foxspots but generally contents are clean.

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THE GERMAN PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVE: ITS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by David Maidment.
Stock no. 1818048
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 1st 2017. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The design, construction and operation of the full range of pacifics that ran in both parts of Germany, and the large numbers of these locomotives that have been preserved. Oblong format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 400 pages. ISBN: 9781473852495.

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RIGHT ROYAL
Written by John Masefield. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1318013
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and horsehead vignette to front. 4 tipped-in colour plates. A horse-racing poem. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Browning to endpapers, light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight chipping with loss and a grubby mark with some slight surface paper damage to author's name on front panel.

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THE MONGREL PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1318012
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth with orange titles, illustration of 3 puppies to the front (one sitting on cushion). 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Life and adventures of a mongrel pup! Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to lower 2" of rear edge of spine. Some grubby marks to front cover. Name, date and a couple of initials in ink to front free-endpaper. Light damp stain to top of inner margins of front endpapers and to top corner of rear free-endpaper. Some light foxing and a few grubby fingermarks to contents.

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PORSCHE 911 THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY 1977 TO 1987
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1317992
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Volume 3 in the series. Large format. Dark grey boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 190370636X. Spine and corners bumped. Small, light damp stain to lower inner margins of endpapers. Light fingermarks to rear free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is also lightly damp stained at lower edges (visible only on verso) and slightly edge rubbed. Small tears at lower folds tape repaired on verso.

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PORSCHE 911 THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY 1997 TO 2004
Written by Brian Long.
Stock no. 1317991
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 5 in the series. The definitive history of the Porsche 911 and 192. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos throughout. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 1904788424. Minimal bumping to spine. Minor grubby marks to top of text block else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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THE JOLLY PICNIC
Written by C. Nelson. Illustrated by Walter Trier.
Stock no. 1317988
Published by Sylvan Press. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures throughout. Once a year, in the spring, Farmer Jolly had a picnic... Covers are grubby with vertical creases at centre, lower front corner creased, slight loss of paper covering to corners and an old tape mark to lower edge of front cover. Front joint is partially cracked at lower 2". Neat name in ink to top margin of title-page. There is light foxing to the contents. One page has a tear and crease at top edge.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1967
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1317986
Published by Daily Express. 1967. Good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert on snow-covered hill pulling a dog on a sledge. 1st story Rupert and the Lost List. Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. No names and price NOT cut however, magic paintings messily completed with transfer of colours to facing pages. A few small marks to textblock. Rear free-endpaper is torn and tape repaired.

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CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1317984
Published by Viking. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations througout. 189 pages. 9.5 x 6". ISBN: 067085249X. Spine bumped. Pale page browning and some foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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